Spelling Bee Uproar

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Washington DC -- During the National Spelling Bee this week in the nation's
capital, Islamic spectators become outraged upon discovering that the USA
was embedded in the middle of Jerusalem, Israel's holiest city.

The revelation was made by David Levin, an eighth grader at the Joseph
Lieberman Day School in Rockville Center, MD. When young Levin was
asked to spell the word Jerusalem, he replied:

""J..E..R...USA..L..E..M"

An audible gasp sounded from Muslim onlookers, who realized for the
first time a USA reference in the holy city.

Muslim parents immediately protested the spelling contest, citing
American bias toward Israel.

"It's a clear violation of church and state," said Muhammed Ali,
lobbyist for the Arab group Holy Shiite.

Bee officials quickly denied any wrongdoing, asserting that the
Muslims were merely disgruntled because Rajeed Raheed, a
seventh grader from Al Kaydah Junior High, had been eliminated
earlier for misspelling Afghanistan as Afghanustan.

"There is no 'A-N-U-S" in the middle of Afghanistan," said one
bee official, "unless you believe Bin Laden is still hiding there."