State Dept. Asks Embassies to Get Out Word Bushists Cracked Down on NW

[BurtWorm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Newsweek-Quran.html?ei=5094&en=357fb1fa12ac62ed&hp=&ex=1116388800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department, moving to undo damage it says was caused by a Newsweek article alleging U.S. desecration of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, is telling its embassies to spread the word abroad that America respects all religious faiths.

In a two-page cable sent Monday night to all U.S. diplomatic posts, the department told the ambassadors to inform host governments and local media that Newsweek had retracted its report that investigators found evidence interrogators at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, desecrated the Quran.

The Pentagon has found nothing to substantiate allegations of Quran desecration, the cable noted, adding, ''The U.S. government will continue to investigate all credible allegations of misconduct and will take action against those responsible if the allegations are substantiated.''

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the statement was transmitted abroad in seven languages. Also, it is being distributed among American Muslim groups.

[LisaM]

1. They're just going to make it worse

it smacks of a coverup. This is not at all like the Dan Rather entrapment story. I haven't heard anyone yet who seriously doesn't realize that the White House is seriously trying to find a scapegoat for their illegal ways.

[w13rd0]

2. Wait...

...just like we investigated all the repeated, disparate reports of torture and abuse? Yeah, everyone will believe us. And next week, I'm going to investigate myself for googling the neighbors wife, please await my report. The world knows how our "investigations" into torture have gone, they aren't going to believe ANYTHING our "internal investigations" have to say, they will, in fact, believe the exact opposite of just about anything we say now. Our responding to the Newsweek story with this degree of coordination and swiftness speaks VOLUMES about culpability. Do they have contingency plans for sweeping under the rug ALL of their dirty deeds? Or just the ones that involve bodies?

[wtmusic]

3. Phew! Glad that's over with!

:rofl:

[caligirl]

4. Sanchez was cleared and Karpinski was demoted to colonel for 'shoplifting'

What sleeze, no one believes these people, or um zombie Banana Bushistas.

[Ian David]

5. Newsweek did NOT retract the story of Quran abuse...

They retracted the part that says it will be documented in a government report.

Stories of the Quran abuse had already been covered in the media and documented.

Scotty MacLiar has refused to say the stories are not true.