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(Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)
Update: Reports are surfacing that the two boys were guilty of sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy. While death by hanging seems an extreme punishment for minors, it's not exactly the same as being put to death just on the basis of sexual orientation.
Update II: Reports are also surfacing that the sexual assault may have been added to the story to soften the executions for Western readers.
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Bomb a f***ing Iran!!!
Posted by: unicus | January 13, 2006 at 04:41 AM