Mere manipulation, BBC-style

So Blogging What har allerede ved sammenligning af JPs og DRs dækning af en amerikansk undersøgelse udi beskyldningerne om "mishandling" af varaner (nå nej: KOraner) påpeget DRs manipulering med fakta. Lidt irriterende, nu da jeg gerne selv ville have dækket den historie.

Men man kan jo altid gribe ud i verden istedet, så det gør jeg så.

Selve historien lyder (i BBCs formulering) som følger:

The US listed five incidents of mishandling at the Cuban facility, including the splashing of urine and water on copies of the Koran.

The report said most of the cases were accidental or unintentional.

It also said that there were a number of cases where detainees had desecrated the Koran by ripping pages, urinating on it and trying to flush it down a toilet.

Det er jo alt andet lige lidt af et omslag fra den "Amerikaner skylder koran ud i toilet"-historie der efter sigende førte til verdensomspændende muslimprotester der kostede 15 mennesker livet.

Men hvilken overskrift vælger BBC så at smække på?

US Guantanamo guard kicked Koran

For husk: Amerikanere er ONDE!!!!! Muslimer er OFRE!!!!!

Hvorfor Briterne finder sig it at være tvangsindlagte til at betale for den slags propaganda står jeg komplet uforstående over for.

Selvfølgelig....her i Danmark er vi jo også tvungne til at betale for Tyge Petersen & Cos korstog mod USA, så situationen er ikke så fremmed.

Update:

Lidt kommentar skal DR da have med på vejen. DRs historie:

Blandt andet lod amerikanske fangevogtere og forhørsledere på Guantanamo-basen et eksemplar af Koranen oversprøjte med urin, ligesom de sparkede, trådte på og vædede muslimernes hellige bog med vand.

Aha. Kald mig paranoid, men er indtrykket ikke at dette skete med vilje? Men hvad er det så der faktisk er sket i de ovennævnte tilfælde af "skænding"?

1) I February 2002 brokker en fange sig over at en vagt skulle have sparket til en anden fanges koran i en celle nær ved. Manden der faktisk havde koranen har ikke brokket sig over noget.

2) 25. Juli 2003 undskylder en afhøringsekspert for at komme til at træde på en fanges koran. Umiddelbart burde koraner nok ikke ligge på gulvet hvis de er så hellige... Mere om fangernes egen behandling af deres koraner senere.

3) 15. August 2003 afholder nogle vagter en vandkamp med vandballoner. Nogle dråber falder på en koran.

4) 21. August 2003 brokker en fange sig over at der er skrevet to bandeord i hans koran. Det står hen om fangen selv har skrevet dem - se evt senere om fangernes behandling af koraner.

5) 25. Marts 2005 går en vagt ud af celle-blokken for at lade vandet. Vinden fører nogle dråber urin gennem en ventilator i celleblokkens væg ind i en celle, hvor fangen og hans koran bliver ramt af det. Fangen får en ny uniform og koran.

Undskyld mig, men er der noget af det her der refærdiggør massiv medieomtale, verdensomspændende protester og drab på 15 mennesker? Ja, jeg spørger bare.

Men hvis det virkelig er tilfældet, hvad så med fangernes egen behandling af koranerne? Iflg CNN:

The Hood report cited three separate incidents in which detainees tried to flush the Quran down the toilet.

In one incident, on February 23, 2004, the report said a guard saw a "detainee place two Qurans in his toilet and state he no longer cared about the Quran or his religion.

Five minutes later, after the detainee retrieved the Qurans, he ripped several pages out of one Quran and threw the pages on the floor. Then, he placed both Qurans on the sink."

Another time, on January 19, 2005, a detainee "tore up his Quran and tried to flush it down the toilet. Four guards witnessed the incident," the report said.

The report also cited 12 other incidents by detainees, including one who used his Quran as a pillow, another who urinated on his holy book and several who ripped pages from the Quran.

Muslimers vanhelligelse af hellige bøger indskrænker sig for den sags skyld ikke til koranen. Tag følgende:

The man had been in the transit lounge at the airport in Jeddah - the gateway to Mecca, used by millions of Hajj pilgrims each year - when a nun arrived at the customs desk.

“Some fool [travel agent] had put her on a transit flight in Jeddah. You don’t do that to a Catholic nun, because she’s going to be tormented.”

“They opened her bag, went through her prayer book, put the prayer book through the shredder ... took the crucifix off her neck and smashed it, tormented her for many minutes.”

Eller hvad med denne, om episoden da muslimske palæstinensere besatte Fødelskirken i Jerusalem in 2002:

The Palestinian gunmen holed up in the Church of the Nativity seized church stockpiles of food and "ate like greedy monsters" until the food ran out, while more than 150 civilians went hungry. They also guzzled beer, wine, and Johnnie Walker scotch that they found in priests' quarters, undeterred by the Islamic ban on drinking alcohol. The indulgence lasted for about two weeks into the 39-day siege, when the food and drink ran out, according to an account by four Greek Orthodox priests who were trapped inside for the entire ordeal.... The Orthodox priests and a number of civilians have said the gunmen created a regime of fear.

Even in the Roman Catholic areas of the complex there was evidence of disregard for religious norms. Catholic priests said that some Bibles were torn up for toilet paper, and many valuable sacramental objects were removed. "Palestinians took candelabra, icons and anything that looked like gold," said a Franciscan, the Rev. Nicholas Marquez from Mexico.

Så er der vist ikke mere at sige om den sag.

Henrik