Awesome...

about PASKAL

The security of 30+ oil rigs in Malaysian waters are under the control and responsibility of Paskal. Until now, Paskal had been able to conduct training in almost all of those oil rigs. A consortium of oil company may also support Paskal's operation by contributing financial assistance in buying new weapons and equipment. This has made Paskal as the most sophisticated and well-equipped SOF unit in Malaysia.

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Wait... who sponsor ? Petronas ?

People probably might think PASKAL is private military security firm like Blackwaters

No english source till now ! It's like the PASKAL ops is under media control . Most of english news cover the South Korean commandos raids

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1726517&hl

You can check the news here.

The raid on the South Korean Samho Jewelry was rare because it happened a week after the ship was seized; it was not clear if the crew was in a citadel on Friday, but at least the wounded captain was not. Militaries are usually reluctant to launch such raids because of the risk of harm to hostages. A French rescue in 2009 that came two days after a sailboat was taken left one hostage dead.

Friday's raid marked the first rescue operation by a South Korean navy vessel that has been deployed in the Gulf of Aden to help fight piracy since 2009.

"This operation demonstrated our government's strong will to never negotiate with pirates," Gen. Lee said.

Countries have different criteria for deciding whether to launch raids, said Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the head of Dryad Maritime Intelligence, which provides information about piracy to shipping companies. Some countries are aggressive, but others consider that the risk of hostages being caught in a crossfire was greater than the risk of waiting out the hijackers.

But he said it's unlikely the pirates would try to retaliate by harming other crews.

That "would be spectacularly unwise. Somalis are known for being good business people and I think that that would lead to very a quick collapse of their business model," he said.

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This post has been edited by Mustadio: Jan 21 2011, 11:56 PM

Finally...


Royal Malaysian Navy commandos save crew from Somali pirates

Malaysian navy thwarts Somali pirate attack on MISC tanker