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Sa May 14 -

KORAN RUMOR Update -

*In Afghanistan, though, violence seemed to be escalating, with people protesting after Friday prayers in provincial towns, rather than the student protesters of the past three days...

The protest formed as men emerged from the mosque after lunchtime prayers and started to attack the offices of three international aid organizations in the town, burning Focus, which is supported by the Agha Khan, and breaking into a British organization, Afghanaid...*

:: By Carlotta Gall - IHT ::

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*Pentagon officials said Thursday there was no evidence to corroborate reports that interrogators flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet to intimidate Muslim prisoners held at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that in an unconfirmed incident, a prisoner flushed pages from a Koran down a toilet in an attempt to clog it.*

:: AP/WashTimes ::
-- By Stephen Graham --

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