Reply #135: Read this carefully folks ...

[Nihil]

> The three Britons alleged in a joint statement that Guantanamo guards
> kicked and threw around prison-issued Korans and on occasion threw
> them in buckets that served as toilets."

It is perfectly truthful to say that "guards threw a Koran into the toilet".
It is not truthful to say that "guards flushed a Koran down the toilet".

Check the wording on the Newsweek article.

I strongly suspect that this is why the Newsweek "retraction" is worded
the way it is: one or more copies of the Koran *WERE* thrown into a
toilet (thus the grievous insult to Islam) but they were *not* flushed
down a toilet (thus the "retraction").

Pressure from the Bush administration would ensure that no-one would
try to clarify the truthful details if they expected to see their next
birthday (or their children or whatever).

Even the most honest reporter has to consider their loved ones when
the stakes get this high.

Nihil