Freed Men Say Koran Abused at Guantanamo
From Times Wire Reports
Seventeen Pakistanis freed from a Lahore prison nine months after their release from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said they had seen American interrogators throw, tear and stand on copies of the Koran. The Pentagon denied the charges, saying that Al Qaeda manuals instruct prisoners to make false charges.
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