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Koran flushing not confirmed; Log book shows toilet incident was act of prisoner.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 13-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Koran flushing not confirmed; Log book shows toilet incident was act of prisoner.(NATION)

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Byline: Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senior Defense Department officials yesterday said there is no evidence corroborating a news report that interrogators flushed a Koran down a toilet to intimidate Muslim prisoners held at 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 Guantanamo prisoner flushed pages from a Koran down a toilet in an attempt to clog it.

Newsweek magazine reported May 9 that U.S. interrogators at the prison had...

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