Pentagon spokesman talks of lies

Newsweek magazine has retracted its story claiming Guantanamo Bay interrogators flushed pages from the Quran down a toilet. – but Bantz Craddock commander SOUTHCOM wants to know if any previous allegations of desecration of the Quran merit investigation.

Lawrence DiRita, (pic) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, told journalists at the Pentagon on May 17th, when asked why the original story caused such violent reactions in various countries, he said the United States and its coalition partners "face a very determined and wilful adversary who will use whatever means available, to influence public opinion, including deliberate mis-statements of facts or deliberately saying things that are known to be false”

Do folks really do that sort of thing ?

Gee, I can't wait for this War on Terror to be over so there will be no more terrorists.