Newsweek report

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Going on the counter-attack after days of rioting in
Afghanistan, the Pentagon charged that a report in Newsweek magazine
that US soldiers in Guantanamo allegedly descerated the Koran was
"irresponsible" and "demonstrably false."

The magazine expressed regret over the weekend, saying that the senior
US government official who was the source of the report in its May 9 edition
was no longer certain where he had seen the allegation.

"What we know is that the Newsweek story about a Koran desecration is
demonstrably false, and thus far there have not been any credible
allegations of willful Koran desecration, and Newsweek hasn't produced any
such evidence either," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
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Our comments:
First of all, the report is probably true, but that is at least one persons
opinion. This story broke all over the news. Like always, the government is
innocent! I was reading it on yahoo news, while at the same time i was
watching it on T.V. The Pentagon is jumping all over this. As soon as
Newsweek claims that their source may not be as credible as they thought,
the government jumps in and demands to know why Newsweek did not pull
the story. Newsweek expressed regret, but did not pull the story (yet). The
Pentagon, is not happy with this.

Hold on a minuet. Back up please. The source was found to be unreliable?
Still that is not good enough reason to reverse your decision? Does this
sound familiar? It should! This is the exact same thing that was report not
so long ago with the Bush administration.

The government had to admit that they could not find any weapons of
mass destruction. Remember what happened next? The white house came
out hiding behind this same excuse. Our source was found to be unreliable!
We based our decision based on a drunk telling us that there were weapons
of mass destruction in Iraq!

Question: Why is it alright for Bush to start an endless war, taking innocent
lives, based upon an unreliable source, but it's not alright for a magazine to
publish a report based on unreliable evidence? The Pentagon wants
Newsweek to retract their article, yet our government does not have to pull
our troops out! Still, we do nothing!

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