http://www.gayok.org/Gay_Middle_East/Iraq/Gay and lesbian websites - checked, reviewed and confirmed as Gay OK http://www.gayok.org/Gay_Middle_East/Iraq/detail/link-1137.htmlHomosexuality was legal in Iraq under <a title="Saddam Hussein" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> until late 2001, when under pressure from religious conservatives he criminalised the act of sodomy. A law passed in 2001 made sodomy punishable by imprisonment, and repeated convictions punishable by death.Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:53:24 GMT