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May 16, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newsweek on Monday retracted a report that claimed U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran, which triggered days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 16 people were killed.
"Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay," Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement.
The White House on Monday challenged the accuracy of Newsweek's May 9 report which was based on an anonymous source and said it had damaged the U.S. image overseas.
The Pentagon said an investigation remained open into allegations contained in the Newsweek report.
Whitaker apologized on Sunday to the victims of the protests and said the magazine had inaccurately reported that U.S. military investigators had confirmed personnel at the detention facility in Cuba had flushed the Muslim holy book down the toilet.
"The report has had serious consequences," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged."