05-11-2005, 11:23 PM
<b>Riots in Afghanistan over 'Koran desecration'</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 11: Afghan police opened fire on protesters on Wednesday in violent demonstrations which left four dead and dozens wounded after a report that US interrogators had desecrated the Koran, a health official said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Newsweek magazine said in a recent edition that investigators probing abuses at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay had discovered that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Newsweek magazine said in a recent edition that investigators probing abuses at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay had discovered that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->