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Thank you, Michael Isikoff. Because of Newsweek's commode Quran story -- the one that went down the drain in a retraction -- a previously undisclosed threat to our very existence has been revealed. It may be too late to avert, but before admitting defeat, I just wish every American would take a good long moment to reflect, not on the hysterical headlines trumpeting "Quran abuse," but rather on the U.S. Army's Quranic Code of Conduct in place at Guantanamo Bay. The orders aren't called that, of course, but that's as apt a title as any for the relevant sections of...

Engel said another rumor "came out a couple of weeks ago [and] was in a local newspaper. "It said that during a search of a woman's bag, U.S. soldiers with a team of dogs were sniffing through her bag. She had a Koran in her bag. The dog pulled the Muslim holy book out of the bag with its mouth and that the soldiers started laughing." http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/18/115508.shtml

FRANCE PROCLAIMS B.O. A NATIONAL TREASURE By JACQUES BARDOT It's offical: The French government has officially declared Gallic body odor a "national treasure." "We're as excited as skunks in an outhouse," says French historian Jean- Pierre Lefevre. "We are proud of our offensive odor. It's way overdue that along with the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral French body aroma is taking its rightful place as one of our country's most important assets." Luc Beauchamp, 59, has lived in Paris all his life. "France is the most beautiful country in the world," he says. "I stroll along the Champs Elysees...