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We May 17 -

NEW RULES:
The Zarqawi Plan Debuts -

Blogger Zappy reports: on Sunday, Zarqawi had handbills posted in the Amiriyah district of Baghdad, listing his latest ideas on how he plans to isolate and control the residents of that neighborhood. Among his new rules:

-Men are not allowed to grow goatees;
-Men are not allowed to wear Jeans;
-Men are not allowed to remove
...their facial hair;
-Woman must wear a "Juba,"
...a black gown that looks like a sack;
-Woman are not allowed to drive;
-Women are not allowed to leave
...their homes without a chaperone.

-Anyone not obeying
...these rules will be shot.

Daniel McGrory reports:

*What scares the city’s residents is how the fanatics’ list of enemies is growing. It includes girls who refuse to cover their hair, boys who wear theirs too long, booksellers, liberal professors and prostitutes. Three shops known to sell alcohol were bombed yesterday in the Karrada shopping district.

In this atmosphere of intolerance and intimidation, the militias have made no secret of their hatred of homosexuals.*

:: Gays flee ::
-- Times of London --

+ It's my understanding that the Iraqis have been given a Terrorist Tipline telephone number which they can call discreetly from their cellphones to report these activities. Of course, no one can force them to use it...

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