The Washington Blade (Jan. 19) has a unique spin on President Bush's new proposal for Iraq: "Troop Surge Unlikely to Help Gay Iraqis":
“The U.S. and its allies are both legally and morally responsible for the ongoing anti-LGBT violence in Iraq, and therefore curtailing it,” said [Ali Hili, an exiled gay Iraqi living in London]. “Under international law, the occupiers have a responsibility to protect the civilian population, and therefore it is their duty to ensure the wellbeing of Iraqi homosexuals.”
