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shenmue

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Wed Nov 26, 2014, 01:05 AM Nov 2014

Syria: Islamic State stones two men to death; claimed they were gay

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/25/report-is-stones-2-gay-men-to-death-in-syria/

In Mayadeen and Deir Ezzor, Syria, two men were stoned to death, after Islamic State claimed they were gay.

From the article:

Activists on social media said that the dead men were opponents of IS and that the group had used the allegation as a pretext to kill them.
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Syria: Islamic State stones two men to death; claimed they were gay (Original Post) shenmue Nov 2014 OP
Disgusting. Behind the Aegis Nov 2014 #1
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