Bush endorsed by Iran, Iran sentences 13 yr old grl to death by stoning

[RollergirlVT]

from raw story site: Iran to stone 13 yr old girl to death & they endorse Bush

The fundamentalism regime of Iran is planning to stone a 13-year-old girl, Jila , in the city of Marivan in coming days. Jila was raped and impregnated by her brother and Iran’s clerical judge has sentenced her to death by stoning. According to the Iranian regime's penal code, stoning is the punishment for those who commit adultery. Jila did not commit adultery; rather she is a victim of rape.

Stoning in Iran is carried out as "the condemned are wrapped head to foot in white shrouds and buried up to their waists. “ The misogynous regime of Tehran even details the difference between the stoning of men vs. women. “The female condemned are buried up to their neck to prevent their escape.” Furthermore, "the stones are specifically chosen so they are large enough to cause pain, but not so large as to kill the condemned immediately. They are guaranteed a slow, torturous death. Sometimes their children are forced to watch.” No other government in the world practices stoning as the Iranian regime.
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008354.html

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush (news - web sites) was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.


Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body.


"We haven't seen anything good from Democrats," Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in recent decades, saw Iran openly supporting one U.S. presidential candidate over another.


Though Iran generally does not publicly wade into U.S. presidential politics, it has a history of preferring Republicans over Democrats, who tend to press human rights issues.


"We do not desire to see Democrats take over," Rowhani said when asked if Iran was supporting Democratic Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) against Bush.


The Bush campaign said no thanks.


"It's not an endorsement we'll be accepting anytime soon," Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said. "Iran should stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons and if they continue in the direction they are going, then we will have to look at what additional action may need to be taken including looking to the U.N. Security Council."


Kerry, who says halting nuclear proliferation will be a priority if he becomes president, believes Bush should have done more diplomatically to curb Iran's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions. He says Iran should be offered nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes, but spent fuel should be taken back so it cannot be used to develop nuclear weapons.


"It is telling that this president has received the endorsement of member of the axis of evil," Kerry campaign spokeswoman Allison Dobson said. "But Americans deserve a president who will have a comprehensive strategy to address the potential threat of Iran's growing nuclear program."


The United States severed diplomatic relations with Iran after militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Iranian clerics were crucial in determining the fate of the 1980 U.S. election when Republican Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) won in part because Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter was unable to secure the hostages' release.


The hostages were freed as Reagan was inaugurated.


The United States supported Iraq (news - web sites) in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, but by the late 1990s, U.S.-Iranian relations were somewhat better. They plummeted again after Bush accused Iran of being part of the "axis of evil" with North Korea (news - web sites) and prewar Iraq.


The Bush administration also accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons and sheltering operatives of Osama bin Laden (new

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20041019/ap_on_el_pr/iran_us_elections&printer=1

[porphyrian]

1. Well, she was raped by her brother...

I fucking hate all fundamentalists.

[Maple]

2. Link please

[RollergirlVT]

4. link to raw story

http://www.rawstory.com/

[drhilarius]

3. Birds of a feather...n/t.

[seventhson]

5. Without links this story is f*cked up

How can we know WHAT this is if there is no cited source?

If it is true it is cause for HUGE outrage at Iran and an effort to stop this murder.

If false the poster should be deleted

so either provide valid cite and source or quit it.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. Wow...Chimpy will have another excuse to invade Iran! Good thinking!

[jayctravis]

6. This is ghastly...

I'm thinking under our regime...would she be forced to carry her brother's child to term?

[iamjoy]

10. I Think She Does Anyway

I think the woman (girl, in this case) is imprisoned, then killed after the child is born. I think that's what happened with a woman in Nigeria.

Although, thinking about it, this story seems a little odd. First, there was a similar case in Nigeria. Second, the article seems to contradict itself, first saying the condemned are buried to their waist, then that women are buried to their neck so they can't escape. Are men given an opportunity to escape? Also, the article states that the women are killed in a way to cause more pain, not a quick death. It seems to me that there is far greater potential for suffering if one can be hit anywhere from the waist up rather than just about the head.

I don't imagine this is a total lie, knowing how brutal these people are it is certainly believable, but I think some of the facts here are wrong. I don't blame the poster here, it is the source that seems questionable.

[iamjoy]

7. Can You Say Regime Change?

hey, why not? If we're the world's liberty police. I mean, Bush likes to brag about that 19 year old in Afghanistan voting for the first time. Why not invade Iran? They have weapons of mass destruction (or, they might). They are a brutal oppressive regime. We gave them weapons. Iran, Iraq - what's the difference anyway?

Nah, some one probably told Bush Iran has the death penalty for rape and he said it was a good thing - not quite getting that they kill the victim.

I try so hard not to let my martial impulses get the better of me, but something like this and I have a Beach Boys tune going through my head, but the words are "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran..."

Seems like all the totalitarian rulers are endorsing Bush.
Now isn't that special?

[Virginian]

9. Of course Iran likes Bush -- He got rid of Saddam for them.

He opened up Iraq for them to expand on in.

The last I checked, Candidates don't get a big boost from Fundamentalist countries endorsements.