“The Hunted”

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓  ·  October 7th, 2009  ·  filed under politics, sex

“Fadi called Ahmed. They spoke for an hour. They were devastated by their friends’ deaths, of course. They were also terrified. Under torture, Mazen and Namir may have given up their names.”

From Matt McAllester’s horrifying piece, “The Hunted,” which looks at the plight of gays in Iraq and the different groups who are trying to track them down.

“From Baghdad—frightening reports of gay pogroms, where homosexual men are targeted, tortured, slayed. From New York—a scurry to find those same men before they are killed, and shepherd them to safety.” Read it.

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals by the age of 25. He has also written for AlterNet, McSweeney's, and Mother Jones. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

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