FBI records detail Quran abuse by US guards
BBC Online
An inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp accused US guards of flushing a Koran down the toilet in 2002, newly declassified FBI documents reveal. The disclosure follows a row over a similar claim made in Newsweek, which the magazine was forced to retract. The Newsweek report sparked protests across the Muslim world, and riots in Afghanistan that killed 15 people. The Pentagon said last week it had seen "no credible and specific allegations" about putting a Koran in a toilet. Newsweek last week apologised for, and then retracted its report, after saying it could no longer corroborate the story. The White House rounded on the magazine, saying its report had done "lasting damage" to the US image in the Muslim world.
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