Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Feel the love!
LONDON, September 25, 2008 — The Baghdad coordinator of Iraqi LGBT has been assassinated, probably by one of the two religious militia.
Peter Tatchell of Outrage! issued the following statement at lunchtime:
This morning, I received news from Iraq that the coordinator of Iraqi LGBT in Baghdad, Bashar, aged 27, a university student, has been assassinated in a barber shop.
Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point blank range.
He was the organiser of the safe houses for gays and lesbians in Baghdad. His efforts saved the lives of dozens of people.
Bashar was a kind, generous and extremely brave young man – a true hero who put his life on the line to save the lives of others.
My thoughts go out to his loved ones and to the other members of Iraqi LGBT.
Their courage is an inspiration to all people everywhere fighting against injustice.
Mr. Tatchell said that the exact identity of the gunmen is unclear, but Bashar was probably murdered by the Islamist death squads who are targeting lesbian and gay Iraqis for ‘sexual cleansing’.
No word yet as to what the contents of the collective jockey shorts of James Dobson, Matt Barber, Peter LaBarbera and Michael Savage were if/when they found out about this senseless murder.
