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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (356664)	12/8/2025 10:20:47 AM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 358091

Seattle’s World Cup ‘Pride Match’ features Iran, Egypt Dec. 8, 2025 at 6:35 am Fans watch an NWSL soccer match at Lumen Field between the OL Reign and the Washington Spirit in 2023. (Lindsey Wasson / The Associated Press) By Giles Turner Bloomberg A designated “Pride Match” at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Seattle will feature the national teams of Egypt and Iran, two countries where homosexuality is criminalized. The local organizing committee in Seattle, one of the U.S. host cities for the global tournament, had planned the special Group G match as a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community well before the teams were assigned to the fixture, coinciding with the city’s official Pride weekend. Following the draw and allocation over the weekend, the Group G clash between Egypt and Iran on June 26 at Lumen Field, was confirmed as the designated event. The Seattle Pride Match branding is not “affiliated with or endorsed by FIFA,” according to the organizer’s website. The situation is an early test for FIFA’s US organizers following the 2022 World Cup in Qatar — another country with anti-same-sex relationship laws — when rights groups raised concerns over the safety of LGBTQ+ fans. FIFA threatened players with yellow cards if they wore the OneLove armband in support of LGBTQ+. In Iran, the maximum punishment for homosexuality is the death penalty, while Egypt frequently uses public morality laws to suppress LGBTQ+ rights and relationships, leading to arrests and prosecution, according to Human Rights Watch. For the US World Cup, cities have created their own organizing committees to manage the event. Seattle’s organizers, SeattleFWC26, have finalized a trio of Washington state artists who have submitted designs of artwork celebrating LGBTQ+ people for display around the city during the event.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (356664)	12/8/2025 8:39:48 PM
From: Cautious_Optimist	2 Recommendations Recommended By rdkflorida2 Wharf Rat Respond to of 358091

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand. Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison www.forever-wars.com