28
May

A week is a long time in Desecration

   Posted by: gargi   in International, Print

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Last week poor Newsweek got jhapoed by the Pentagon for publishing a report on the desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay . The Pentagon put on its most angelic face and swore that nothing of that sort had happened.
Newsweek was blamed for the riots that ensued in Afghanistan leading to loss of life. I guess the pressure brought on to bear on Newsweek must have been tremendous, leading them to recant.
So did the desecration happen?
The FBI says yes.
This week the Pentagon is saying that yes the Koran was desecrated. It may not have been flushed down a loo, but it was desecrated all the same. Wikipedia has a chronology of Koran flushing incidents here

The management team at Newsweek must feel like a bunch of spineless jellies for having folded under Governement pressure so fast.

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4 comments so far

Rohit
 1 

It’s the usual deny vehemetly and then quietly admit to the charges a few days later wala rigmarole.

May 28th, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Heraldblog
 2 

It would appear the Newsweek acted on bad intellligence. Can you imagine such a thing?

Love your new site. Congrats!

May 29th, 2005 at 8:22 am
Heraldblog
 3 

It would appear the Newsweek acted on bad intellligence. Can you imagine such a thing?

Love your new site. Congrats!

May 29th, 2005 at 8:23 am
Bernardo
 4 

I can’t believe how idiotic the behavior of our soldiers, military leaders and government officials has been. Wait! Did I just say that I was surprised? I have no clue what Bush is trying to accomplish by his illegal invastion of Iraq (besides the known propaganda).. then, to have personel commit such acts that would be taken as an act of blasphemy. I watch and I truly have to admit that I shake my head in disbelief. Abu Ghraib.

June 5th, 2005 at 10:48 pm

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