Defeated already?

BREAKING NEWS ::: Malaysian jets missed Kiram’s forces – sultan spokesman
The Star-Asia News Network 2:21 pm | Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/66917/mal...anate-spokesman


Abraham Idjirani. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – The airstrike launched by Malaysian fighter jets in Lahad Datu Tuesday missed the forces of Azzimudie Kiram, the spokesman for the self-styled Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo said.

Spokesman Abraham Idjirani said Kiram called him about 7.30 a.m. and then again at 9.30 a.m. and reported that forces of the Malaysian military and police commandos attacked a position that they (armed group) had previously occupied.

Idjirani also said Kiram reported that the fighter jets started circling Lahad Datu Monday night, the Philippine website PhilSTAR.com reported.

“[He told] us that the Malaysian forces and the police commandos, about seven battalions, attacked the place suspected of being Kiram’s camp,” he said.

Idjirani said the Malaysian jets bombed a position previously held by the forces of Kiram but has now been occupied by Malaysian forces.

Idjirani said the incident could have been a case of “friendly fire”.

He said Kiram and his men are safe and are holed up in a place far from the airstrikes.

As tension remains high in Lahad Datu, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F del Rosario met with Malaysian government officials in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday to discuss a peaceful resolution on the issue.

A statement from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Del Rosario met with Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and Defence Minister Ahmad Zamid Hamidi at midnight.

Also present during the meeting were Philippine Ambassador J Eduardo Malaya, Malaysian Foreign Ministry secretary-general Mohd Radzi Abdul Rahman and other embassy officials.

Del Rosario flew to Kuala Lumpur Monday evening.

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BREAKING NEWS: 4.26PM Explosions heard at Kampung Sinakut, 6km from Kampung Tanduo (operation site), quoting NST
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-re...inakut-1.229009


BREAKING NEWS: Nur Misuari says MNLF will attack manila and kuala lumpur if Sultan arrested, quoting DZMM radio website

The problem even Philippines and USA cannot wipe them out in the last 40 years.

WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR BORDERS QUICK!!

This is what he did before in Manila on Christmas eve

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LATEST: Sulu claims spread to Sarawak
The Borneo Post Posted on March 5, 2013, Tuesday
http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/05/su...ead-to-sarawak/

MNLF founder says his clan the true owners of Sarawak, Aquino smells conspiracy behind Sabah intrusion

KUCHING: The founder of Bangsamoro separatist group the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Nur Misuari has claimed that Sarawak is also part of his clan’s ancestral lands.

The Philippine Star yesterday reported Misuari as saying he and his clan were the true owners of Sabah and Sarawak and that history would bear out that both states were the original properties of his great, great grandfather.

The leader, who is also former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, also admitted that his relatives and MNLF group members were among those who went to Lahad Datu, but denied instigating the invasion.

Misuari’s denial seemed to be a response to Philippines President Benigno Aquino’s claim yesterday that there was a conspiracy behind the decision of Sultan Sulu Jamalul Kiram III and his followers to use force to press their claim on Sabah.

“We are aware that people conspired for this situation to happen. We know some of them. The others are still hidden,” Aquino said amid criticism of how the government handled the situation.

He added that he was not blind to signs that point to a conspiracy in the ongoing tension.

Citing intelligence reports, Aquino said they had already identified “persons of interest” involved in the plot to move against Sabah. Cases are already being prepared against them, he added, without naming names.

Aquino said Sultan Jamalul Kiram III alone could not have ordered the move.

Aquino said the Kirams would have had to spend at least P100,000 (RM7,600) to hire a large boat to bring their forces to Lahad Datu and claimed they used two large boats and a speedboat to bring their men to there.

He also said the Kirams could not have financed the operation, noting that Kiram III is receiving financial support from the government for his regular dialysis.

Aquino said the government is aware that the situation could get worse and that the other option is a peaceful end to the conflict.

In a statement reported in various media and news portal in the Philippines, he said he is not changing his position to call on Filipinos holed up in Sabah to surrender.

He said the Philippine government is also concerned about the 800,000 Filipinos in Sabah whose lives could be jeopardised by the tension caused by the Kiram’s group.

Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario is now on his way to Malaysia to work for a possible peaceful resolution to the situation, Aquino added.

Meanwhile tt was also reported that MNLF’s Islamic Command Council chairman Habib Mujahab Hashim had offered to mediate between the Sulu sultanate’s army and Malaysian forces.

The Philippine Star also reported the MNLF is urging the United Nations (UN) and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to intervene and initiate negotiate between Malaysia and the Sultanate of Sulu.

Hashim also urged the UN, through its committee on human rights and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to send representatives to Sabah to monitor actions taken by Malaysian forces against Filipinos there.

Pinoy's stupid comment ::: "Terrorists trained by Malaysia in Malaysia and funded by Malaysia now attack Malaysia and take Sabah back from Malaysia. Karma."

Latest turn of event:

Misuari warns Aquino; jeopardized the possible action against Malaysia by the International Court of Justice
(The Philippine Star) | Updated March 6, 2013 - 12:00am
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/03/...its-sulu-sultan


MANILA, Philippines - Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari yesterday volunteered to serve as emissary to Kuala Lumpur and help in talks to resolve the violence in Sabah peacefully.

Misuari visited Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III at his house in Maharlika Village, Taguig City yesterday.

The MNLF chief told reporters that he is willing to sit down with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to help end the crisis in Sabah.

“For the sake of peace, and to save the lives of the young Muslims who had joined the Sabah incursion as well as of the Malaysian soldiers, Muslims should not be fighting,” he said. “If there is a need for me to visit Kuala Lumpur and possibly iron out differences between the Bangsamoro nation and the Malaysian people, I am willing to do that at my own expense.”

Misuari criticized President Aquino for taking the side of Malaysia on the Sabah incursion issue.

Misuari warned the President against arresting the sultan of Sulu. (Malaysia is pressuring Aquino to take action against Sulu. This message is conveyed via Foreign Secretary A. Rosario)

“The country (Philippines) will be in total chaos if they do that. The President should be calm and quiet. If he has nothing to say, he should not open his mouth anymore,” he added.

Misuari reiterated that he and the MNLF had nothing to do with the Sabah incursion.

MNLF legal counsel and spokesman Emmanuel Fontanilla said yesterday that President Aquino acted as lawyer for Malaysia when he declared that Sabah belongs to Malaysia.

Fontanilla said the President’s statement jeopardized the possible action against Malaysia by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“We regret the pronouncement of the President that the actions of Sultan Kiram are unlawful, thus negating our stand in the ICJ,” he said.

He said any move to elevate the Sabah case to the United Nations will not prosper following Aquino’s declaration.

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Shit the site 2 may not be correct one.


Headline: Sabah Air Strikes Hit Wrong Target; Kiram’s Army Spared
By: Edd K. Usman | Manila Buletin | Published: March 6, 2013
http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=2593&sid=1&subid=1

Malaysian armed forces yesterday started their massive campaign against Rajah Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and his men, launching air strikes in a bid to end the three-week standoff in Sabah.

However, instead of hitting their target, the Malaysian bombers dropped two bombs on their own security forces, the Sultanate of Sulu said.

Abraham J. Iribani, spokesman of the sultanate and Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, said he spoke early Tuesday morning with the rajah mudah (crown prince), who disclosed the aerial assault by Malaysia.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the government had no choice but to quell Malaysia’s worst security crisis in years, sparked when militants invaded to claim the Malaysian state of Sabah for Kiram III.

“The longer this invasion lasts, it is clear to the authorities that the invaders do not intend to leave Sabah,” Najib said, adding that negotiations had gone nowhere.

“The government must take action to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of the country as required by the people.”

The rajah muda, younger brother of the Sultan Kiram III, said they saw a jet plane hovering above at 9:30 a.m., but a bit far from their stronghold.

He told Idjirani the jet plane dropped two bombs on the Malaysian military and police forces encamped at Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu.

The bombing of the Malaysian security forces could not be confirmed independently as of press time.

Idjirani said the rajah muda was bewildered by the bombing of the Malaysian security forces.

But the rajah muda recalled that Kampung Tanduo, where the bombs were dropped, used to be his group’s camp, but they abandoned this after Friday’s fighting.

This could be the reason Malaysian bombers dropped two bombs in the area, not knowing that Malaysian security forces are now occupying the camp.

Idjirani described this as a “divine intervention.”

“If the bombs were from Malaysia that is divine intervention. It shows that our only support is from divine intervention,” he said.

At least two fighter jets roared over the standoff site from early morning, launching an air bombardment, a Malaysian reporter positioned about 20 kilometers away told AFP by phone.

“There was a series of explosions in Tanduo. Intense bombing lasted for about half an hour,” followed by a series of sporadic blasts, he said, asking not to be named.

An AFP reporter at a police roadblock about 30 kilometres from the assault saw heavy military helicopters flying toward Tanduo. Six ambulances also were seen speeding toward the site.

Three military trucks filled with dozens of soldiers also moved in the direction of Tanduo, located amid vast oil palm plantations.

Despite being ranged against Malaysia’s armed forces, air, naval, and foot soldiers, with tanks and fighter planes, the rajah muda remains defiant and vows to fight on.

“You know it, whatever they do, we are not afraid because we are fighting for our right,” said the rajah muda. The right of the Bangsa Suluk and the Filipino in general, if the Philippine government considers us Filipinos, is what we’re fighting for, he said.
He reiterated that he and his men will not start a fight.

“If they start, we will defend ourselves. If not, we will not move,” the rajah muda, leader of the originally 235 members of the Royal Security Force (RSF), said. Now down to just 215 men.

The group ventured on a “journey home” to Sabah on Feb. 11 and arrived a day later in Lahad Datu to settle and live peacefully in their “ancestral home.”

The raja muda also confirmed they are holding captives – four Malaysian officers.
He added that he is open to returning to the Philippines on condition there will be no betrayal during the negotiations.

“We will go home if there is no betrayal,” he said, adding their rights (over Sabah) must be preserved.

The raja muda also appealed to the “Bangsa Suluk” (Tausug Nation) and the Filipinos in general to help them, saying this is the time for them unite behind them.

He added that he and his men have no problem with food, saying “we are used to (surviving) wherever."

However, he appealed to the United Nations to send a medical team to Lahad Datu to attend to his wounded men and well as to bring food supplies.

With the Malaysian air strikes and mortar attacks against the Filipino armed men in Sabah, the Philippine government yesterday said it has no shortcomings and actually “did everything to possible” to prevent a violent end to the three-week standoff.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said they have exhausted measures to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict but the followers of the Sulu sultan have ignored government appeals to come home and instead pursued a “path of violence.”

Eight Malaysian policemen and 20 Filipinos were reportedly killed in the violent clashes since the supporters of Kiram III occupied Sabah last month. The group is led by the rajah muda.

Asked to comment on former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales statement that he is the Aquino administration’s “favorite suspect” on the Sabah issue, Lacierda asked: “Guilty siya?” (Is he guilty?)

“The President never mentioned anybody. He said that I will not name names until I have sufficient evidence,” Lacierda added.

Misuari Warning

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding Chairman Nur Misuari visited Kiram III yesterday, his second, and warned of chaos should the sultan be arrested on government’s allegation he violated the Constitution.

He also practically admitted the presence of MNLF fighters in Sabah, but made it clear he did not order them to join the fighting.

Misuari strongly denied any hand on the Sabah standoff, saying if he were behind it then he would have sent thousands to the oil-rich island.

He slammed Aquino for his handling of the Sabah standoff.

“What he (President) is doing is bad. It is unbecoming of a head of state. I can’t forgive him,” said Misuari.

He also warned Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak of “consequences” if the sultanate’s followers would be killed.

“Sabah is our homeland. It is part of our sovereign territory,” said Misuari.

As this developed, Sen. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the Philippines, as a republic, has a factual, historical claim over Sabah.

“But whatever else the issue there may be, the Sultan of Sulu and his people are Filipino citizens and, by virtue of that fact, they deserve protection from the government of the Philippines,’’ Marcos said.

“Pero bago natin pagusapan ang claim, protektahan muna natin ang mga Pilipino. We should talk to the Malaysians to spare the Filipinos from harm or harassment and to resolve this matter peacefully,” he said (Before we discuss the territorial claim, Filipinos must first be protected.)

“First and foremost, it’s the responsibility of the government to protect its citizens,” he added.

The brief statement of Marcos on the issue did not touch on whether the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III handled the Sabah situation well or not.
Fight For Our Rights

Yesterday, the Sultanate of Sulu asked President Aquino to abide by the Constitution by protecting “your people and fight for the nation’s territorial rights.”

Princess Jacel Kiram, daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, read the statement from the Sultanate of Sulu.

“Mr. President, as long as Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Rajah Muda Agbimuddin Kiram are standing by their belief to defend their rights over North Borneo (Sabah), please do not disrespect the integrity of their intentions,” the sultanate’s statement read.

The President “cannot wash his hands by turning your back on your own people,” it said.
“We are asking all the Filipino people now to pray for the safety of our Muslim brothers both in Malaysia and the Philippines and to a peaceful resolution of the Sabah issue.”
Blunder

Meanwhile, former Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr. said yesterday that President Aquino may have made a wrong decision in ignoring appeals for him to dialogue with the Kiram III and his family, noting that violence may have been averted had he agreed for talks.

Asked what advise he would have given Aquino had this been sought by Malacañang before Malaysia decided to attack the over 200 Filipinos holed up in Sabah, Magsaysay said he would have asked the chief executive to talk to Kiram and his family.

“This is because the issue pertains to ownership problem. Had it been a question of sovereignty, a government-to-government negotiations would have been better and could have averted bloodshed,” said Magsaysay.

“Sabah issue is very complex. If you read former (Supreme Court) Justice Artemio Panganiban, it is an issue of sovereignty on the part of Malaysia and property on the part of the Filipinos,” the Team PNoy senatorial candidate explained. (With reports from AFP, Genalyn D. Kabiling, Madel S. Namit, Mario B. Casayuran, and Ben R. Rosario)

What happened to the 20 bodies that was reported by social media?

Finally, I realised how "acceptable" is our media. Though our media is biased, but at least we don't spin stories and telling lies (such as the photo shown by Kirams) as fast as the other country medias.