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Afghan clerics threaten Muslim holy war over Koran
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A group of Afghan Muslim clerics threatened on Sunday to call for a holy war against the United States in three days unless it hands over military interrogators reported to have desecrated the Koran. ......
Newsweek magazine said in its May 9 edition investigators probing abuses at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay found that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet."
Muslims consider the Koran the literal word of God and treat each book with deep reverence.
The United States has tried to calm global Muslim outrage over the incident, saying disrespect for the Koran was abhorrent and would not be tolerated, and military authorities were investigating the allegation.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...gion_afghan_dc
No connection? It seems highly unlikely that the the deadly riots, and threats of fatwas, and protesters holding signs that say "Newsweek Should be Banned" and "Bush Should Apologize for the Desecration of the Quran" all immediately follow the publishing of an inciteful lie in Newsweek magazine, yet the Pentagon contends that they are unrelated events. Yes, I have a hard time believing that.