Newsweek withdrew their article on Quran desecration. I find it likely however, that the Quran desecrations as well as many other abuses reported by ex-prisoners at Guantanamo are true. The reports of ex-prisoners detailing abuses are many and consistent, which shows a planned and orchestrated system of abuse designed to bring the most distress to those the United States as picked out as "bad guys" with often little or no evidence. And the scores of prisoners who die under mysterious and suspicion circumstance with absolutely not investigation is astounding.

The U.S. government conveniently any claims of prisoner abuse "not credible" that has not been photographed. If the abuses at Abu Ghraib had not been photographed, they would not have even been investigated and would simply of been placed onto the overflowing pile of "not credible". Sometimes photographic evidence isn't even enough, as was the case with the soldier who shot and killed an unarmed wounded Iraqi who had already been taken prisoner in Falluja. This isn't just a problem with the rank and file, it's a problem with the top brass. Rumsfeld, Bush, and Cheney need to be tried on war crimes at the Hague. They need to be brought to justice for the good of the world.