[penelopesire]

Hmmmmm...good question. These guys look more Chinese to me though. Need to get my Atlas out....not sure where most of these ‘Stan’ countries are.

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The FBI raided an apartment in New Bedford, MA and arrested two men and one woman in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing. They drive a car with a license plate that reads “Terrista#1″ and it’s believed that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was taken into custody last night, may have shared an apartment with them. It sounds like it was pretty routine raid and arrest until you get to this part of the story in the Daily Mail: The neighbour said that when the boys were led out she heard ‘scuffles’ and that they were led away with their hands in zip ties. The neighbour said ‘I’ve not spoken to them since the bombings. They have thick accents so I find it hard to understand them anyway. ‘They went away for a couple of weeks a few months ago but they did not say where. I don’t know if they went back to Kazakhstan Two Russian speaking men in their early 20s later arrived at the apartment and told reporters they were journalists from the Boston Globe. They then entered the apartment through an unlocked patio door. When asked what they were doing they said: ‘We are friends of theirs. They are talking, they are talking’ and closed the door. When MailOnline rang the City desk of the Boston Globe, a man said: ‘We’re very busy right now. Consider us informed’. That’s weird, to say the least. Let’s hope the authorities are following up on it.

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Isn’t Kazakstan on the west side of the Caspian Sea? Muslim.

[Sirius Lee]

These guys look more Chinese to me though. Need to get my Atlas out....not sure where most of these ‘Stan’ countries are.

Some were well within Ghengis Khan's sweep. I have an Hungarian friend who looks Russian from the eyes up, but the rest of the face is classic Asian, wide bony face, shovel shaped teeth - it's freaky.