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arcana imperii :: the book of j

17.3.04

an arse is an arse is an arse?

yahoo! news reports via reuters that according to police, a frustrated afghan soldier who could not afford to get married was released without charge after being caught having sex with a donkey. the soldier, who was not identified, was detained for several days last week after a young boy spotted him with the animal in an abandoned house in the southeastern town of gardez.

a local police officer told reuters that the man insisted he had no other choice but the donkey because he could not afford to pay a dowry to get married. the man had since been released without charge.

note that in many parts of afghanistan men must pay at least $3000 to the parents of their prospective bride, making marriage difficult for many in a country where the average annual income is only a few hundred dollars.

under the strict islamic rule of the fundamentalist taliban regime overthrown in 2001, sex outside of marriage or bestiality were punished by stoning to death or flogging. well, isn't the soldier lucky the us army is still occupying his country and defending his right to fck a mule? i mean, compared to the fact that very little has been accomplished in changing the deplorable status of say, women, since the taliban were defeated...

thx again to crisafer.