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[eleri]

Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita blamed Newsweek's report for the protests.

So, the possiblity that US trops were deliberately desecrating another faiths holy book doesn't matter at all.

Jerks.

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[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

The official word is that there is no proof that anyone did anything to the Qu'ran.

However, doing so would be a criminal act and a violation of the Geneva Conventions. A soldier asked if he had flushed the Qu'ran would be foolish to do anything but stand on his (or her) article 31 rights (the military equivalent of the 5th Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination). True or not, there might not be any proof, except, perhaps, the uncorroborated word of the prisoners.

It's a tough issue. I honestly don't know who I believe. The reaction of the Bush administration, however, strikes me as somewhat suspicious.