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Newsweek backtracks on Koran claims Roland Watson, Washington May 17, 2005 THE incendiary account of US interrogators flushing a copy of the Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay may not, after all, be true, the magazine behind the claim has said. A report in last week's Newsweek sparked riots in Afghanistan that spread across the Muslim world, leading to the deaths of at least 14 people and injuries to more than 120. But the magazine backtracks in this week's edition. "We regret that we got any part of our story wrong and extend our sympathies to victims of the...

Muslim Reaction to Newsweek Apology: Too Little, Too Late Distrust Intensifies Following Koran Desecration Allegations News Analysis by HODA ABDEL-HAMID May. 16, 2005 - Newsweek magazine may have apologized, but to many in the Muslim world, it's too late and much too little. Muslims brushed off an apology to readers that appeared in this week's edition of the newsweekly that acknowledged errors in a story alleging U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Koran, Islam's holy book. Interestingly enough, Newsweek has an Arabic issue but there was no mention of the apology in this week's issue. Critics called it...