Detainees’ copies of holy book kicked, splashed with urine The Pentagon on Friday released new details about mishandling of the Quran at the Guan
June 2, 2005

Detainees’ copies of holy book kicked, splashed with urine The Pentagon on Friday released new details about mishandling of the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, confirming that a soldier deliberately kicked the Muslim holy book and that an interrogator stepped on a Quran and was later fired for “a pattern of unacceptable behavior.” ...read on

This story doesn't do our troops any good, but the White House's reaction to Newsweek was deplorable. What wil the editor of Newsweek ask Scott Maclellan to do for his
magazine now that he besmirched it?

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