Good point Greyhawk.

Another interesting tidbit is provided by Gregory Djerejian at Belgravia Dispatch (http://www.belgraviadispatch.com/).I have wondered why all the previous reports of Koran abuse alleged by former terrorist inmates (I know of no other sources) did not provoke similar outrage especially since they were more widely reported in the MSM. Well Greg points us to the role of Imran Khan, a big sports (cricket) star among Pakistanis. He is the one who got the ball rolling (poor pun) by condemning the alleged abuse in a news conference.

Two observations about how people are people no matter where you go: First, celebraties of all ethnicities and nationalities seem to have an uncanny ability to speak loudly and ignorantly on all sorts of topics they would best advised to avoid. 2) Fans of all ethnicities and nationalities are equally uncanny in their ability to believe whatever the objects of their fanaticism say.

"Journalistic Jihad",

LA Times circulation dropped 12.9% in the last year according to editor and publisher.

Newsweek lost $5.2 million last year.

Could we be witnessing the journalistic equivalent of suicide bombing?

My nephew Lance Corporal Nick Kirven USMC was killed in action in Alishang, Afghanistan on Mother's Day....what a loss to our family --and to this great nation...We buried him yesterday in Arlington National Cemetery...He loved his family, his country, and the Marine Corps...21 years old...coming home in 3 weeks...Newsweek and other news organizations should not publish material like this.

I'm a first time visitor to this site...very interesting...I'll be back.
To Bob Hawthorne (post of May 18th) my deepest sympathy to your family and my deepest appreciation to Lance Corporal Nick Kirven, USMC !

Whether the facts are right or wrong, the editorial content should not be distributed at a time when American morale & world opinion are at an all-time low. We don't need to antagonize the world opinion any more than we already have. We need to be more understanding of other cultures & not be so condescending of others.

You know? We really don't care how "famous" is this Mr. Isikoff of Newsweek; he lost already
his "good" name by his misrepresentation, lack
of professionalism and honesty, not talking about
the total lack of loyalty and patriotism to his
country and Amereican servicemen and women, and
the huge and irreparable damage he has
created to America!
That "juicy" article of his did really worth it
the scadal and the shame he thrown us in ? ? ?

I think you are giving American media way too much power over Arab and Persian thinking.

It's not so much what the American media reports as much as it is what the Arab media does with it. These are organizations that regularly present such programs as "The elders of Zion" hate propaganda as actual fact. I just think that Arabs and Persians distrust American media even more than Americans do.

The Washington Post is also climbing on the bashing American military bandwagon to sell papers--after the sacrifice of my nephew Nicholas Kirven in the war on terror---in Afghanistan---and we continue to print trash about "supposed" things at Guantanamo to stir up violence and hate in the Arab world..Shame on Newsweek and the Post..Our services have representatives of all faiths as Chaplains, and every now and then we have a bad apple interrogating someone with lack of supervision...But this war on terror is not a piece of cake----and Americans need to wake up and realize the threat....It is real...There are terrorists which will do the same things to their families as we have witnessed in the Middle East...I suggest we as a whole, and as a nation, have a great deal of respect for all nations and religions, and even for ones with no religion...It would be nice if the Arab/Muslim world would rid themselves of their own KKK fanatics---and really practice peace and forgiveness---and encourage development and education in their own countries---vs the hate/ violence we find in the Middle East. So far, they have not stepped up to the plate---and that is where our fine young men and woman have accelerated ---ones like my nephew, stepped up to the plate, and began a systematic method of tracking down each and every terrorist, and eliminating them, one by one.....This war is not for the faint at heart, and may continue for years....Because we have been asleep at the helm. Remember our troops this Memorial Day---write to them, send care packages, honor them---and let your friends and neighbors know --Freedom is not Free....Perhaps Newsweek and the Wash Post writers will figure that out also...