Obviously the NYT isn't alert enough to figure out that the thing they all have in common is that they are Muslims, and that at least some of those mystery nationalities are Arabic...
This story is being spiked and spun in a major way indeed, both out of political correctness, and because it would only bolster Bush's contention that we are in the midst of a major worldwide war...
Found a Christian site that specifically tracks these articles and the koran ... fwiw
http://www.thequran.com/home/
other name
http://www.thekoran.com/