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In Re Newsweek: Which Side Are You On?
Alterman, Eric | June 20, 2005 issue

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Focuses on the claims that a "Newsweek" article caused rioting in Afghanistan. Condemnation of the periodical, which published a story claiming the Koran had been flushed down a toilet in Guantánamo, by various government officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and White House spokesman Scott McClellan (citing U.S. President George W. Bush), which they claim caused the rioting; Claim by the senior commander in Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the Newsweek article had nothing to do with the riots.

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NEWSWEEK (Periodical); POLITICAL violence; KORAN; PRESS & politics; MASS media -- Influence; AFGHANS; RICE, Condoleezza, 1954-; RUMSFELD, Donald, 1932-; MCCLELLAN, Scott; KARZAI, Hamid, 1957-; UNITED States; AFGHANISTAN
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