interesting . here's one revealing moment:

But two years ago, amid allegations of desecration and hunger strikes by inmates, the Army instituted elaborate procedures for sensitive treatment of the Koran at the prison camp. Once the new procedures were in place, complaints there stopped, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which monitors conditions in prisons and detention facilities.

seems rather unlikely that they'd institute such a policy if there were never any problems, no? and it also seems that, if the claims of desecration were made up out of whole cloth they would continue, whatever the policy. one thing i dug about the admin's reaction to the newsweek story. they said it was "demonstrably false." now how would one demonstrate that? and don't you think that if they can demonstrate it they should go right ahead?