Afghanistan Newsweek
USIS Washington File: TEXT: U.S. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR STRIKES ON TERRORIST SITES
C. Newsweek/PSR (8/20-21): "Do you support or oppose the military action the U.S. has taken against terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan?" ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Pace Says No Proof Found U.S. Troops Knew of Taliban Deaths
A specific report in the August 26 issue of Newsweek magazine, based on an extensive investigation, found that American forces were in the area of the prison when the containers were delivered, though probably not when they were opened. Though U.S. soldiers "surely heard stories of deaths in the containers," Newsweek said, they may well "have thought them exaggerated." ... The article stressed that "nothing that Newsweek learned suggests that American forces had advance knowledge of the killings, witnessed the prisoners being stuffed into the unventilated trucks or were in a position to prevent that." ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
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Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, May 23
Q: One other question. Karzai was quite definite in saying that he didn't believe that the violence in Afghanistan was directly tied to the Newsweek article about Koran desecration. Yet, from this podium, you have made that link. So -- ... Q: So could it be said that the Newsweek article played a role, but was not -- ... MR. McCLELLAN: John, I think we've made our views known when it comes to the discredited report. There are some that want to continue to defend what is a discredited report that has been disavowed by Newsweek, and that's their business. We're perfectly willing to trust the American people to make their own judgment about it. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Newsweek Report of Quran's Desecration Called Erroneous
The Newsweek item that triggered the violence and deaths across South Asia and the Middle East alleged that an upcoming U.S. Southern Command report was expected to contain a reference about desecration of the Quran. Whitaker said the source for the Newsweek report now says he "could no longer be sure" that the desecration allegations were true. ... Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, told Newsweek that its original story was wrong following an extensive internal U.S. military investigation at Guantanamo Bay. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Bush Pledges Multifaceted U.S. Support for Afghanistan
Of course, we are as Muslims very much unhappy with Newsweek bringing a matter so serious in the gossip column. It's really something that one shouldn't do, that responsible journalism shouldn't do at all. But Newsweek story is not America's story. That's what -- that's what we understand in Afghanistan. America has over a thousand mosques. I have gone and prayed in mosques here in America; I've prayed in Virginia; I've gone and prayed in Maryland; I've been to a mosque in Washington. And thousands of Afghans have been to mosques here in town, and as a matter of fact, tens of thousands of Muslims are going on a daily basis to mosques in America and praying. ... [Read More]
President Welcomes Afghan President Karzai to the White House
Of course, we are as Muslims very much unhappy with Newsweek bringing a matter so serious in the gossip column. It's really something that one shouldn't do, that responsible journalism shouldn't do at all. But Newsweek story is not America's story. That's what -- that's what we understand in Afghanistan. America has over a thousand mosques. I have gone and prayed in mosques here in America; I've prayed in Virginia; I've gone and prayed in Maryland; I've been to a mosque in Washington. And thousands of Afghans have been to mosques here in town, and as a matter of fact, tens of thousands of Muslims are going on a daily basis to mosques in America and praying. ... [Read More]
Newsweek Report of Quran's Desecration Called Erroneous- U.S. Department Of State
The Newsweek item that triggered the violence and deaths across South Asia and the Middle East alleged that an upcoming U.S. Southern Command report was expected to contain a reference about desecration of the Quran. Whitaker said the source for the Newsweek report now says he "could no longer be sure" that the desecration allegations were true. ... McClellan called it puzzling that “while Newsweek now acknowledges that they got the facts wrong, they refuse to retract the story.” [News reports said Newsweek had retracted the story later that day.] ... [Read More]
Rebuilding Afghanistan Archive - US Department of State
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Afghan Riots Not Tied to Report on Quran Handling, General Says- U.S. Department Of State
According to initial reports, the situation in Jalalabad began on May 10 with peaceful student protests reacting to a report in Newsweek magazine that U.S. military interrogators questioning Muslim detainees at the Guantanamo detention center “had placed Quran s on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book.” By the following day the protests in the city had turned violent with reports of several individuals killed, dozens wounded, and widespread looting of government, diplomatic and nongovernmental assets. ... [Read More]
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