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2005-05-11 Afghanistan/South Asia

Afghans riot over Koran report, 4 dead: official

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Posted by Billy Bob Shakespeare 2005-05-11 07:26|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am sure I changed the name to 'ed' when posting. Has anyone seen their post showing up under a previous name cookie?

Posted by ed 2005-05-11 08:07|| 2005-05-11 08:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Article: Newsweek magazine said in a recent edition that investigators probing abuses at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay had discovered that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet."

Looks like al-Newsweek has been inciting the natives again, eh?

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-05-11 09:58|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-05-11 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks, Newsweek. Thanks a lot.

Socialist c-suckers.

Posted by BH 2005-05-11 10:09|| 2005-05-11 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Newsweek magazine said in a recent edition that investigators probing abuses at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay had discovered that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet."

Can anyone tell me what the problem is? I mean, other than stopping up the damned toilet.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-11 11:07|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-11 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 As is the case with stupidity, insanity knows no bounds.

Posted by .com 2005-05-11 11:11|| 2005-05-11 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Can anyone tell me what the problem is? I mean, other than stopping up the damned toilet.

Well, it's a waste of perfectly good toilet paper. You're only supposed to use one or two pages at a time.

Posted by BH 2005-05-11 11:30|| 2005-05-11 11:30|| Front Page Top

#7 So these are "students" staging the demonstrations? What schools are these types attending? The Afghan government might want to take a closer look at 'em.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-11 13:13|| 2005-05-11 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting cross-thread wrinkle to this. The Newsweak story is based on... wait for it...

ANONYMOUS SOURCES!!!

That's right folks, a story that has no verifiable basis in reality, that could have come whole-cloth from the reporters imagination, or which could have been made up on the spot by his "source" has resulted in the deaths of four people!

Pulitzer Prize material, without a doubt!

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-11 13:45|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-11 13:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Can anyone tell me what the problem is? I mean, other than stopping up the damned toilet.

Right. My cousin just had his system fixed because the previous owner had five daughters that flushed shitloads of tampons down the toilet.

Not trying to make a connection and / or get a fatwa declared on me, I'm just sayin', that's all...

Posted by Raj 2005-05-11 22:12|| 2005-05-11 22:12|| Front Page Top

#10 How many of you want to buy toliet paper with the Koran printed on it?

Would it be a growth industry?

The ads would be great. Make the Mid-East go insane every time you crap!

Posted by 3dc 2005-05-11 23:51|| 2005-05-11 23:51|| Front Page Top

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