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| Philippine Muslims Vow to Fight to Death After Malaysia Assault |
| 2013-03-06 |
| Philippine Muslims who invaded Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah last month are ready to fight to the death ...hokay, if you insist... after withstanding an aerial and ground assault, the clan's leader said today. Jamalul Kiram, who asserts he's the sultan of Sulu, called for direct talks with Philippine President Benigno Aquino to end a four-week incursion aimed at reclaiming territory it lost more than 100 years ago. Malaysian forces continued searching for about 180 of Kiram's supporters after an attack yesterday that followed clashes that killed more than 30 people. "I want to talk to the president directly so he would understand, not to his bad, heartless emissaries," Kiram told DzMM radio today from Manila, adding that his brother Agbimuddin Kiram, who is leading the fight on the ground, is alive. "He's ready to die. I won't ask him to come home." In that case why not make it easy for the Malaysians and send them your brother's GPS coordinates... The battle on Borneo Island erupted weeks before elections in both countries, with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak facing a late-April deadline to dissolve parliament as his ruling coalition seeks to maintain a 55-year grip on power. It also comes as Aquino aims to conclude a peace deal with a Muslim separatist group that Najib is helping to broker. Malaysian police officers and soldiers expanded their search to other parts of Sabah's eastern coastline, police inspector-general Ismail Omar said in a televised briefing today. Security forces shot dead one insurgent in an exchange of fire, he said, adding that no Malaysian police or soldiers were killed in yesterday's operation. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Thank you, JosephM. That does help. I think we would all appreciate more such explanations from our man in the region as the situation plays out. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-03-06 22:44 |
| #4 #3 - Historicity aside, I would say that the PHIL has shown it is unable to remove China from the SCS or its Spratly claims despite US backing + attempts at UN Arbitration, hence the Sabah incident involving pro-Manila/PHIL Muslim Filipinos. This, however, could easily backfire on Manila + Regional stability vee the newbie foreign MilTerr Groups now set up or firmly established on Mindanao, e.g. AL-QAEDA LINKED ABU SAYAFF + OTHER. ------------ LATEST ... * TOPIX > [ABS-CBN] PALACE [Manila = PHIL Govt.] BRACES/PLAN FOR RETURN OF 500,000 PINOYS FROM SABAH. Refugees + those the Malay Govt is likely to formally deport back to the PHIL once the Sabah crisis ends. OTOH, some locals are repor now calling for a self-determination plebisccite for Sabah, which KL doesn't appear too ethusiastic about. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > MUSLIMS CONDEMN SELL-OUT TO MALAYSIA. * SAME > [Philippine Star] INDONESIA EVACUATES WORKERS FROM SABAH. * SAME > [Same] P-NOY [PHIL President Aquino] URGED TO FLY TO MALAYSIA, NEGOTIATE FOR SABAH. * SAME > [Interakyson.com] NO MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO [Phil] "MAXIMUM TOLERANCE" PLEA [for RSA + Sultan] - DFA. VERSUS * SAME > [Manila Bulletin] MALAYSIAN FORCES BOMBED. SABAH AIRSTRIKES HIT WRONG TARGET [friendly fire], KIRAMS'S ARMY SPARED. OOOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSIES. * TOPIX > [Channel News Asia] VETERAN PHILIPPINE FIGHTERS HEAD TO SABAH:MNLF. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > MALAYSIA HUNTING MISSING FILIPINO GUNMEN AS MORE FIGHTERS FROM MINDANAO ARRIVE | [AFP] MORE SULU REBELS ARRIVED IN SABAH AFTER FULL-SCALE MILITARY ASSAULT BY MALAYSIA FAILS TO END STANDOFF. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-06 21:40 |
| #3 #2 This incident is causing a ruckus amongst competing major PHIL Govt. political circles + Personages. Why? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-03-06 20:34 |
| #2 This incident is causing a ruckus amongst competing major PHIL Govt. political circles + Personages. Anyhoo, ... * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Phil Star] KIRAM'S ARMY SAFE AFTER [Malay Air Force] AIRSTRIKES. * RELATED SAME > "NO SURRENDER" OF SABAH GROUP - SULTANNATE. * SAME > [Inquirer Global Nation]THOUSANDS OF TAUSUGS [e.g. from Basilan, Tawi-tawi, + Sulu] SAILING TO SABAH TO AID BELEAGURED COMRADES - MNLF. * SAME > [Malaysian Insider] TEN THOUSAND MORE SULUKS [Tausugs] HAVE JOINED BATTLE FOR SABAH, MNLF OFFICAL CLAIMS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-06 18:28 |
| #1 dead sounds good too me |
| Posted by: chris 2013-03-06 08:01 |