http://www.politicalgateway.com/main/columns/read.html?col=356"People lost their lives. People are dead," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, referring to at least 15 people who died in protests in Afghanistan following the Koran disclosures. "People need to be very careful about what they say, just as they need to be careful about what they do."
"It's appalling that this story got out there," intoned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher was also appalled, he said, that "an article that was unfounded to begin with has caused so much harm, including loss of life."
Appalling, indeed. Except for the fact that this "article," this "story," was neither. It was 13 words, with no further elaboration or mention, referring to several allegations under investigation by the Army, including many already made public and not denied -- such as female interrogators stripping in front of detainees and wiping fake menstrual blood on their faces.
It was, specifically, this part of one sentence listing what Newsweek reported as new allegations:
"Interrogators, in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Koran down the toilet ..."
Now compare those 13 words -- and the harm done, including loss of life -- to these 16:
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
Oh, the irony! This administration is killing me with their stupidity. And what is even more shocking is the number of people that trust these con-men.
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