On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Angelus Novus
<fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> After September 11th, 2001, one of the liberal justifications for the military
> intervention against Afghanistan was the oppression of women, but also of gays,
> by the Taliban. People in Europe and the USA received with shock the news that
> same-sex couples were publicly executed in the Kabul Stadium by bringing down a
> wall upon them that was constructed solely for this purpose. Others, however,
> pointed out that not only in the countries comprising the "Axis of Evil," but
> also among a few allies of the USA, the persecution of homosexuals has been
> elevated to a raison d'état. Horror reports from Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell of
> draconian measures against men who are suspected of same-sex activities.
> own example these heteronormative relations of violence.
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> Full article: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/klauda081210.html
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