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| Damascus hookers at war |
| 2005-01-04 |
| As the war in Iraq continues, a different kind of "war" has been going on for months now in neighboring Syria — one that has its roots, among others, in the aftermath of Saddam's ouster. In the past few months, a mini "world war" has been taking place between prostitutes in Syria: the many immigrants from Iraq have simply "stolen" the jobs of the local girls. However, the Syrian whores have decided not to surrender and have engaged in war by spreading rumors, claiming, "The immigrants are all sick with AIDS". In recent months, the whores working in Damascus have complained about the "aggressive conquering" of their clientele by foreign workers. The market of whores, as well as other markets, has suffered due to the wave of immigration from neighboring Iraq. A Syrian intellectual has said that the number of whores in Damascus stands at 30,000, however a source in the Iraqi consulate in the city said this estimate was an exaggeration. In any case, it is clear the Iraqi whores have flooded the neighboring country following the fall of Saddam's regime — either out of fear for their lives due to killings by local religious groups or out of a keen desire to find new clients. In this situation, in which the Syrian prostitute market has been flooded by whores from Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and more, the local girls found themselves entangled in quite a problem; their business was at stake. They decided to take revenge in a unique manner by spreading rumors in the Syrian capital saying the Iraqi women had AIDS
The current rumor circulating Damascus is that several policemen have contracted AIDS from Iraqi whores. According to most recent rumors, the Syrian regime has been so concerned over this phenomenon that it decided to enact a law in which every Iraqi convicted of dealing with prostitution will be jailed and consequently deported from Syria. It seems that in one of the areas in which this business flourishes, a systematic system has been developed. Syrian or Iraqi pimps "marry" up to four whores (either from Syria, Iraq or Tunisia). In exchange for 10,000 dollars a year, the whores commit themselves to serve any client, anytime. In exchange, the pimp promises her that if she is arrested, he will release her after identifying himself to the police as her "husband". The Iraqi whores work in a few centers, according to reports. In the A-Thal neighborhood of Damascus, for example, one can find night clubs in which Iraqi and Syrian women perform sensual dances. According to the reports, one can even spot women in their 50s sitting by the stage smoking nargilas. Perhaps these are the mothers of the dancers that came to watch after their daughters or perhaps to mediate between their girls and the eager clients
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Somehow the notion of a beheading takes on a whole new meaning. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-04 10:47:51 PM |
| #13 Hard to separate the government whores from the sexual ones. All I can say is it must be a Johns market, if one has the inclination. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-04 10:46:06 PM |
| #12 Hmm.. favorite refuge of Iraqi ba'athists post-invasion? Damascus. Favorite refuge of Iraqi whores post-invasion? Damascus. Or perhaps it's a semantic confusion (the two terms being interchangeable)? |
| Posted by: lex 2005-01-04 10:03:18 PM |
| #11 Jules, darling, it can't possibly be adultery if they were married! (Even if the marriage was dissolved 3 minutes later.) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-04 9:57:21 PM |
| #10 Kojo, how would you like to head the "Beaners for Food" program? Would you like that? |
| Posted by: Dad 2005-01-04 8:18:27 PM |
| #9 So how does that "tradition" synch with Quranic dictates against adultery (other than the predictable double standards for men and women)? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2005-01-04 5:44:38 PM |
| #8 Jules, the Muslims have a long tradition of 1-hour marriages and weekend marriages that cover the prostitution/sex outside marriage conundrum. The real issue is that the men sometimes take advantage of this tradition with good girls, too, without telling them upfront. And once a girl is used goods, it is very unlikely that she'll get another chance as full scale wifehood. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-04 5:40:16 PM |
| #7 I guess when the first Riyadh bombing occurred, all the Syrian and Lebanese hookers in the compounds around Riyadh decided to bail... adding in the Iraqi hookers, well, it's suddenly a buyer's market - and no one wants to discount their wares. As for the Turtle Bay wimps, I'm sure the Syrian hookers would have a phrase that equates to "Cheap Charlie"... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-04 4:53:37 PM |
| #6 Cat fight! Cat fight!... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-01-04 4:44:19 PM |
| #5 CS/CrazyFool - No go on the UN helping out the hookers. The girls in Damascus don't want anyting to do with the pimps at Turtle Bay. They have their reputations to protect. A bit OT - I seem to remember a Bob and Tom radio bit where the "Whores of Babylon" were a sponsor for a softball team. Fine line between marketing and pandering. . . |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-01-04 12:29:13 PM |
| #4 May a Tricks for Food program? Right up the U.N. alley! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-01-04 11:49:27 AM |
| #3 I guess it has its advantages and its disadvantages. You don't usually think of Islam being associated with fishnet stockings, spike heels and EZ Pop™ brassieres, but it does make it easier to pimp four women named Trixie at once. Even an Iranian holy man can do it. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-01-04 11:38:25 AM |
| #2 I'm confused. I thought sex outside of marriage was forbidden in Islam? Aren't adulterers supposed to be locked away forever or stoned (especially if they're women)? Hmmm...maybe Islam doesn't mean "submission"-maybe it means "hypocrisy"? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2005-01-04 10:46:01 AM |
| #1 Can't the un step in help these hookers? Some kind of Hooker Aid 2005 could be launched to help raise ah money (that's it). Maybe start a Hooker refugee program that would send these women to other muslim nations so they could ply their trade. I am sure they could return to Iraq and find a job or two. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-04 10:42:04 AM |