Not to ruin the party here, but the allegation of Koran desecration, specifically the kind that involves the use of a toilet in the act, pre-dates the Newsweek article in no less than four various publications, featuring multiple sources.
The trouble for Newsweek began when the specific source used by Isikoff for the Newsweek article only changed his tune after heat came down from the Pentagon, and only then did the say he couldn't remember which specific military action report he read it in, never that it wasn't true. It's important to note that the actual claim that Koranic desecration had actually taken place has never officially been denied by the Pentagon. It's also important to note that Isikoff's article was vetted by the Pentagon days before it was ever published, and they did not object to this claim of abuse. Later still, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in the days before the White House became involved, "that he has been told that the Jalalabad, Afghanistan, rioting was related more to the ongoing political reconciliation process in Afghanistan than anything else".
Basically, Newsweek is being blamed for reporting the truth we all know. Torture had taken place at Abu Gharib in Iraq, and it has been taking place at Gitmo, some of it most likely involving the desecration of Islam's most holy icon. It seems to me that this latest "scandal" involving Newsweek is just the latest attempt by this administration and it's supporters to pin the blame for the civil unrest, limitless destruction, and rampant inflamed Anti-Americanism in the middle east on anybody else but to whom it truly belongs.
mrC