FBI records show claims of Koran abuse

This does not exonerate Newsweek, and there is not always fire where there is smoke. But this story helps explain how Newsweek could have written its story about abuse of the Koran at Guatnanamo Bay.


By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 25, 2005; 4:54 PM

Nearly a dozen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba told FBI interrogators that guards had mistreated copies of the Koran, including one who said in 2002 that guards "flushed a Koran in the toilet," according to new FBI documents released today.

The summaries of FBI interviews, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing lawsuit, also include allegations that the Koran was kicked, thrown to the floor and withheld as punishment and that guards mocked Muslim prisoners during prayers.
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Records released by the government May 19 to the ACLU and made public today summarizing interviews with detainees. FBI Records

Koran Memorandum
Pentagon's detailed rules for handling the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Memorandum (PDF)