Well it's not the stupidest reason for rape I guess...?
But this is a headline (and post here on bct) that reeks of sensationalism. Doesn't matter if the rapist is an Iraqi immigrant or that it was a child. These things, while horrible, happen all the time. There's nothing special about this, though I definitely wouldn't say that to the parents here. It's just that the headline wants to imply more than is there, i.e., that the child rape is due to the person being Iraqi and an immigrant. No?
Sodomy, especially of young boys is something that is fairly common in Arab culture. It is not just sensationalism. If you do some actual research on the subject you will see what I say is true. There is certainly a pattern in the Arab world of raping young boys more so than the rest of the world in general. Part of the reason for this is they are so sexually repressed when it comes to women. They see women as being for reproduction and boys as being for fucking. This unfortunately is reality, not just sensationalism.