Catching Uzbek Terrorists

From the BBC in Uzbekistan:

We caught some of the terrorists on Friday night, the Uzbek policeman said.

We beat them so hard that even their own mothers would not recognize them. We beat some of them to death.

Uzbekistan: that staunch ally of the United States in our war against terror and our quest to bring freedom to the world.

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White House pressure on Newsweek

Josh Marshall on how the White House pressure on Newsweek for its reporting of Korans being flushed down the toilet has backfired:

Remember, the McClellan/DiRita attacks on Newsweek weren't simply about getting a few facts wrong or weakly sourcing a story. Their claim was that the charges were outrageous, damaging and false, when in fact it turns out they were outrageous, damaging and quite likely true. And even more damaging for the US after McClellan and DiRita spent a couple weeks heaping attention on them.

The result of the White House and DiRita's jihad against Newsweek has only been to encourage a whole new round of international outrage...

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