Newsweek's Quran story old hat

Funny how even Fearless Leader has now jumped on board the anti-Newsweek bandwagon, accusing the magazine of being responsible for the deaths of people in the Middle East. Not "funny ha ha," but "funny I think I'm gonna puke." As many of us know, stories about the desecration of the Quran have been out there for a while. Like three years, courtesy of those radical lefties at the Red Cross. CNN has the story:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross gathered "credible" reports about U.S. personnel at the Guantanamo Bay naval base disrespecting the Quran and raised the issue with the Pentagon several times, a group spokesman said Thursday.

Simon Schorno said the allegations were made by detainees to Red Cross representatives who visited the detention facility throughout 2002 and 2003.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday the Pentagon in 2003 issued strict guidelines on how U.S. personnel should handle the Quran.

Schorno said the Red Cross heard no more allegations about mishandling of the Quran after the guidelines were issued.

Boucher said the United States works closely with the Red Cross and acknowledged the group "had heard some concerns about the handling of Qurans, which it shared with the U.S."