>I heard a lot of stories about vicious
>oppression of gay men by Saddam Hussein in the then still more or less
>secular republic. We don't hear much about Saddam Hussein's
>oppression any more because now the story that needs to be sold is a
>pretext for "doing something" about Iran:
>Doug Ireland, "Iran Exports Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq," 31 May 2006:
><http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2659/>.
Arsham Parsi, the author of the original appeal, tells me he is opposed to military intervention of any kind in Iran. He has denounced westerners who might use criticism to justify an attack on Iran. His goal is to raise awareness and solidarity.
Lock stock and barrel defenses of Iran becuase it is under threat of attack isn't useful.
Joel
_________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/