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Originally Posted by RangerDick
The difference is that Newsweek claimed that a US government official had confirmed that the allegations were true, whereas the other reports you cited from the past year from other sources were simply random reports of 3rd person accounts of what detainees had alleged. Big difference there, host. Nice try.
Newsweek lied. People died.
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At this point I have to disagree that Newsweek intentionally lied. The unnamed US official that confirmed the Quran incident now says he can "no longer be sure" of the information provided to the reporter. I would like to know how he became unsure for starters.
What if it is true that Newsweek reported accurately, not realizing the symbolic significance of the Quran to the whole of the muslim world? What if the Bush administration pressured Newsweek to retract the report in an effort to quell the religious uproar that it caused? I'm inclined to think that this would be the best outcome for such a politically charged situation.
I suppose that this instance would make me compliant with suppression of a free press.