Damascus, Syria - The situation in Iraq forced many Iraqis to flee to nearby countries such as Syria and Jordan. Many of them fled between the years 2003 and late 2007. When a family flees to one of the nearby countries, often part of the family will remain in Iraq to provide money and financial support. Many families send the father or a brother back to Iraq to help them collect money and support their life in Damascus or Amman. The reason behind that is Iraqis are not allowed to work in those countries, the only visa the are permitted to apply for is the tourist visa, and if you will look at the visa stamp which says “Not allowed to work.” Unfortunately, some fathers and brothers returned to Iraq and they never came back, either killed or kidnapped or detained somewhere, families were forced to return to Iraq because they cannot afford living in Syria or Jordan any more, and some remained rather than returning to the potential dangers in Iraq. Some families were lucky and found a job “under the table” that helped them to remain in their new country and to afford living in the lowest life standards. Others were forced to take difficult or unappealing jobs that do not cover all their expenses. Iraqis without sponsors were forced to do work that no human would wish to do, such a working in drug trafficking or prostitution. Some of the sex workers are under the age of 16, those sex workers are afraid of being hunted down by their families in Iraq for the work they performed in Syria or Jordan, and at the same time they are afraid of being deported from their new country. Some sex workers committed suicide, and a number of them began to consider doing the same. In Damascus the average payment for sex workers is approximately 500 Syrian Pounds (10 US dollars) to 1000 Syrian Pounds (20 US dollars) per night. The customers are from all different nationalities, others get paid much less, even just 100 Syrian Pounds (2 US Dollars) to 250 Syrian Pounds (5 US Dollars) which is barely enough money for food. Alive in Baghdad has been informed that in several cases a sex worker has been killed after returning to Baghdad. Many militias such as the Islamic Army decided on killing some of them because they consider prostitution to be a great sin and the punishment is death. *** If you appreciate the insightful content provided by Alive in Baghdad, which you won’t find anywhere else, please consider becoming a paying subscriber, or making a donation to Alive in Baghdad. You can also purchase Alive in Baghdad T-shirts and DVDs to spread the word! Less

Author: AbigailsDiary Added: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:16:20 -0800Duration: 91 OMG! gov eliot spitzer got caught w/ a prossie! what's this mean? leeve me ur thoughts n videos at http://www.abigailsteendiary.com. oh, n ashley dupre? email me!!! Less

OMG! gov eliot spitzer got caught w/ a prossie! what's this mean? leeve me ur thoughts n videos at http://www.abigailsteendiary.com. Less

America loves a good sex scandal. There can be no doubt of that. There is something satisfying about seeing hypocrisy unveiled. We love seeing that impunity is not a permanent state; nor is it an irrevocable privilege or purview of the hyper-rich. There is also the taboo, the eroticism of the hidden and the denied. We are a nation that still... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Less

America loves a good sex scandal. There can be no doubt of that. There is something satisfying about seeing hypocrisy unveiled. We love seeing that impunity is not a permanent state; nor is it an irrevocable privilege or purview of the hyper-rich. There is also the taboo, the eroticism of the hidden and the denied. We are a nation that still... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Less

In the first real Rage Machine of the year, Spike talks about the race for the Whitehouse; Hillary battles Obama battles Huckabee battles McCain battles gawd knows who next. Why is Hillary skeevy and untrustworthy? Why is John McCain skeevy and untrustworthy? Why did John Edwards and Mike Huckabee win Iowa but get trounced in New Hampshire? Spike, as usual, has all the answers. Because he’s awesome. Also! MPs in Britain – already paid extremely well – say that there’s no money to give to working stiffs living paycheck to paycheque, but are more than happy to awards themselves a 2% pay increase. You know, for all that good work they’ve been doing. Furtherwards of a talkingness on this feature-length edition, why you didn’t hear the two shows that happened last week, how Old Spike gave his son a fever blister from three and a half thousand miles away, the battle over the next home video format and other geekery, shenanigans, goings on, bedlam and “antics”. For a penny. All that and the podcast-within-a-podcast from Brendan the Iremonger (at iremongerlives.blogspot.com) and the real story of the Jobbie Circus, including the new anonymous website www.thejobbiecircus.com and Spike’s switch to Linux. Want to know what’s coming up on the next show? Watch the show’s topics evolve and get your two American cents (roughly four British pence at current exchange rates) in at the new Delicious page: http://del.icio.us/spikenesmith You know how to get in touch, doncha? TheRageMachine@gmail.com – and don’t forget to become a Facebook Fan of the Rage Machine here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8206375097 Less

La zona de tolerancia que el gobernador de Tlaxcala, Enrique Ruiz Peña propone, ha abierto la discusión alrededor del trabajo sexual y la prostitución. Las trabajadoras sexuales hablan acerca de la discriminación ante su trabajo y de cómo por dedicarse a el son criticadas y muchas veces no son respetadas y son abusadas por la policía, los clientes y algunas veces incluso por sus familias, lo cual baja su autoestima permitiendo este tipo de violencia, pero al organizarse, y al tener apoyo psicológico, se han dado cuenta que su trabajo es como cualquier otro, el cual sirve para ganarse el dinero para su familia, y lo reivindican como un trabajo digno, por eso no hablan de prostitución sino de trabajo sexual, en los colectivos se organizan para que su trabajo sea menos difícil y peligroso y mas remunerativo, por que al estar solas en la calle los proxenetas las amenazan quitándoles la mayoría del dinero que ganan sin ellos hacer nada, dejando de ser trabajadoras para ser explotadas sexualmente, por ello es la oposición a la zona de tolerancia por que vuelve a poner a las mujeres en las manos de los padrotes, que son la policía, los hoteleros, los restauranteros, los empresarios de las cerveceras, el gobernador así como los empresarios nunca hablaron de trabajo sexual sino de legalizar la prostitución (que es ilegal en casi todo el país) en una zona especifica para la diversión de los adultos y sabiendo que se moverán cantidades importantes de dinero pues “ahí esta el negocio” además de consentir el trafico de mujeres hacia Estados Unidos así como la explotación sexual infantil, pues la corrupción y las mafias de traficantes coludidas con las autoridades permiten esconderlo en las zonas VIP. En esta segunda parte del video de Apizaco, varias trabajadoras hablaron con AiM para contarnos sus vivencias y problemas, y una de ellas nos explica por su propia experiencia, la diferencia entre trabajar en colectivo a ser explotada por un padrote. Less

“Go Raiders.” Spike’s fed up and miserable and needs to go to a funeral to remind himself of why he shouldn’t just cash in his chips and be done with it. What’s bumming Spike out this time? Mostly, gas prices. He won’t bore you with the story of how a fat, speccy guy from West Central Scotland ended up in West Virginia, but he will spend several minutes explaining why you are not Scottish/Irish/Italian/whatever, and will spend most of the show whining about rich people and paying $3.44 per gallon for gas. Incidentally, Spike’s about seven or eight million heads short for the revolution. Anyone want to help? Oh – and also, Deeds wants to know why a 44 year old man can’t buy beer and Spike plops on his tinfoil hat and wonders about election-rigging in Florida… not that it matters anymore, since they are now getting rid of electronic voting machines. Woot! email the show: theragemachine@gmail.com Skype: Taskerlands call: 206-600-5774 Less

In our initial broadcast I get right into the meat of things with offerings on “African superlions” and Mike Tyson’s sad (and slightly scary) new profession. I am leaping in with both feet here, and I fully expect that most future podcasts will be slightly more organized than this one, but this should give you a taste of the sort of information you’ll get here. Less

National MP Mark Blumsky chats with Wellington prostitutes, and the leader of the NZ prostitutes collective, Catherine Healy, about life on the streets and various competing city management agendas. Catherine was a featured speaker at the 2004 International Prostitutes Collective conference in London (see: http://www.allwomencount.net/EWC%20Sex%20Workers/IPCConferenceReport.htm ) Broadcast on Wellington Access Radio, Saturday 29 October. Less

A COMPLETE SHOW! FINALLY! Woot, as the kids like to say. In this exciting episode of THE SPIKE NESMITH RAGE MACHINE, our hero – apparently hyped up on something – excitedly discusses his unpopular love for mid 80s depress-o-matic band The Smiths, he talks about Michael J Fox’s recent political support ad and Rush Limbaugh’s controversial comments about it and makes a few of his own all whilst auditioning his new and imaginary political campaign in which he reveals exclusive proof that his imaginary opponent is a douchebag. He yaks a (brief) storm about Iraq, about a man who (gulp) raped a dead dog (no, really!) and about prostitution. Sounds like someone has something on the mind! But it all starts with a short, but relaxing, meditation and prayer. Aaahh. All in all, what a show. Best one he did in at least a week. Don’t be afraid to email or leave an Odeo comment. That would, in fact, be rather nice of you. http://odeo.com/sendmeamessage/TheRageMachine TheRageMachine@gmail.com Less