Iranian Happenings

Liberals are wringing their hands about the Bush administration's tough stance concerning Iran. A couple stories stuck out today concerning the former land of Persia. This first:

A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for having sex.
The court dismissed the girl's claim that she was raped. It said she had sex of her own free will, the official Iran Daily newspaper reported.
The girl was sentenced to 100 lashes because her accusations of rape and kidnap could have landed her partners a death penalty, the Tehran judge said.
Sex outside marriage is illegal in Iran and capital punishment can be imposed.
The young men in the case were sentenced to 30 and 40 lashes each.

Where's the outrage from the uptight women from NOW? They've nothing to say on this. If a woman in America accuses a man of rape, the NOW picketers are outside the guys office in 15 minutes.

This story brings us another reason to shut down the Mexican border, an issue that President Bush is very wrong about:

Three members of an alleged ring accused of attempting to sell fake immigration documents to Iranian nationals pleaded guilty in federal court to various counts of fraud and identity theft.Port Isabel residents Roberto Aburto, his wife Azalia Gaona, Miriam Palestina and Rutilio Marquez are accused taking $1,050 to make fake Social Security cards and green cards in August for three Iranian men.Aburto, 31, Gaona, 27, and Palestina, 26, were arrested during two Sept. 9 raids in Port Isabel, but Marquez remains at large and is presumed to have fled to Mexico.

Hmm...Why would three Iranians need fake US documents? I'm stumped.