Thread: Iraqi Teens Stoned to Death Because of "Emo" Haircuts

Originally Posted by Mr. Invisible

If you had actually decided to read the rest of my post, may be you would have seen that what I said I was in context.

I did it was unresponsive and unnecessary.

Originally Posted by Connery

I did it was unresponsive and unnecessary.

Actually it was responsive. You said "However, just leaving them alone, as a society, invites then allows Shria law to become an aspect of our legal system, for example." I responded by saying how this was quite implausible.

can we say US hasnt been able to bring democracy to that region yet

Originally Posted by Medusa

can we say US hasnt been able to bring democracy to that region yet

Democracy does not mean the end of crime. The stoning was not legal or done by police. Do you honestly expect all violent crime in Iraq (or anywhere) to end before it counts as a democracy?

From the article:

Religious extremists caught onto the interior ministry statement, and have been harassing and killing teenagers with "strange" or "emo" appearances.

A group of armed men dressed in civilian clothing led dozens of teenagers to secluded areas a few days ago, stoned them to death, and then disposed their bodies in garbage dumpsters across the capital, according to activists.

The armed men are said to belong to “one of the most extremist religious groups” in Iraq.

Under dictatorship, that kind of crap was legal.

Originally Posted by ecofarm

Democracy does not mean the end of crime. The stoning was not legal or done by police. Do you honestly expect all violent crime in Iraq (or anywhere) to end before it counts as a democracy?

From the article:


Under dictatorship, that kind of crap was legal.

under saddam administration,did anything like this happen?,

Genocide against 200k Kurds, killed by the government with chemical weapons by the townfull. Genocide against 50k Marsh Arabs. Government rape rooms. The wholesale slaughter of civilians suspected of not liking Saddam. Gang rape as a court sentence against women.

What went on under Saddam cannot be compared to this.

Originally Posted by ecofarm

Genocide against 200k Kurds, killed by the government with chemical weapons by the townfull. Genocide against 50k Marsh Arabs. Government rape rooms. The wholesale slaughter of civilians suspected of not liking Saddam. Gang rape as a court sentence against women.

What went on under Saddam cannot be compared to this.

i know what happened to kurds or other crimes committed under that regime , and i dont support any dictator but no crime can be better than the other..stoning is a punishment given in radical islamist countries and now fanatic islamists can stone people without any fear in ıraq,this is what is surprising or not surprising .

I have not kept up on this thread so this might be a question already asked and answered...or not.

Has the iraqi government gone after the extremists that committed this crime? Or is it a crime to the iraqi government at all?

Originally Posted by MKULTRABOY

It was sarcasm... as far as I know Saddam ran a secular regime.

No, it was not secular for the last decade or so. Saddam claimed that he had linage to the prophet, built mosques, put the Takbir on the Iraqi flag etc.etc.

Originally Posted by Enola

I have not kept up on this thread so this might be a question already asked and answered...or not.

Has the iraqi government gone after the extremists that committed this crime? Or is it a crime to the iraqi government at all?

Sadly, according to the latest news most, if not all of the deaths have gone unsolved, and Iraq's police forces so far have not conducted a widespread inquiry into the killings.

BAGHDAD March 16, 2012 (AP)
Advocates Demand Protection for Iraqi Emos - ABC News