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May 18, 2005
Neocon "Newsweek" Outrage a Riot
We've all heard the outrage from the Republican talk show hosts over the way Newsweek's "false" story (which wasn't false--see here and here) about the U.S. military's flushing of the Koran down the toilet led to mass rioting in the Muslim world. Some are even suggesting that Newsweek be held legally responsible for the riots and resulting death and destruction. Over at CNSNews.com, 59% of respondents agreed that there should "be more reporting restrictions placed on U.S.-based media organizations" in light of the Newsweek "scandal."
It turns out, though, that at least in Afghanistan, the Newsweek story had nothing at all to do with the rioting, according to the U.S. government's own spokesman.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff says a report from Afghanistan suggests that rioting in Jalalabad on May 11 was not necessarily connected to press reports that the Quran might have been desecrated in the presence of Muslim prisoners held in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Air Force General Richard Myers told reporters at the Pentagon May 12 that he has been told that the Jalalabad, Afghanistan, rioting was related more to the ongoing political reconciliation process in Afghanistan than anything else. . . .
Myers said an after-action report provided by U.S. Army Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, commander of the Combined Forces in Afghanistan, indicated that the political violence was not, in fact, connected to the magazine report.
Anyway, we know our government would never disrespect the Koran in any way, as our secretary of state says. They might kill people, stack them in pyramids naked, put leashes on them, and attach electrodes to them, but they would never, ever flush the Koran down the toilet.
Posted by Mike Tennant at May 18, 2005 11:02 AM
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