Via Reuters: Newsweek retracts story on Koran desecration
Newsweek on Monday retracted a report that claimed U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran, which triggered days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 16 people were killed.“Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay,” Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement.
Sadly, I suspect that this retraction will not have the desired effect on persons willing to riot over the flushing of a book in the first place…
There is something seriously with this entire story. I cannot believe the hypocrisy of the adminstration about using unrelible sources! Do we remember Curveball?
Comment by The Misanthrope — Monday, May 16, 2024 @ 6:54 pm
Newsweek lied…people died
Chalk up another colossal blow to the credibility of the “mainstream media” w/the revelation (and now admission) that the Newsweek story about US military officials flushing the Koran down the toilet as a means of interrogating detainees in the…
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