Amnesty International Denounces Stoning Death of 13-Year-Old Somali Girl

[CaféAuLait]

God I want to puke then hit someone--- raging mad here!


Amnesty International Denounces Stoning Death of 13-Year-Old Somali Girl

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.

Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.

Calls to Somali government officials and the local administration in Kismayo rang unanswered Saturday.

"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.

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[renkelfive]

And I thought this was why we were fighting this war...not as much because of WOMD but for humanitarian reasons. We started in Afgan. after our intervention women no longer had to hide under a burka and got to go to school. It was suppose to have gotten better...but our focus changed to Iraq and the really reason was lost....now it seems worse then ever.

 

[hjmick]

And I thought this was why we were fighting this war...not as much because of WOMD but for humanitarian reasons. We started in Afgan. after our intervention women no longer had to hide under a burka and got to go to school. It was suppose to have gotten better...but our focus changed to Iraq and the really reason was lost....now it seems worse then ever.

And Somalia is part of "this war" how?

 

[tigerbob]

And Somalia is part of "this war" how?

Quick - let's turn the story into a political football.

 

[tigerbob]

God I want to puke then hit someone--- raging mad here!


Amnesty International Denounces Stoning Death of 13-Year-Old Somali Girl

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.

Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.

Calls to Somali government officials and the local administration in Kismayo rang unanswered Saturday.

"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.

FOXNews.com - Amnesty International Denounces Stoning Death of 13-Year-Old Somali Girl - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Terribly, terribly sad. I have a daughter who is nearly that age. To go through what she went through only to suffer appallingly a second time is....well, actually I can't find the words to describe it.

 

[hjmick]

Quick - let's turn the story into a political football.

That wasn't my intent. The fact is, Somalia has nothing to do with Iraq or Afghanistan.

The story is tragic. It's incomprhensible that barbarism like this goes on in the world today. As a father of three daughters, I have no words to express how sick this makes me. Yet, sadly, there is little we as a nation can do to stop things like this from happening. Consider that the FBI can't even capture the father in Texas who murdered both his teenage daughters in the name of honor.

 

[dilloduck]

That wasn't my intent. The fact is, Somalia has nothing to dowith Iraq or Afghanistan.

The story is tragic. It's incomprhensible that barbarism like this goes on in the world today. As a father of three daughters, I have no words to express how sick this makes me. Yet, sadly, there is little we as a nation can do to stop things like this from happening. Consider that the FBI can't even capture the father in Texas who murdered both his teenage daughters in the name of honor.

Seriously----how long to we just empathize without doing anything ? Does Amnesty International expect someone to take action ?

 

[tigerbob]

That wasn't my intent. The fact is, Somalia has nothing to dowith Iraq or Afghanistan.

The story is tragic. It's incomprhensible that barbarism like this goes on in the world today. As a father of three daughters, I have no words to express how sick this makes me. Yet, sadly, there is little we as a nation can do to stop things like this from happening. Consider that the FBI can't even capture the father in Texas who murdered both his teenage daughters in the name of honor.

OK - fair point.

 

[tigerbob]

Seriously----how long to we just empathize without doing anything ? Does Amnesty International expect someone to take action ?

Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

 

[hjmick]

Seriously----how long to we just empathize without doing anything ? Does Amnesty International expect someone to take action ?

I hear ya, Dillo, I hear ya. But what do we do? Our last excursion into Somalia didn't turn out so well. We have troops deployed in two wars. I think you and I would agree that, even if we could send troops into Somalia, we as a nation would be roundly condemned in the court of public opinion, especially with Bush in office. AI makes a habit of condemning things such as this, as well they and everyone else should, yet they offer no solution and have no power to change things..

Personally, I think it is time someone else steps up and gives us a hand policing the scumbags of the world. No one else wants to do it, they get pissed when we do it, and they get pissed when we don't.

 

[CaféAuLait]

Terribly, terribly sad. I have a daughter who is nearly that age. To go through what she went through only to suffer appallingly a second time is....well, actually I can't find the words to describe it.

It makes no sense I am continually shocked at what is acceptable.

 

[DiveCon]

That wasn't my intent. The fact is, Somalia has nothing to do with Iraq or Afghanistan.

The story is tragic. It's incomprhensible that barbarism like this goes on in the world today. As a father of three daughters, I have no words to express how sick this makes me. Yet, sadly, there is little we as a nation can do to stop things like this from happening. Consider that the FBI can't even capture the father in Texas who murdered both his teenage daughters in the name of honor.

actually, this has everything to do with this war, this war is not just Iraq and Afghanistan
its radical Islamist extremists
and Somalia has been a part of this for a long time now
hint: blackhawk down

 

[renkelfive]

actually, this has everything to do with this war, this war is not just Iraq and Afghanistan
its radical Islamist extremists
and Somalia has been a part of this for a long time now
hint: blackhawk down

Thank you for explaining it better then I could.

 

[strollingbones]

can the us now be the morals police for all countries? think about it....what are you going to stop? once you go into a country for stoning a child, you will have to consider the rest...africa...myth..sex with a virgin will cure aids...infants are being raped by men with aids...women's sexual organs are being cut away...that is spread to more than africa...thailand...children forced into sex trade...china...infanticide in killing of female infants due to one child policy...what about the kids in south america who huff the glue exported out of the us...the glue is illegal to sell here but we allow its exportation to them. it is a slippery slope with a long list of countries that allow the slaughter of children. plus be careful the image you think you have...cause sometimes when a mirror is held up ...you get a different image back.

 

[Diuretic]

I can say, without a hint of hesitancy, that this was a disgusting act. I could use a lot more adjectives but it would be boring and predictable.

And this is why I totally reject any allegations of cultural imperialism by me or those like me. My values are superior to those who did this. And I can prove it. The people who did this are inferior in their value systems and their value systems, such as they are, need to be reformed. And yes, I'm being restrained.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

But Islam is a religion of Peace, why are you guys picking on Islam?

 

[Diuretic]

Cultural Rock, I live south of the most populous Islamic nation on Eartth - Indonesia - but I can't think of that sort of horrific thing happening there. Indonesians are fine people, there may be a few loonies out there who might agree with that but I would think 99.99% of Muslim Indonesians would be totally disgusted with this.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Cultural Rock, I live south of the most populous Islamic nation on Eartth - Indonesia - but I can't think of that sort of horrific thing happening there. Indonesians are fine people, there may be a few loonies out there who might agree with that but I would think 99.99% of Muslim Indonesians would be totally disgusted with this.

And how many Arab and African Muslims are there that practice this form of punishment? Add in Pakistan as well. They justify it with the Koran and religion. It is part of their religion. Add in Honor killings and shame killings.

When the Catholic Church practiced the Inquisition do we now make excuses for those evil acts? Why are you so willing to make excuses for Muslim evil acts practiced in the name of religion?

 

[editec]

Somalia is Libertopia, folks.

With no effective government to harrass the market by regulation and silly unionism, the place is a laissez fair paradise.

 

[doeton]

It makes no sense I am continually shocked at what is acceptable.

you mean like accidentally bombing a wedding party?