Article

2012-06-06 Southeast Asia

MILF alleged behind abductions of 2 Chinese businessmen

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by ryuge 2012-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Moro Islamic Liberation Front

#1 I could be wrong, but I'm a'guessin this has to do wid the Scarborough Shoal = PHIL-Panataq-vs-CHINESE-Huangyan-Island sea spat???

As per the above ...

* STRATEGYPAGE > CHINA SAYS WE AINT AFRAID OF ANYBODY.

* WORLD NEWS > ACCESS TO PACIFIC HARBORS KEY TO NEW US STRATEGY: PANETTA.

* SAME > SEOUL WON'T OBJECT TO JAPANESE AEGIS DESTROYERS IN NEARBY WATERS [West = Yellow Sea], in response to DPRK claims that is now a constitutional "Nuclear/Nuke-armed State".

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ANALYSIS: AMERICA WILL DO WELL TO WATCH DEVELOPMENTS IN PANATAQ SHOAL CLOSELY

* SAME > PHILIPPINES HOLDS NO CARDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA SPAT WIDOUT US.

* SAME > RUSSIA VOICES AGZ "OUTSIDERS" [read, USA]MUDDLING IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. Moscow suppports Beijing's claims.

* SAME > AQUINO, DEMPSEY TALK SCARBORORUGH SHOAL STANDOFF.

* GMA NETWORK > CHINA STATE PAPERS [State Medias = People's Daily, PLA Daily] WARN US STRATEGY RISKS RIFT, between the US + China.

No one in China or Asia-Pacific believes that the US Strategy is NOT aimed at isolating, minimizing, or containing China = China's rise.
MORE INTENSE + FREQUENT US MEDDLING IN CHINA'S + ASIAN-PACIFIC AFFAIRS ANTICIPATED.

* GMA NETWORK > CHINA SAYS US NAVAL SHIFT TO PACIIFC "UNTIMELY".

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Philippines] TWO CHINESE GOVT. SHIPS, PHIL VESSEL WITHDRAW FROM PANATQ SHOAL [8 Chinese, 2 Phil Govt. ships left].

* SINA > CHINESE SHIPS REMAIN DEPLOYED IN HUANGYAN ISLAND: FM SPOKESMAN [Liu Weimin].

CHINA = No PHIL Govt-Admin Ships left in lagoon.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-06 00:36|| 2012-06-06 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 More ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US LETS SOUTH KOREA EXTEND MISSLE RANGE TO 550-KMS [up from curren 300-kms].

ARTIC = ROK has initially asked the US to extend to 1000-kms, enuff to cover all of the Korean Peninsula.

* SAME > [France = French DM Jean-Yves Le Drian] "EUROPE MUST RETHINK DEFENSE" AFTER US NAVAL SHIFT TO ASIA, by + for Europe + Europeans at its own costs, moreso since USDOD Spending is expected to reduce by US$500.0Bilyuhn oer next years [2022-23].

* SAME > [Chen Guangching] CHEN: CHINA DOESN'T NEED TO LEARN WESTERN DEMOCRACY, BUT "EASTERN" DEMOCRACY.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > LILLIPUTINE [Pinoys = Filipinos] COCK A SNOOT INVOKING THE US,to defend a PHIL + PHIL interests that Filipinos themselves aren't able to defend on their own.

* SAME > US PACIFIC "PIVOT": PLA GENERAL SAYS CHINA HAS CAPABILITY TO STRIKE BACK WHEN INTERESTS ARE UNDER THREAT.

* SAME > JAPAN HAS ENOUGH PLUTONIUM FOR 5000 NUKES | JAPAN TO MAKE MORE PLUTONIUM DESPITE STOCKPILE ENOUGH FOR 5000 WARHEADS.

And once again, Virgina, we learn why nuke-wannabe Rising Iran likes the "Japan Model".

WORLD NEWS > IRAN: OUR NUKES PROOF OF NATIONAL POWER.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [DDG-1000 ZUMWALT-CLASS] STEALTH DESTROYERS, AT US$3.0BILYUHN APIECE, IS US NAVY'S ANSWER TO RISING CHINA.

* SAME > IN A HOLE? CHINA KEEPS DIGGING | CHINA ON [harmful?]SUPER-SIZED BINGE THAT CAN LEAD TO [prohibitive = over-excessive]INVESTMENT GIGANTISM, as per oversea FDI + espec domestic Infrastructure = Macros.

* TOPIX > INDONESIA, JAPAN, ASEAN WORRY ABOUT CHINA'S DEFENSE SPENDING.

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > EX-PINOY DIPLOMAT: "WE DON'T WANT AN ASIAN COLD WAR".

POSTER/BLOGGER = opined that, in the PHIL, there are two Groups at odds wid each other - PRO-BEIJING CHINESE PINOYS whom don't want any grief or beef wid China; versus the MAJORITY INDO-MALAY PINOYS WHOM WANT THE US BACK AT SUBIC [Clark AFB?]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-06 01:11|| 2012-06-06 01:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like the whole South China Sea is slowly coming to a boil.

Posted by SteveS 2012-06-06 01:45|| 2012-06-06 01:45|| Front Page Top

#4 OOOOPPS, forgot TOPIX > [Heritage Foundation] DON'T SKIMP ON SOUTH KOREAN MISSLE RANGE. US should allow the ROK = SOuth Korea to extend to 800-1000-kms range.

* SAME > HAS AMERICA FORGOTTEN THE LESSONS OF MIDWAY?

* SAME > SEOUL JUST CAN'T WELCOME JAPANESE WARSHIPS INTO WEST SEA!

* SAMe > [Susumu Yabuki = Prof. Emeritus, Yokohama City University] JAPANESE SCHOLAR SAYS SCRAP US-JAPAN ALLIANCE, RECOGNIZE US-CHINA CO-DEPENDENCY, on part of Nippon.

ARTIC > PRO = argues that the US [covertly = ultimately]WILL NOT, NOR CAN IT [Econ]AFFORD TO, CONFRONT CHINA MILITARILY IN EAST ASIA INCLUD NE ASIA/NORPAC ON BEHALF OF JAPAN???

Lest we fergit, 9-11 + GWOT > WAR FOR PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US OWG-NWO > ANTI-US OWG = desire to see US Power + Influence, etc. anywhere around the World decline or be rolled back, unilaterally/
voluntarily or forcibly.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-06 01:54|| 2012-06-06 01:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like the whole South China Sea is slowly coming to a boil.

And you can boil a live frog by slowly increasing the heat in a kettle without the frog even reacting.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-06-06 08:07|| 2012-06-06 08:07|| Front Page Top

23:33 Bill Clinton
23:29 Bill Clinton
23:04 KBK
22:37 USN,Ret
22:33 JosephMendiola
22:22 JosephMendiola
22:18 JosephMendiola
22:12 SteveS
21:59 JosephMendiola
21:44 gorb
21:36 tu3031
21:29 JosephMendiola
20:06 Nimble Spemble
19:43 JosephMendiola
19:31 Abu Chuck
18:09 swksvolFF
18:05 regular joe
17:49 SteveS
17:40 SteveS
16:54 American Delight
16:16 Lord Garth
16:13 mojo
16:12 Sgt. Mom
15:56 CrazyFool