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To: goldworldnet who wrote (41261)	4/10/2005 12:57:02 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 173976

Saudi Taliban Busts Karl Rove's Bachelor Party Saudis' tough line on gays Brian Whitaker Saturday April 9, 2005 The Guardian Dozens of Saudi men caught dancing and "behaving like women" at a party have been sentenced to a total of 14,200 lashes, after a trial held behind closed doors and without defence lawyers. The men were also given jail sentences of up to two years. They were arrested last month when the police in Jeddah raided a party which was described by a Saudi newspaper as a "gay wedding". "Prosecuting and imprisoning people for homosexual conduct are flagrant human rights violations," Scott Long, of the US organisation Human Rights Watch said. "Subjecting the victims to floggings is torture, pure and simple." HRW said it had established that 31 of the men received prison sentences of six months to one year, plus 200 lashes each. Four were jailed for two years with 2,000 lashes. A further 70 men were released after the raid but summoned to a police station on April 3, where they were told they had been sentenced to one year's imprisonment. HRW said that according to a friend of one of the arrested men the gathering was a birthday party. But the Saudi newspaper al-Wifaq, which has connections with the interior ministry, carried a report on March 16, six days after the arrests, saying the men were "dancing and behaving like women".

To: goldworldnet who wrote (41261)	4/10/2005 1:02:42 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 173976

Give it up, Goldie, defending the lies of the NRA just proves you're either duped by obvious rightwing propaganda and coverups, or a deliberate liar for an organization indirectly responsible for 12,000 Americans killed each year. Either way, you should be ashamed. Go to Columbine and try telling those people the NRA is a good organization. PS: I really do support the right to bear arms, just not rightwing militia types controlling the laws and debate and paying off or punishing our elected officials. There is new technology now called "smart" weapons. The NRA is against it. It would save thousands of lives. It makes total sense. They don't care. Like the anti womens rights types who want to outlaw RU-486 which would make almost all abortions unnecessary. The "pro-life" wackos won't allow it. Why? Because it isn't about abortions. It's about sex. And with the NRA it isn't about gun rights, it's about racism and preserving the right to become anti-government terrorists if and when Armageddon comes. same thing the KKK believes.