February 27, 2013
The Lahad Datu Standoff: Another Point of View
by Lt Gen (Rtd) Datuk Seri Zaini Mohd Said |panglima_sauk70@hotmail.com
LIKE many happenings in a realm of national security, a ones often thought doubtful as well as even unfit to happen will. Old troops hands had already learned this as well as will constantly remind themselves to design a astonishing to occur, somehow.
Long ago, a United States gifted Pearl Harbour as well as then a 9/11 attack. We had between others, things like a Al Maunah arms heist during a troops camps, a two-person samurai prolonged knife conflict in Putrajaya as well as right away a incursion as well as entrenchment in Sabah of armed soldiers of a Sultanate of Sulu upon February 12. All of these were often unexpected.
Those in a commercial operation of counterclaim as well as confidence have been conscious of threats which can begin from outside or from inside of a country. However, they can never envision as well as picture fully a actual as well as minute form these threats can manifest themselves. These, therefore, can still surprise.
We were surprised by a incursion of a soldiers as well as their direct for
Sabah to be handed back to a Sultanate of Sulu or else they would quarrel to a genocide if necessary. It was additionally some surprise to many as to a manner they made their demand, with some-more than 100 armed men, in Sabah, and, headed by a stately m! ember fr om a sultanate.
Not unexpectedly, many have been questioning why they were means to land in a first place as well as why it is receiving so prolonged to exude or apprehend them, forcibly if need be.
Understandable, questions from in settle with minds but since a operation as well as ethereal process of urging them to leave is ongoing, it is best to let a authorities go about doing their job as well as wait for for a complete answers to come once there is full closure of a matter.
In a meantime, there is little need for be concerned or means for alarm. Indications have been which a authorities as well as Police have been upon tip of a situation as well as have been prepared for any eventuality.
The Sulu soldiers have been additionally reported to begin to remove their haughtiness as well as overpowering fast. Even a troops is tighten by as well as ready to come in if needed. It should not be as well difficult for a confidence forces to end a standoff by have use of of force during all.
We should, however, pray which this will not be necessary. It would certainly
affect as well as imperil a effort as well as a purpose as a monitor towards getting a Moro Islamic Liberation Front as well as Manila assent settle finalised as well as a establishment of a Bangsamoro state in southern Philippines.
If force were to outcome in many casualties upon a Sulu side, then Malaysia's plans as well as prospects of assisting as well as participating in a growth in a land of a Moros will diminish. It cannot be easy when there have been to be malicious as well as angry people from inside of a population there.
In any case, it is believed which they had not come intending to quarrel us or a confidence forces. That they c! ame led as well as ready to go in recognisable troops uniforms with transparent insignias is not to crop up intimidating but to be identified as a bona fide as well as organized troops physique as well as not terrorists or usual criminals.
A recognition which would grant them to be regarded as well as treated underneath all a supplies of a general law upon land warfare as well as a Geneva Convention as troops combatants. A standing they could nevertheless remove if they were to have monetary or alternative element demands over what has already been stated.
This contingency have been transparent to a authorities as well as which substantially explains a benefaction strategy of urging them to leave peacefully as well as not giving in to any inappropriate demand, being a many appropriate choice to pursue.
Avoid a shooting partial during all costs for it will never ever end in which partial of a world as well as not with a Moros.
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