Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Edited : Operation Jala Aman , the greatest blunder in the annals of the Malaysian Army where 11 soldiers died, Fratricide - Lest We Forget Our Veterans And Their Families - PMX
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Why were there 11 deaths during Operation Jala Aman in the Rajang Area Security Command in 1983? Was it fratricide, blue on blue caused by incompetent leadership? This operation was launched as information was received that there were a large number of Communist Terrorists about to move into that area. They deployed every available troops they could get their hands on. That included clerks, cooks, drivers, mechanics and etc etc in the cordon?
I think personally speaking the deaths were caused by incompetency and poor application of principles in the cordon and search. Plus the fact that all participating were Non Infantry in the cordon group. The "bright bulbs" had the cooks, clerks, mechanics pair up with the Infantry troops in small groups.
The Non Infantry had no real experience in night time combat and ambush, they were jittery, nervous and trigger happy. It was a tragedy waiting to happen. I guess in the dark where visibility was nil, they shot their friends who were with them when they heard noises. One shot was all it took for hell to break loose that night, they opened fire wildly, panicking that the enemy was amongst them. It happened at various locations within the cordon groups, only God knows how many were wounded.
The victims were 5 were from the Royal Malay Regiment, 4 from 24 RMR and 1 from 3 RMR, an Officer from the Armored Regiment and 4 from 8th Rangers and 1 (serial no.17 not from 8th Rangers) from the 4th Rangers.
Just a point of correction, the fallen heroes in Ser 11, LtM Ngow and Ser 12 Kpl Alias were both from 2 Kav and NOT 1 KAD and 24 RAMD respectively as reported. (Thanks to Lt Col Joseph for the correction)
Actually Cpl Noah was killed in another operation, en fire. 3 Generals involved; GOC 1Div, RASCOM Comd and Comd 3 Bde. On the 1st night, 2 pers from 24 RAMD were killed in friendly fire (not so friendly). The blame was pinned on the CT's. Morale plummeted and troops were firing every night. All casualties were within the cutoff group, ie no casualties from neighboring cutoff group fire. The CO of 24 RAMD rose up to retire as PAT. That is the MAF - Correction by another Officer, Lt Colfrom the Intelligence Corps.
If you look into the history of the participating battalions in that operation, they will say the soldiers died due to enemy action. No enemy was killed, neither were they there. I guess there were 4 Generals involved in this fiasco.
Night combat is not going to end well when the cooks, clerks, drivers, mechanics and all the supporting elements are not trained for it. Using the Infantry to off set that short coming will only end with a high cost in lives.
Was anyone held accountable? I guess the Generals qualified for a pension and lived to a ripe old age, whilst our poor warriors who died in this tragedy are quietly forgotten? They were fathers, husbands and sons, who died needlessly
On This Day... Mar 19, 2015: Kabul, Afghanistan A young woman is beaten to death And 10 Other Atrocities Of ROP
On This Day... Mar 19, 2015: Kabul, Afghanistan A young woman is beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused by an imam of burning a Quran: 1 Killed
20 Years Since the March 11 Attacks in Madrid By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
TJP : Since the 11M attacks two decades ago, Jihadist terrorism in Europe has evolved but is still a threat being daily addressed by the Spanish authorities and in Europe in general.ā This week marked the 20th anniversary of the tragic 11m attacks in Madrid,
Spain, renowned as the first large-scale jihadi terror assault on
European soil.
Twenty years on, significant shifts have occurred within
both jihadi terror organizations in Europe and the strategies employed
by countries in combatting jihadi terrorism. Despite these changes, the
issue remains a pressing concern for European governments.
March 11, 2004, witnessed a sequence of explosions in the commuter
trains upon their arrival at the Atocha station in Madrid. This
devastating event resulted in 191 fatalities and 1,800 injuries, marking
it as the most extensive jihadi attack ever carried out on European territory.
This was the first instance in which European authorities
faced jihadi terrorism on such a scale. āAlthough 9/11 marked the
arrival of the phenomenon of jihadi terrorism to the general public, in
Europe, it seemed like a distant event,ā said Carmelo Aguilera Galindo,
lawyer and researcher of the jihadi terrorist phenomenon.
Aguilera Galindo told The Media Line that the 11M attacks highlighted
the reality of a threat that could take place on any street in Europe.
āThe intelligence services, police, and criminal codes had to adapt to a
new threat, which, like a good virus, knows how to adapt to all areas
to achieve its goals,ā he added.
Member
of the Spanish security forces, Dr. Miguel Leopoldo GarcĆa PeƱa, who is
also a professor at the Universidad CatĆ³lica de Ćvila and an expert in
radicalization and jihadi terrorism, tells The Media Line that the 11M
attacks were a turning point in European policies to combat
radicalization and jihadi terrorism.
āThey
started the tendency to implement a preventive model against terrorism,
replacing reactive models,ā he said, adding that in 2005, this
preventive model was established in the āEU Strategy for Combating
Radicalization and Recruitment to Terrorism,ā a document in which the
term ācombating radicalizationā appears for the first time as one of the
most important pillars in the fight against jihadist terrorism.
JNS : The idea that compassion is between man and man, not just God and man, barely exists. The origins of Islam are twofold. It was a
revealed religion, but grew out of pre-Islamic Arabian tribalāthat is,
Bedouināculture.
When Bedouin cultural values conflicted with Islam,
Bedouin culture almost always won out. Over time, Islam and Bedouin
culture melded into one. It is this combination that constitutes todayās
Islamic culture.
The problem with Islam today is not a
problem with Islam as a religion but rather Islamic culture. If Muslims
choose to pray five or even 50 times a day, that is no concern of ours.
But regarding Islamic culture and its view of non-Muslims, we do have a say.
Hebrew and Arabic share many common words
and roots, but their meanings often diverge. For example, in both Arabic
and Hebrew, the root R-įø¤-M refers to the womb and signifies compassion.
But the understanding of compassion in Judaism is very different from
that of Islam.
The opening line of the Quran is: āIn the
name of Allah, the merciful and the compassionate.ā We know what
āmercifulā and ācompassionateā mean in English. It relates to the
relationship between God and man, and between man and man. In Islamic culture, by contrast, compassion is only between God and man.
Compassion between man and man is almost absent. This does not mean
that individual Muslims do not share our Western concept of compassion,
but if they do, it is not derived from Islamic culture.
When a Jew asks God for compassion and
forgiveness during the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, he
must first approach people he has wronged and ask for forgiveness. The
person asked is required to have compassion and forgive. We believe that
only by showing compassion to our fellow human beings will God be
compassionate and forgiving towards us on Yom Kippur. Islamic culture is
quite different.
On Oct. 7, we witnessed the results of
this. Among those slaughtered by Gaza Muslims on that day were Bedouin
Muslims who were Israeli citizens. They were killed along with Israeli
Jews. Unlike the Nazis, who tried to hide their extermination program,
the Muslims who slaughtered their fellow human beingsāMuslims and
non-Muslimsāwere proud of what they did, as demonstrated by the
recordings of phone calls they made to the victimsā parents and friends
as the murderers were terrorizing and murdering the recipientsā loved
ones.
The āUncommittedā Vote Campaign was Designed to Unify Fractious Islamists By Sam Westrop
Islamism News : Although the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are
now secured, mainstream media continues to show significant interest in
the āuncommittedā vote. Ostensibly a protest over the Biden
administrationās support for Israel, an array of state-based campaigns
aimed at derailing Democratic politics has picked up remarkable
momentum.
In Michigan, some 13 percent voted āuncommittedā in Januaryās Democratic primary. According
to one telephone poll conducted by the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR), these uncommitted supporters included an overwhelming
94 percent of Muslims polled.
Then, a week later, the
āuncommittedā vote reached 19 percent in the Minnesota primaries.
Strong āuncommittedā support has since been found across the country,
with healthy showings in Washington and North Carolina, and most
recently reaching an astonishing 29 percent in Hawaii.
The
uncommitted campaign started off as an Arab and Muslim community issue,
according to early reports. But now, the movement has been adopted by
progressivist campaign groups all across the country. As interviews with
voters across the country have made clear, the reason for the grassroots support is apparently Gaza.
And
certainly, support for Palestinians, apologism for Hamas, and revulsion
against Israel are key factors for many of those voting uncommitted.
But the actual origins of the campaign are more complicated than
mainstream media seems to realize. Not all of the organizers are driven
solely by anti-Israel rage; some of the efforts appear to have emerged
out of internal American Muslim and Islamist politics, and its radicalsā quest for more power and fewer divisions.
The Abandon Biden Campaign
The emergence of the āAbandon Bidenā campaign in late October, along with other campaigns threatening the Biden ticket, sparked considerable concern among Democratic Party leaders. Angry crowds of American Muslims even booed senior Muslim Biden administration figures sent to address concerns.
Abandon Biden was established by Islamist activists,
who appeared keen to capitalize on fury over Gaza and dissent in the
Left over the Biden administrationās attitude towards Israel. But as
Umar Lee posits,
some in the Abandon Biden campaign appeared to be working towards a
political power-grab within American Islam ā activists keen to usurp
leftist control over American Muslim activism culture.
Indeed, in
sharp contrast to the media narrative, it would be a mistake to regard
Abandon Biden as a wholly left-leaning initiative. Khalid Turaani, a radical Islamist and terror-tied founder of the Abandon Biden movement, openly argues for a Trump presidency, calling it a āshort-term pain for long term gain.ā Indeed, as a few others have noticed, Turaani in fact has a long history of GOP involvement.
Is there another Islamic agenda behind the national Muslim war memorial to the brave soldiers who died for us during two world wars? By Gavin Ashenden
The Catholic Herald UK : Timing is everything. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the government will fund a national war memorial to those Muslim soldiers who fought on our side during the two world wars and in subsequent conflicts. We have also been reminded that other religions have similar memorials.
And that is true. But is there anything more that this particular
commemoration might represent? To try and parse that, it is worth first
considering the other memorials that do indeed exist.
I remember my surprise when I was in Brighton, having been invited to
a World War I memorial service, to discover a memorial to the Sikh
soldiers who, as part of the British Empire, fought in that war and
died. The memorial is situated just a few miles north of Patcham on the
South Downs.
I wondered how it came to be there? The answer turned out to be quite
a simple and pragmatic one. Wounded soldiers were put on the train and
brought back to be cared for in England, and a number of Indian Sikh
soldiers were amongst those brought to hospital in Brighton. Some
recovered, and others died.
Immediately after the war ended, it
was decided as a mark of respect to build a memorial to those Sikh
soldiers who died from their wounds. Itās true that the memorial helps
mitigate the fact that very few people know about these soldiers that
were brought from a distant part of the British Empire to fight against
the UKās foe in Europe.
But while multiculturalists will suggest that the provision of an
Muslim memorial is a similar expression of the cultural diversity that
existed in the armed forces during the two world wars, and is thus
worthy of that recognition represented by the Sikh memorial, the truth
may be a little bit more complex and multi-layered.
Islam is not just an alternative religion to Buddhism or Hinduism or
Christianity. There are, for example, no concerns for āBuddhistophobiaā,
āHinduophobiaā or even āChristianophobiaā, and which if there were
might temper discussion amongst people who were not fans of any of these
religions.
And yet the growing movement to both widen the
definition of Islamophobia and to impose in codes of practice, or even
in civil law, prohibitions on criticising Islam has begun to become a
present reality in the UK.
So, against that backdrop, how might we understand this new concern
by the Establishment to build into our civic history the presence of
Islam as an element in our understanding of the two world wars?
Perhaps the first thing we need to do is to explore the impact of
that first catastrophe and great rent in modern history, the First World
War, on the subsequent developments during the following century in
Europe.
I was brought up to understand that the origins of the First World War were deeply complex. Indeed they are. In all, the war involved seventy countries and produced a death toll
of 17 million. It brought about the collapse of four empires (German,
Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian).
Depending on which school or fashion of history you follow, there are
a variety of ways of interpreting the grand narrative of what it
represented. It can be seen as the boiling point of expansive colonial nationalist
ambitions. One of the populist taunts of Christianity (and which isnāt
wholly unjustified) is the way that Christian clergy on both the German
and British sides blessed the weapons of mutual Christian slaughter.
Perhaps
equally as bad was the attempt to justify the aggression theologically.
At the beginning of the war, a group of theologians and intellectuals
in Germany published āThe Manifesto of the Ninety Threeā, which sought
to justify the actions of the German government. At the British
governmentās request, Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, took
the lead in collaborating with a large number of religious leaders to
write a rebuttal of the Germansā contentions.
Both German and
British theologians claimed the Just War Theory was on their
side. Inevitably this has always raised the issue of the tragedy of
nationalistic interest dominating Christian moral vision. The British
and German cousins of Europe could contemplate slaughtering each other,
but should European Christians have been able to?
And that in turn raises the tragedy of the Reformation, after which
there was no collective identity amongst Protestants that there would
have been between Catholics.
Of course there were national wars between Catholic nations in Europe
before the Reformation. All of them represented a failure of the
Catholic imagination. However, the very concept of the Just War Theory
implied a degree of moral and religious accountability amongst
Catholics. It was not unusual to invite either moderation or validation
from the papacy.
What made the First World War so different was that leading up to the
unimaginable scale of slaughter, and partly because of the Protestant
constituency, there was no recognised moral arbiter in Europe.
But does the failure of Christians to resist their mutual slaughter
have any implications for the long-term struggle between expansive
Islamic ambitions and Christian self-understanding which has resisted
it? An overview of the failures of Christendom suggests that at moments
of its catastrophic failure, one of the consequences has been to create a
vacuum that Islam, always pressing its expansionist ambitions, filled.
One of the most striking and distressing examples of this was the
Fourth Crusade (1202ā1204), during which Western crusaders sacked
Constantinople. The fissure this created in Christendom nearly led to
the defeat of Christendom by Islam both at the gates of Vienna and at
the battle of Lepanto.
When Christendom turns on itself, Islam pushes at the weakened gates of Christian society.
Biden Regime Invites Hamas-Linked CAIR to the White House, Then Lies About It By Robert Spencer
Monday, March 18, 2024
PJ Media : Every aspect of this story is bad, and each horrifying aspect is
competing with the others for which can have the most negative
consequences for the American people.
After Jews suffered attacks in
Chicago, the Biden regime reached out not to Jewish leaders, but to
Muslim groups, including open supporters of Hamas. The Muslims, however,
enraged at the regimeās continued (albeit hollow) support for Israel,
refused to show. Then a Biden regime wonk lied brazenly and denied that
one of the worst of the Muslim groups was even invited. This is the
state of our staggered, sputtering republic in the fourth year of this
radically anti-American and anti-democratic regime.
This latest imbroglio started when Politico reported
Thursday that āIllinois leaders in the Palestinian communities angry
over how President Joe Biden has handled the Middle East war have turned
down a request by the White House to meet in Chicago today.ā We can see
who is claiming the moral high ground, and who has the upper hand.
After Hamas brutally and gleefully murdered 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7,
2023, Islamic groups and their leftist allies immediately began to claim
victimhood at any sign of Israeli self-defense, fabricating
casualty numbers before a world that was all too eager to be fooled,
and even preposterously claiming that Israel was conducting a āgenocideā
when independentobservers have dubbed the IDF āthe most moral army in the world.ā
Despite
all that, Muslim and leftist leaders around the world know that making
wild claims about Israel and affecting a posture of aggrieved victimhood
can win them ready concessions from the U.S., the European Union, and
the United Nations, and so theyāve been striking victim poses
aggressively since Oct. 7. It has worked.
The Biden regime is on its
heels, desperately worried by threats from the likes of Nihad Awad of the Hamas-linked
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the winsome Rep.
Rashida Tlaib (D-Ramallah) to withhold the Muslim vote if the regime
doesnāt betray Israel. And so it has been doing just that, step by step,
in slow motion: $100 million to Gaza, $10 billion to Hamasā financiers, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ever-increasing pressure on the Netanyahu government.
7 News : Today, the Taliban is back in control, and Afghanistan is again a failed-state, safe harbor for terrorist organizations. The engineers of that failure are now urging Israel to replicate the failure in Gaza. By A.J. Caschetta.
After the worst
terrorist attack against the U.S. in its 225-year history on September
11, 2001, "the world" reacted sympathetically at first. But it didn't
last long. After the worst terrorist attack against Israel in its
75-year history on October 7, 2023, the world's sympathy was as
ephemeral as an Ivy League "pro-Palestine" hunger strike.
The U.S.
and Israel were consoled and pitied ā until they fought back. Then they
were suddenly portrayed as aggressive colonizing villains, each seeking
to impose its version of "empire" on an oppressed "other" while meting
out "collective punishment."
But
soon, the French turned on the U.S. and began to urge restraint. The
sick weak world loves it when the strong are hurt, and the smug Chiraq
surely felt a sense of satisfaction when the world's lone super-power,
which he liked to call a "hyper-power," suffered. Schadenfreude is not
an exclusively German phenomenon.
Chirac mocked the Bush
administration's "Global War on Terror" and fought at the U.N. to keep
Saddam Hussein in power, partly to protect the billions of dollars
rolling into BNP Paribas, the one French bank handling all transactions
from the "Oil for Food Program."
Jizya: The Return of Muslim Extortion By Raymond Ibrahim
Raymond Ibrahim : Jizya is back in the news, driving Muslims to murder.
Last month, jihadists attacked a passenger bus in Mozambiqueās
terror-stricken province of Cabo Delgado. The driver was abducted and
later executed. Terrorists left two handwritten notes ā one in English
and the other in Portuguese ā at the scene.
The contents of the English note follow (thanks to Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi for locating the original; flawed grammar is its own):
We declare war on all Christians in the world for three
things: either to be a Muslim or pay Jizya. If you havenāt pay Jizya
itās a war until final earth, Qiyama. [In other words, war to the ends
of the earth until Resurrection Day.] To Muslims we announce peace to
all the world. Letās work together to defend the religion of Allah
together. If you [Christians] refuse [to convert to Islam] then you will
pay Jizya and if you refuse to pay Jizya you will be killed.
Two days later, the terrorists stopped another bus and forced its
Christian passengers to relinquish all their money on pain of death.
But what, exactly, is jizya?
The word jizya appears in Koran 9:29: āFight those among the
People of the Book [Christians and Jews] who do not believe in Allah
nor the Last Day, nor forbid what Allah and his Messenger have
forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth [Islam], until they pay the
jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.ā
The root meaning of this Arabic word is simply to ārepayā or
ārecompense,ā basically to ācompensateā for something. According to the
standard Arabic-English dictionary, Hans Wehr, jizya is something that ātakes the placeā of something else, or āserves instead.ā
Attack on Hindu owner in Sylhet for keeping restaurant open during Ramadan, fatally injured
Hindu Existence : Bangladesh: Hindu restaurant owner Rajeev Kumar De Raju fatally attacked by Jihadi mob for keeping restaurant open during the day of Roza in Ramadan. March 15, 2024:: Jihadi miscreants
attacked a Hindu restaurant in front of Osmani Medical College Hospital
in the city of Sylhet situated in north-eastern Bangladesh. Besides
vandalizing the restaurant, they also beat and fatally injured the owner
of the restaurant, Rajeev Kumar De Raju.
On Friday (March 15) evening, just before
Iftar, the attack took place at āTinbai Restaurantā in front of gate
number one of Osmani Hospital. Raju, who was injured in the attack, was
admitted to Osmani Hospital. Witnesses said the fanatic Muslim
assailants hit him on the head with sharp weapons, causing profuse
bleeding. Sources said, 18 stitches had to be given to the head of Raju.
A friend of Raju who was engaged in the
restaurant told HENB, considering the Hindu patients and their
relatives who came to the hospital, Raju kept the restaurant open even
during the day in the month of Ramadan. However, to avoid any
inconvenience to the Muslims doing Roza, they used to sell food to Hindu
customers only by covering it with a curtain.
On the behalf of the victim it is
complained that some Muslim people of the locality came to the
restaurant two days ago to keep it open during the day and harassed him
and demanded money. But he did not agree to pay the subscription. Then
on Friday evening they came back to the restaurant. At that time Raju
was selling some iftar food items.
When the frenzy Muslim mob came, they
said that iftar items cannot be sold in Hindu hotels. When I objected to
their words, there was an argument. At one stage they attacked the
Restaurant owner and his employees. The mob vandalized the Hindu
restaurant with lethal weapons. When Raju tried to stop them, they beat
him and the restaurant employees.
The attack was carried out under the
leadership of a local named Sohel Hasan, a person connected with Tableeg
e Jamat, as reported. An injured Raju said, āThey broke my cash box and
took money.ā
In this regard, Kotwali Model Police
Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mainuddin Shipon said that the
police visited the scene after receiving information about the attack.
However, it is not known what caused the incident. āThe restaurant
authorities have not filed any complaint so farā, Shipon added.
Syed Saddiq muddies Muda's water By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Saddick
Malaysiakini : āAmira reiterated that Muda is only engaged with PSM, specifically to
raise issues concerning people across religions, races and skin
colours.ā ā From reportage
COMMENT
| Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is an ordinary member of Muda but uses
his prominence as a former minister and a press-chasing political
operative to hamstring the political party he created.
His recent presser of joining Perikatan Nasional on a roadshow to highlight the plight of the people is complete horse manure.
Syed Saddiq (above)
said about this so-called āneutralā platform - āRegardless of whether
from political parties or outside of politics so that in the end (the
tour) is not about Muda, not about PN, not about Syed Saddiq or
Muhyiddin (Yassin) but it is about the plight of the people that must be
prioritised,ā is not only disingenuous but also demonstrates why people
have always viewed him with suspicion.
This unfortunately affects how people view Muda.
This is about
Syed Saddiq and how he wants to remain relevant and perhaps escape
whatever fate awaits him in this politically turbulent time. Even Umno
Youth deputy chief Mohd Hairi Mad Shah had to remind Syed Saddiq not to
act as if āā¦. he is the fighter who brought the Tunku Mahkota Ismail
Youth Centre (TMIYC) project and ensured it was completed.
āThis
effort is driven by the Regent of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and
the Johor government,ā which further illustrates how badly Syed Saddiq
wants to be effective but does not want to put in the hard work that is
required.
JAWAPAN DAN KENYATAAN BALAS PRESIDEN PSPRM, MEJ HJ MIOR ROSLI TUDM (BERSARA), TERHADAP KENYATAAN YB MENTERI PERTAHANAN DAN PENDAPAT PEGUAM NEGARA DI PERSIDANGAN DEWAN RAKYAT PADA 12HB MAC 2024 MENGENAI RAYUAN MEREKA KE MAHKAMAH RAYUAN KEATAS KEMENANGAN TUNTUTAN PSPRM DI MAHKAMAH TINGGI PADA 5HB FEBRUARI 2024.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
All veterans must be aware of Maj Mior (President of PSPRM).
This will create an impact for all veterans to be united.
Pse preceed with a call for vets unity to speak with ONE UNITED VOICE & ACTION.
Part 1 of 4
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DENGAN INI, SAYA MEJAR HJ MIOR ROSLI TUDM (BERSARA) INGIN MEMBUAT KENYATAAN BALAS BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NEGARA KEPADA KENYATAAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN (MENHAN), KERAJAAN MALAYSIA DAN JABATAN PERKHIDMATAN AWAM MALAYSIA SEPERTI BERIKUT:
ISU PERTAMA: MENTERI PERTAHANAN (TOK MAT) PADA SESI DEWAN RAKYAT 2023 TELAH MENYATAKAN BAHAWA KEMENTAH TIDAK BOLEH BUAT APA-APA UNTUK SELARASKAN PENCEN VETERAN ATM KERANA TERDAPAT SEGELINTIR VETERAN (PSPRM) TELAH MEMBAWA KES INI KE MAHKAMAH (Saman Permula No.WA-24NCVC-3989-11/2022). BELIAU JUGA TELAH SEOLAH-OLAH BERJANJI pada Dewan (semua veteran ATM yang berpencen sebelum 1 Jan 2013) BAHAWA KEMENTAH AKAN "AKUR" SEGALA KEPUTUSAN MAHKAMAH TINGGI KELAK
Pada 5hb Mac 2024, Yang Arif Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman (Dr Suzana binti Muhammad Said telah MEMERINTAHKAN di Mahkamah Terbuka bahawa SETELAH YANG ARIF MEMBACA saman pemula kami (PSPRM) bertarikh 17 November 2022, Afidavit-Afidavit, Hujahan-Hujahan bertulis yang difailkan oleh kami/PSPRM (plaintif) dan kerajaan (Defenden-Defenden) dan SETELAH MENDENGAR Peguamcara PSPRM dan Peguam Persekutuan (bagi pihak Defenden-Defenden), Yang Arif Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman telah MEMERINTAHKAN bahawa:
(a). Kesemua Defendan (Kerajaan Malaysia, Perdana Menteri, Menteri Kanan Pertahanan dan Majlis Angkatan Tentera) telah memungkiri peruntukan di bawah Perkara 137 dan/atau Perkara 8 Perlembagaan Persekutuan di baca bersama dengan dengan Seksyen 187 Akta Angkatan Tentera 1972 dalam kegagalan masing-masing untuk melakukan penyelarasan pencen yang baharu untuk kesemua Pesara Angkatan Tentera Malaysia yang bersara sebelum 1 Januari 2013.
(b). Kesemua Pesara Angkatan Tentera Malaysia yang bersara sebelum 1 Januari 2013 tersebut berhak diselaraskan pencen masing-masing mengikut kadar atau cara sepertimana diselaraskan pencen kesemua Pesara Angkatan Tentera Malaysia yang bersara selepas 1 Januari 2013.
Setelah PSPRM berjaya kemenangan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur diatas, saya sungguh kecewa kerana pada 9hb Februari 2024, Kerajaan Malaysia, Perdana Menteri, Menteri Kanan Pertahanan Malaysia dan Majlis Angkatan Tentera telah membuat Rayuan kepada Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia di Putrajaya (salinan kepada Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur dan Peguamcara PSPRM) dengan Notis Rayuan mereka yang di buat oleh Peguam Pesekutuan yang berbunyi lebih kurang seperti berikut:
"Sila ambil perhatian bahawa Kerajaan Malaysia, Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Menteri Kanan Pertahanan Malaysia, dan Majlis Angkatan Tentera, perayu-perayu yang dinamakan diatas yang TIDAK BERPUASHATI DENGAN KEPUTUSAN YANG ARIF PESURUHJAYA KEHAKIMAN DR SUZANA BINTI MUHAMAD SAID yang di berikan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur pada 5hb Februari 2024 MERAYU KEPADA MAHKAMAH RAYUAN TERHADAP KESELURUHAN KEPUTUSAN TERSEBUT".
Dari ayat Rayuan diatas saya dengan kecewanya mengatakan:
Menteri Munafik
(a). Apa yang Menteri Kanan Pertahanan Malaysia janji di Parlimen pada penghujung tahun 2023 adalah janji bohong dan membuktikan dia adalah seorang yang munafik.
(b). Kerajaan Malaysia, Perdana Menteri dan Menteri2 tidak hormat, tidak ada simpati, empiti dan mengenang jasa-jasa Veteran ATM yang telah berkorban kepada Raja-Raja Melayu, Kerajan, Negara dan Rakyat Malaysia.
(c). Kerajaan tidak horamat kepada Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan undang-undang Persekutuan yang di buat oleh Parlimen sendiri.
(d). Kerajaan Malaysia tidak menghormati DYMM SPB YDPA dan keputusan Mahkamah yang di buat berdasarkan kepada undang-undang.
Di luar Negara jasa-jasa Anjing K-9 pun di hargai.Tapi di Malaysia jasa Veteran ATM langsung tidak di kenang.
Sekarang Menteri Pertahanan pun berani membuat kenyataan di Parlimen mengatakan YDPA tidak ada kuasa terhadap Majlis Angkatan Tentera. Even dogs are very honored in foreign countries.
The bonds between these dogs, their military and law-enforcement handlers, soldiers, and others are honored. It is one of the most powerful and memorable exhibits ever seen. Dogs are better appreciated than Veterans in Malaysia.
Sadly in my country Veterans are short changed, Veterans have been asking for the streamlining of pensions like forever.
Some fears about Islam are entirely rational - Richard Dawkins on the perils of outlawing āIslamophobiaā
Spiked : A āphobiaā is an irrational fear, as in claustrophobia, agoraphobia or
arachnophobia, all conditions deserving of sympathy. But fear can be
rational, too. An infantryman in a First World War trench would have
every reason to fear going over the top.
To accuse him of a āphobiaā
would be uncharitable, to say the least. An Australian suspected of
arachnophobia might point out that spiders with a dangerous bite are not
rare. In Britain, thereās much less to fear from spiders, so my fear of
them could fairly be called arachnophobia. Is there a group of people
who, like Australians in the case of spiders, have good reason to fear
certain aspects of Islam? If such a group exists, I suggest it would be
found among Muslims themselves.
A gay Muslim living in an Islamic country might have reasonable
misgivings. There are nine Muslim countries in which consensual
homosexuality carries the death penalty. A Muslim woman in Iran might
reasonably fear being arrested by the morality police
for showing a tendril of hair. In Pakistan or Britain, she might fear
violent reprisals from her father, uncles or brothers if she is
suspected of consorting with an unsuitable man.
In Britain, phobia is hardly the right word for any fear Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, might feel. Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the former secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said:
āDeath, perhaps, is a bit too easy for him. His mind must be tormented
for the rest of his life unless he asks for forgiveness to Almighty
Allah.ā
A Muslim who is losing his faith would have good reason to fear
the penalty for apostasy, which is death. When I taxed Sir Iqbal with
this on television, he said, āItās very rarely enforcedā. Thatās good to
hear. But a would-be apostate doesnāt have to be āphobicā to still feel
a reasonable fear.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslimsā definition of Islamophobia, which was published in 2018, begins with the statement that itās a form of racism. In a new paper for the Free Speech Union,
Tim Dieppe makes the obvious point that Islam is not a race, and he
very well develops the inconsistencies that this remarkable solecism
leads to.
I would make one further observation. A religion is something you can
convert to, or opt out of. Your race isnāt like that. You canāt convert
to a race or leave it. The fact that you canāt leave your race means
that, if Islam is indeed a race, apostasy is literally impossible.
Yet
apostasy has to be possible in Islam or it couldnāt be punishable by
death. So the statement that Islamophobia is a form of racism is more
than just incorrect. It contradicts a fundamental, and incidentally
obnoxious, tenet of Islam.
Michigan Islamic Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril: There Can Be No Permanent Peace Treaty With Jews, Infidels Because It Cancels Out Jihad; When Muslims Get Stronger, The Treaty Is Over
Michigan Islamic scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril discussed the "ruling on normalization treaties" in the first of a series of lectures posted on March 11, 2024 on Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril on X (formerly known as Twitter) in honor of the month of Ramadan.
In
the lecture he said that there can be no permanent treaties between
Muslims and the infidels and that when the Muslims grow strong and feel
it is beneficial, then they must inform the enemy that "this treaty has
come to an end."
He said that the Prophet Muhammad "dismissed" the treaty of Hudaybiyyah, once it was merely rumored that the Jewish tribe had killed one of his Companions. Jibril continued: "It was war until the death of every last one of them."
He said that the purpose of normalization with Israel is to "Judaize" the minds of the Muslims.
The lecture was also posted on other social media accounts associated with Ahmad Musa Jibril. Ahmad Musa Jibril served six and a half years in prison for conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, and possession of firearms and ammunition. He is considered to be the inspiration for several Jihad attacks and initiatives in the West.
Ahmad Musa Jibril: "The term "normalization" itself, that's a term used for the so-called peace treaties with the Jews. It is a term used to manipulate terminology in order to deceive the Islamic nation to cover up the crime and danger behind what they are doing.
[...]
"The purpose of normalization is not a simple truce from fighting, its purpose and goal is to Judaize the minds of the Muslims.
It is to snatch disavowal from the Jews, specifically - and infidels in general - from the hearts of the Muslims.
[...]
"[These] are treated that aid the Jews against Muslims in general, but specifically Muslims who want to liberate Muslim holy lands, and live under the shari'a of Allah.
[...]
"When Muslims in Gaza are being actively massacred - it is one of the basic rules of Loyalty and Disavowal that every Muslim must give their full loyalty to the Muslim women, men, and children there.
[...]
"What did the Messenger do when there was any type of hostility against Muslims from those he had treaties with? What did the Messenger do when the Jews or Quraysh merely attempted to betray him?
[...]
"When it was rumored that they killed Uthman, in the midst of the negotiations over the treat of Hudaybiyyah - it was just one man, not a genocide ā without preparation and barely any weapons, the treaty of Hudaybiyyah was going to be dismissed, and it was war until the death of every last one of them. One Companion, one man, not a continuous ongoing genocide.
[...]
"There can never be a permanent [peace] treaty with the infidels because it cancels out jihad.
[...]
"If it doesn't have a deadline, it can't be lazimat al-ta'abid, meaning it can't be forever. Yes, a treaty may not mention [if it is for] ten years, four months, or five years ā it is open-ended, but that doesn't mean it is forever.
It can't be forever. When Muslims get stronger and it is a benefit for the Muslims, they inform the enemy this treaty has come to an end."
Dark truths on '98 Commonwealth Games emerge By R Nadeswaran
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | From 2002, I penned more
than a dozen commentaries requesting for the accounts of the 1998
Commonwealth Games to be made public.
But those responsible,
including the bigwigs at Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad (Sukom 98 Bhd)
ignored the calls, pretended not to have read them, or felt it was too
much ātroubleā to engage with me.
But credit must go to Azalina
Othman Said, who upon becoming the sports minister, spoke to me and
instructed her officers to produce the documents.
But they could
only show me the annual filings to the then Registrar of Companies (now
Companies Commission) because the organisers were Sukom 98 Bhd,
incorporated under the Companies Act.
The gullible media reported that āthe accounts have been closedā and a letter to Malaysiakini even praised Azalina for her efforts.
The audited statement of accounts, which was closed at the end of 2002, saw the company posting a loss of RM11.6 million.
āWe
have finished with one chapter ā that is the closing of the accounts.
Sukom will now have to deal with how to settle it and where to raise the
money. Of the RM11.6 million, a total of RM11.4 million is owed to the
government,ā The Star quoted Azalina as saying.
But how much did the government give in grants? How much was collected from other sources? They were never made public.
NoobMaster69 :
Singapore willing to fork out millions to let Taylor Swift performs only in Singapore. They have all the facilities ready because few years ago they had hosted the youth Olympics.
They are master in hosting and by hosting the Commonwealth it will enable them to show to the world that they are ready for Asian Games as well as Olympics game.
Meanwhile in Malaysia, just sit and watch as the world goes by. We can sulk about Palestine as much as we want but no one is going to take us seriously.
Determined Sarawakian : In 1998, when Malaysia held it's first Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, DSAI was removed from all positions in government and imprisoned. Great Britain was entirely silent over the treatment of DSAI.
Then, Labour Party PM, Tony Blair, refused to interfere with the Mahathir Administration, and forged on to allow the Games to be held. If anyone could even remember as that far behind, the Mahathir Administration and UMNO cohorts instituted media blackout (those days only print and cable TV and radio operators, social media was basically non-existent) and those persons or individuals giving out or selling any media in relations to the arrest of DSAI, were apprehended and prosecuted.
Basically, what Nades wrote back then (even) had any effect or sustenance about the misappropriation of the Commonwealth Games. The only country that was boisterous enough was the United States, weeks before the APEC Summit. President Bill Clinton didn't attend the APEC Summit in KL, and he delegated VP Al Gore, who went on to protest with the activists rather than in the APEC Forum.
Pakistan Court Refuses to Order Return of Kidnapped Christian Girl - It shows it's true face - That's Why India Has The CAA
Saturday, March 16, 2024
BACA officer Edward Masih comforts Balqees Bibi the mother of kidnapped Laiba this happens in Malaysia too, like the Indira Gandhi case. Majority of Muslim Countries treat their minorities like shit.
British Asian Christians : Urgent Appeal: Justice for Laiba ā Confronting the Appalling Kidnap and Forced Conversion of a 10-Year-Old Girlā. A young Christian girl was tragically abducted in Faisalabad and forcefully converted to Islam. Due
to the coercerās insistence that the conversion was the will of Allah,
the courts callously refuse to allow the girl to reunite with her
anguished parents.
The heartbroken father is
shattered, tears streaming down his face, as he pleads for prayers and
support from the global Christian community.
In
their time of need, the family finds solace as British Asian Christian
Association (BACA) steps in to stand in solidarity, offering crucial
legal support and assistance.
On the night of February 11th, tragedy struck the peaceful home of
the Masih family in Chak 233, Rub Hari Singh, Faisalabad. Laiba Suhail, a
child of merely 10 years, was cruelly snatched from her residence. The
perpetrator, identified as Muhammad Mohsin Shah, a known extremist bent
on converting Christian girls, executed his nefarious plan under the
cover of darkness.
The following day, Laibaās innocence was
exploited as she was forcibly converted to Islam, coerced by Shahās
zealotry and manipulation. Unwilling to relinquish his hold on his prey,
Shah cunningly used Shari-based legal mechanisms to place Laiba in a
shelter home, all while callously proclaiming the conversion to be the
will of Allah when confronted by Laibaās distraught parents.
The
heart-wrenching scene unfolded in the early hours of the morning, as
Suhail Masih (55 yrs), ailing and dependent on a walking stick due to
his diabetes, awoke to discover his beloved daughterās absence.
Panic-stricken, he roused his wife, Balqees Bibi (52 yrs), and their
son, Imran Masih (18 yrs), from their slumber. Together, the family
embarked on a frantic search through the streets, their minds clouded
with fear and grief at the unimaginable loss of their dear Laiba.
Mirzan and Mokhzani Mahathirās wealth By Yap Si Err
Malaysiakini : KINIGUIDE | Two of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamadās children, Mirzan and Mokhzani, are under investigation by the MACC and have been ordered to declare their assets.Both
were known to be active in the business world and are reputed to have
immense wealth. But how did they get there, and exactly how wealthy are
they?
In this instalment of KiniGuide, we revisit what is publicly known about their wealth and the controversies along the way.
Who are Mirzan and Mokhzani?
Mahathir and his wife Dr Siti Hasmah have four biological children;
Mirzan and Mokhzani are their second and third children, respectively,
with Marina being the eldest and Mukhriz being the youngest of the four. The couple also have three adopted children: Melinda, Mazhar, and Maizura.
According to Bloomberg
and the University of Pennsylvaniaās alumni webpage, Mirzan used to
work for the US-based investment bank Salomon Brothers and is currently
the founder and chief executive officer of the Malaysian investment
holding and financial advisory firm Crescent Capital Sdn Bhd.
He
holds directorships in several public and private companies in Southeast
Asia, including the Philippinesā largest oil refiner Petron and the
local electronics manufacturer Betamek. He is also the former CEO of
Konsortium Logistics Berhad (KLB).
Meanwhile, Forbes has listed Mokhzani as among Malaysiaās
richest persons several times since 2007. Forbes ranked him as the ninth
richest in Malaysia in 2013, with a wealth of over RM4.22 billion from
the oil and gas industry.
He founded the oil equipment fabricator
Kencana Petroleum, which later became SapuraKencana Petroleum following
its merger with SapuraCrest in 2012 and is now known as Sapura Energy. Mokhzani had reportedly relinquished his stake in SapuraKencana in late-2017.
What was Mirzan up to?
In the 1990s, Asiaweek valued Mirzanās holdings in public companies alone at over US$880 million. His first big break in Malaysia, after returning from the US, was in KLBās predecessor Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad (KPB).
According
to KLBās 1999 annual statement, Mirzan managed to increase KLBās
turnover from RM100 million in 1995 to RM417 million in 1996, more than
quadrupling its turnover in just one year. It reached RM730 million at
its peak in 1997, attracting attention from both domestic and
international markets.
Unfortunately, the companyās aggressive
acquisitions and expansion placed it under significant debt pressure,
and it was hit hard by the sudden onset of the 1997 Asian Financial
Crisis. Its liabilities grew to RM400 million. As part of an ongoing lawsuit, the finance minister at the time, Anwar Ibrahim, claimed Mahathir had tried to rescue several financially distressed companies amid the crisis, including KPB.
Mahathir
supposedly became upset when Anwar refused and was concerned about
potential embarrassment if the matter was presented in Parliament for
debate. So instead, Mahathir allegedly sidestepped Anwarās
authority by ordering Petronas to rescue KPB since the oil company came
under his purview as the prime minister. The Petronas subsidiary MISC Bhd bought over KPB for US$220 million.
In
his autobiography āA Doctor in the Houseā, Mahathir defended the move,
saying it was not a bailout because Petronas bought KPB at a low price
and sold some freighters at a handsome profit when the shipping industry
recovered.
Mirzan would remain as KLBās executive chairperson
until his departure in August 2007, while the company evolved to become
known as Pos Logistic Bhd today.
What about Mokhzani?
Former
prime minister Najib Abdul Razak had claimed that Mokhzaniās Kenchana
Petroleum won a license to fabricate offshore structures from Petronas
in 2002. The allegation
was made in 2020 in response to Mahathirās assertion that Najibās
children benefited from government contracts during his premiership.
In
turn, Mokhzani also denied Najibās claims saying that Sapura Kencana
Petroleum was only established in 2012, after Mahathir had already
stepped down from his first stint as prime minister.
Nonetheless,
evidence from Kencanaās 2011 annual statement confirms that Kencana
Petroleum Bhd, before its merger and renaming, had indeed secured a
Petronas contract in 2002 as Najib claimed. Mokhzani also once headed the fibre optics manufacturer Opcom Group founded by his brother Mukhriz.
In a lawsuit, Anwar claimed Mohkzani, Mirzan, Mukhriz, and Mukhrizās wife Norzieta Zakaria were directors of the company from 1994 to 2021.
He
claimed that during this period, Mahathir had used his position as
prime minister and finance minister to influence Telekom Malaysia (TM)ās
decisions, which carried out direct negotiations with Opcom for the
supply of fibre optic cables.
Opcom had also raised eyebrows after being awarded a RM11.16 million contract
from TM just days after the 14th general election and Mahathirās
swearing-in as prime minister under the Pakatan Harapan coalition. TM later clarified the decision was made before the election following an open tender process.
Later when the National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan was announced in 2019, Opcom share prices spiked amid speculation that it would become the main beneficiary of the project. The
communications and multimedia minister at the time Gobind Singh Deo
subsequently clarified that Opcom couldnāt have bid for the contract
because it didnāt have the relevant license.
What does Mahathir have to say?
Mahathir has long asserted that his childrenās wealth was due to their own hard work and had nothing to do with him. āIf they are rich now, it is through their own efforts. āThey
are entitled to be rich, that is if they can become rich. But some of
my relatives are as poor as a church mouse,ā he reportedly said in 2018.
During a 1998 interview with Asiaweek,
he responded to allegations of nepotism and cronyism by saying the
government must assist the private sector, especially bumiputera-owned
companies, to correct economic imbalances. He challenged the interviewer to āTell me any single businessman who is not close to this governmentā.
He
also countered that Opcom was far ahead of its competitors as a pioneer
in supplying fibre optic cables in Malaysia, with various ISO
certifications to show for it. Even Anwar had conceded that TM
itself issued a letter to the Finance Ministry to hold direct
negotiation with Opcom over the fibre optic contract, Mahathir noted.
OrangeCamel : Please finish the drama before the old man die..... We Malaysian are entitled to know the truth,so SPRM speed up your evidence and court case....
UNDECIDED : If you are a well connected Malay Muslim like TDM's children, you don't need to be hard working, business savvy or exceptionally clever to become very wealthy.
This is the reason why children and immediate family members of politicians should not be allowed to tender for government, GLCs and GLIC's contracts.
It is an unprincipled and obscene way to making money.
Their close relatives, if they want to be in business, should compete with non bumiputras on the same footing. This way, it may even help to create more competitive bumiputra businessman over time.
Across the Straits : When papa has power, their business acumen goes to heaven. Donāt have to be a genius to figure out what always happens.
Common Man : IJN is the best place to rest in peace..