Rights advocate speaks of an "extraordinarily brutal campaign", saying hundreds may have been killed in last few months in a new wave of violence against the gay population.

Iraqi gay community a target

By reporters for the Institute for War & Peace ReportingIraqi gays are being targeted and killed in what rights campaigners say is some of the worst violence against the community in recent years.At least 68 gay and transgendered men have been killed over the last four months, according to the London-based rights advocacy group Iraqi LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), bringing the total number of killings of Iraqis because of their sexuality to 678 since 2004.New York-based ...

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