Newsweek Fall Out Continues

AP:
The apparent error by Newsweek in reference to the Koran being flushed down a toilet in the American prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba continues to have international repercussions. In addition to deadly riots and angry denunciations by Muslim countries, Newsweek itself is beginning to feel the heat.

Several scholars have spent the last 48 hours reviewing numerous inflammatory reports by Newsweek, and while most were "inconclusive" as to whether they were fabricated, several were put in the likely category.

The most inflammatory article, published December 3rd, 2004, claimed that children of terror suspects were being burned at the stake, and the flames were fed by shredded versions of the Koran. Newsweek attributed the claim to Under-Secretary John Bolton, who now denies any knowledge of the incident. Experts claim that it was unlikely Bolton was involved in any burnings, since his method of choice is to drown children.

Newsweek has refused comment, other than to say "they are investigating the allegations."