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Monday, November 16, 2009
720 brutally murdered as 'gay cleansing' continues unchecked in Iraq -by Kelvin Lynch
An organization dedicated to securing asylum for LGBT refugees from Iraq estimates that over 720 LGBT men and women have been murdered by extremist militias in the last six years. London-based Iraqi LGBT reports the Iraqi government has largely been absent in pursuing the roaming "death squads" in Iraq who seek out LGBT victims, likely due to extremist Shia religious parties that are calling for a moral cleansing.