Didn't the "sailor" in question and AP defend this story?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214904/posts
AP stands by its story about anti-Bush SEAL (Freeper Travis McGee mentioned)
WorldNetDaily ^ | 9/13/04
Well well....
I hope you're not suggesting that a Muslim convert would possibly lie
Yes, it was a World Net Daily story.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40427
Yes they did defend the story. The writer was pretty snippy about it as I recall. Another one of those MSM snobs.
Score another win for the pjamahadeen!
Yes they did. They came out and "Rathered it". That is to say they stood by the story as correct as written.
Yes at first they did til others started digging around for the truth!