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2004-07-23 Europe

Islamic Terror Cell Uncovered in Lithuania

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Posted by TS(vice girl) 2004-07-23 12:41:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm sorry; this story's red-lining my BS detector.
I live in the Baltics, have traveled to Lithuania on many occasions, and am pretty familiar with the country.
First, I've never heard of the "Baltic BNC" network. If they exist they leave a light Google footprint. I've checked BNS (Baltic News Service), the AP-style wire service. Nada on this.
Two, there are not 110,000 Muslims living in the country. More like 5,000. (State Dept. reference) And dollars to donuts they are mostly Muslims from central Asia that were forcibly collectivized under Stalin and forced to move, like the Tartars. The ones I've met are about as nominally post-religious as the rest of Christianized Europe.
Lithuania ain't becoming the next Netherlands.

Posted by Baltic Blog 2004-07-23 3:43:18 AM|| [http://balticblog.blogspot.com] 2004-07-23 3:43:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I lived in Latvia in 1993 & 1994; what Baltic Blog writes mirrors what I saw there.

Still I can't discount the possibility this is true.

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-23 9:44:12 AM|| 2004-07-23 9:44:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I tried to find some other info on this story and was only able to find a news report at Islam Online about it. (Which it seems is the original story)
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-07/22/article01.shtml
I will keep an eye out for any additional information.

Posted by TS(vice girl) 2004-07-23 10:50:45 AM|| 2004-07-23 10:50:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lithuania, a former Soviet-bloc country with a population of 3.6 million people, joined (the) European Union in May 2004.

So much for the execution...

Posted by Raj 2004-07-23 12:39:13 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-07-23 12:39:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Header sounds like a Monty Python skit...

Posted by borgboy 2004-07-23 8:37:49 PM|| 2004-07-23 8:37:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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