In reply to Afghan warlords keeping boys as sex slaves: UN 

I'm not wondering real hard though. We see the UN being mentioned, but I 
bet the US admin has had a hand somewhere in preparing this offensive 
against the practice of "bacha bazi".

As it happens, only just about a week ago I sent an email to a current 
affairs TV show which airs on the same ABC network where this article 
appears and suggested that they do a story on this issue, and provided 
several relevant links of course. Might as well repeat the links here 
for those who wish to learn more:

Pederasty in the Middle East and Central Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_the_Middle_East_and_Central_Asia 

Kandahar comes out of the closet
http://www.middleeast.org/comments/1/692.shtml 

Islam's Nancy Boys
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2006/01/islams-nancy-boys.html 

The Dancing Boys of the North 

Kandahar Men Return to Original Love: Teenage Boys
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,44067,00.html 

Defending freedom to abuse
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=592211 

Warlord Sexual Abuse (Afghanistan)
http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/2003-October/000677.html  


"Widespread Gang-Rape of Boy Slaves" - Google search 

Boy Rape in Sudan 

Personally, I think Radhika Coomaraswamy has spent too much time hanging 
around in the US of A.