Not a single wire service or news organization has issued a correction to their blatantly incorrect stories about the “Hadji Girl” controversy, in which they parroted the false claims made by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and probably damaged a young Marine’s military career.

Instead they’ve all simply moved on to describing how pleased CAIR is by the apologies from both the Marine Corps and Cpl. Joshua Belile.

Here’s the Arab News gloating: CAIR Accepts Marine’s Apology for ‘Fun’ Song.

WASHINGTON, 16 June 2006 — Sitting around a camp in Iraq last March, one Marine wrote a song “for fun.” But what he viewed as “fun” has resonated around the world as, at best, cultural insensitivity, or at worst, as yet another example of the US military’s scorn for Iraqis.

Far from finding it “fun,” the Marine command condemned the video as “clearly inappropriate” and demanded to know who the Marine was in the video strumming a guitar and singing a song about killing Iraqis, to the laughter and cheers of other troops.

Cpl. Joshua Belile, a 23-year-old who lives in Jacksonville, North Carolina, told the Jacksonville Daily News yesterday the song was meant only as a joke, based on lines from “Team America: World Police” and apologized to anyone who was offended by the lyrics.

“It’s a song that I made up and it was nothing more than something supposed to be funny, based off a catchy line of a movie,” Belile said. “I apologize for any feelings that may have been hurt in the Muslim community. …

Col. David Lapan, a top Marine spokesman at the Pentagon, told Arab News the video was removed from the website earlier this week. “The video that was posted anonymously is clearly inappropriate and contrary to the high standards expected of all Marines. The video is not reflective of the tremendous sacrifices and dedication demonstrated, on a daily basis, by tens of thousands of Marines who have assisted the Iraqi people in gaining their freedom.”

Col. Lapan said he was aware that Muslim American groups were offended by the video. “We agree with the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations that the inappropriate actions of a few individuals should not tarnish the reputation of all American military personnel.” In return, CAIR accepted the apology by both Belile, and the Pentagon officials.

“We welcome Corporal Belile’s apology and will leave it to military authorities to determine whether any disciplinary action is warranted,” said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad.