The BBC posted disturbing video of what they say is a young Iraqi gay man being forced to strip at a police post for wearing women's clothes.
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They report that these sorts of videos are circulated on mobile phones in the country: "The sobbing boy, who appears to be about 12, tries to explain thathis family made him do it to earn money, as they have no other source of income. The scene, apparently filmed in a police post, reinforced reports of a campaign against gay men in Iraq which activists say has claimed the lives of more than 60 since December."
The L.A. Times reports that fliers have been posted around Sadr City in eastern Baghdad threatening death to homosexuals:
"'If you don't cease your perverted acts, you will get your fairpunishment,' read the warnings, which were posted on walls on a varietyof streets around the neighborhood. On some were scrawled the names of two or three local men suspected of being gay, says one resident, who estimates he saw about 15 names in all. The fliers were signed by a previously unknown group callingitself the Platoons of Righteousness. In addition, graffiti reading 'we will get you, puppies' — a derogatory Iraqi term for gays — was sprayed on walls in red paint. Residents said the fliers and graffiti were removed after a few hours, though it wasn't clear by whom."
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