Lithuania hits back over new CIA jail claims

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Source: AFP

VILNIUS — Lithuania hit back Thursday over new claims that the Baltic state had hosted a secret CIA facility allegedly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.

"There are more important things in Lithuania than spending two days denying the gossip of ABC journalists," Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas told the Baltic News Service.

"We have to follow hard facts rather than rumours and wild tales," he said.

"Therefore it is vital that we conduct an investigation and clear any doubts," he added.

On Wednesday, the US channel ABC, citing unnamed Lithuanian officials and a former American intelligence operative, claimed a site outside the capital Vilnius was used to interrogate up to eight Al-Qaeda suspects at a time from 2004 to 2005.

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[Doctor Cynic]

1. It's disturbing that Eastern Europe hosted those "black sites".

Haven't they learnt a few things about this from their Soviet and Nazi days?