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Sat 05 May 2005Flushing the truth awayConnect: It's impossible to know the truth of Newsweek magazine's story that the Koran had been desecrated by US military bullies at Guantanamo Bay.On May 9th, it reported that "interrogators", in a bid "to rattle suspects", had flushed a copy of the Muslim holy book down a toilet. Following the 17 resulting deaths from anti-US rioting in Muslim countries, Newsweek has reeled in its report.