http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050518/w051854.html

It appears the WhiteHouse is trying to claim they are the victim of a conspiracy when they themselves use anonymous sources to give credibility to their actions.

I wonder if it's more likely that Newsweek's source was found by the US government and threatened to rebuke his statement. The US denied Abu Ghraib until the pictures came out. I would also note Newsweek's argument, that there have been many reports about this in the past by other news outlets.

Here is another report of the US being warned about the Qur'an desecrations in 2002 by the Red Cross:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/20/redcross-quran050520.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/62102DB1-210D-4FC9-9846-C06FABF4C700.htm

On top of all of this, remember a top EU Human Rights group has condemned the actions of the US in Guantanamo Bay. Whether this is true or not, we know violations are occurring.

I recall that in Abu Ghraib there was a report of a prisoner being forced to eat Pork. If they commit these crimes in their occupied countries why would they not do it in the relative secrecry of Guantanamo bay?