The prisons department folks run around like headless chooks to determine how to implement house arrest. They now spend taxpayer's money to secure the home like Alcatrez! 

C'mon lah, the criminal now breathes the non cell air only. He is too old to run away from home like we did as kids. Let him run to Timbuktu for all I care. The main thing now is for us, the citizens to seek relief from having our children and their children to pay the massive debt created by this devil in disguise. 

Squeeze out every sen stolen from the defaulter, his family and his future generation. The goings on in our country is morbidly comical. A government of imbeciles and smart people thieving away our wealth. My heart bleeds. Our fortunes, glory and identity is defined by our role as the defenders of our sovereignty. 

The Veterans Of Before 2013 Are Still Waiting - For The Streamlining Of Pensions

Sadly, the politicians don't recognize this. Isn't this our fault? We sucked up to them for rank, appointment and post service goodies.

That very situation put us in subservience. Today, we need to go to the courts to get our rightful pensions. How humiliating is this? 

I cannot bear to see our retired Generals and senior officers wallowing in self preservation, afraid to say the truth!

If the Federal Court rules against us its a slap on the faces of all the Generals who sat in the AFC. Im going to be very rude, but blunt.

If you Generals don't stand up now, you're not worth the respect of the stars on your shoulders! 

I'm still baffled that no initiative to approach our Supreme Commander has been made! Doesn't he have a say?

I remain for God, King and Country.

Sheldrake

Battle For Jerusalem

Only now, 60 years later, images can be shown from three opposing points of view, telling a whole new story. The events of the 1948 war of Jerusalem, which would lead to the founding of Israel, had been immortalized through the photographies of two war phtographers, British and Palestinian. 

John Philip, the British photographer, was one of the first photo journalist in the world on the war in Jerusalem. His camera documents the Jews perpective, the evacution of thousand of Jews from the Old City of Jerusalem. 

Philip captures, for Life Magazine, the destruction of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. Meanwhile Ali Zaarour was one of the few photographers who took photos of the Palestinian side of the story. His photos has never been seen before his grandson discovered them, and undertook an tremendous task to illustrate the catastrophe that this war was also for the Palestinians. 

The Naqba, the catastrophe and the darkest day, where 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and became refugees. The documentary also focuses on Jack Padwais, producer of the first major film about the founding of Israel, "Hill 24 Does Not Answer" directed by Thorold Dickinson. 

Coming from a right wing Jewish family, he recreated the battle for Jerusalem from an Israeli perspective. To this day, his film is consistently used in schools as the definitive account of that historic battle.

Irgun

Not a single Jew was left alive in the areas occupied by the Arabs. They had either fled or been slaughtered, often with the bodies mutilated. That speaks volumes. 

And it’s history constantly repeated. Arab nationalism was influenced by Nazism. Begin refused to leave the burning Altadena and was thrown over by his supporters. The Palmach (who had been shooting at the ship and those swimming to shore) tried to capture Begin but he managed to escape. 

He went on the radio and called the Irgun fighters not surrender, to avoid a civil war. Kfar Vitkin was a labor (Ben Gurion's) faction settlement. Its location for disembarkation was "odd" and slowly Hagana men began to surround the Altalena's ground crew. The initial fighting caused the deaths of Irgun men.

In 2023 came the killings of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Bashir Ahmad Peer, Khalistan Commando Force chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Shahid Latif. Pakistan later accused Indian agents of orchestrating at least some of the killings using local intermediaries and recruits. 

India dismissed those claims as anti-India propaganda. The Guardian reported that Pakistani intelligence linked nearly 20 killings since 2020 to an alleged covert campaign, though its documents could not be independently verified. This episode of Axis Deep Dive asks the central question.

A photograph of Nyima Tenzin was kept in the corner of his house, surrounded by warm light spilling from oil lamps. The hum of prayers continued in the next room, where family members, relatives and Buddhist monks were chanting.

Days earlier, the 51-year-old soldier had died in a landmine blast near Pangong Tso Lake in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese troops have been facing off in recent months. Sources in the Indian army told the BBC that he was killed by an old mine left from the 1962 war the two countries fought.

"On 30 August, around 10:30 in the night, I got a call, saying he was injured," Tenzin's brother, Namdakh, recalled. "They did not tell me that he had died. A friend confirmed the news to me later."

Tenzin, his family told the BBC, had been a member of the Special Frontier Force (SFF), a covert military unit largely comprising Tibetan refugees. It reportedly has about 3,500 soldiers.

Tenzin was a refugee too and he had served in the force for more than 30 years, his family said.

Little is known about the SFF, whose existence has never been officially acknowledged by Indian officials. But it's also a well-known secret, familiar to military and foreign policy experts as well as journalists who cover the region. Yet, Tenzin's death - in the last weekend of August amid rising tensions between India and China - prompted the first public acknowledgement of Tibetans' role in the Indian military.

- Mario Puzo, The Godfather

COMMENT | The political elites in this country are busy blaming each other for who caused the Rohingya issue, which has become a major flashpoint for the Malay community, especially working-class Malays.

The fact of the matter is that the people who are vilifying the Rohingya community are the same people who voted in successive bangsa and agama politicians who used the Rohingya when convenient and are horrified by the economic insecurity they have created.

What we are dealing with is the reality that working-class Malays are in economic competition with various migrants, and this in turn has fuelled xenophobic movements born out of frustration with decades of failed government policies meant to uplift the majority community.

Instead of helping them, such policies have deepened the class conflict within the community.

Forget about political parties or personalities. This is about how the mainstream political establishment used the Rohingya issue to boost religious bona fides without thinking of the economic and social consequences of allowing foreign elements into the local ecosphere already riddled with class and ethnic tensions.

When it was convenient to use these migrants for political and religious purposes, Malay political operatives from both sides of the divide used them as examples of the “injustices” faced by the global Muslim community and as a rallying cry for local Muslim solidarity.

From this day to the ending of the world,But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile. Read it all here, your england must be good.......... 

Captain Ivan Lee with his brother, Steven in the USA

Rest & Recreation with Captain Ho in Mombasa

Somali Stalls

Captured Weapons

Major Len Olivero's Base

Overlooking University of Mogadishu

US Hovercraft

Ivan very gung ho with Major Juan Chow Huat

IFV

Zulfaqar, Bakar and Ivan all bored waiting

Ali Mahdi's gunmen in Somalia and adversary of Farah Aideed and Ivan asking for a seat in the Somali government

Paki Tank

Major Taufik (Ordnance) with Ivan

Bravo Company's IFV's

Somali Taxi

Airport our initial camp

Somebody's birthday (R to L) Major Len, Me, Ivan, Col Radzi, Lt Col Mukhtar, cannot remember the other two

Ivan's baptism with Rev Fr Mariarokiam

Overlooking a village

Len Olivero and the forever Adjutant at high noon waiting for a gunfight

Ivan (Softie)with Somali orphans

Patrolling for drunk officers, me

Preparing to go on patrol

Airport camp

Happy Hours with Macabee beers (Israeli) with the Green Berets

Ivan with my OC Major Christopher Joseph in a US Blackhawk helicopter

Visit By PTD

Hoover craft offloading M1A1 Abrams Tanks

My crew

Do the authorities, including the Pardons Board, really not understand the depth of public feeling and anger this man still evokes?

Don't we have more important things to deal with? The cost of living. Energy security. A volatile global economy. Migration and the Rohingya issue. Cross-border haze. Climate troubles.

These affect millions of Malaysians. And yet here we are again. Regurgitating Najib ad nauseam. Seriously. How many times must Malaysians revisit the same man?

Najib was convicted and sent to prison. His 12-year sentence was reduced to six years. His RM210 million fine to RM50 million.

Then came the house-arrest battle, and now, another pardon application.

On Sept 11, the Pardons Board deferred it but released 65 other prisoners. Then one week later, reports say the board may meet again on Sept 18 - today.

The official announcement did not explain why the application was deferred, or why the board might reconvene so quickly. So why does this one case appear to require such urgency?

More importantly, what is the principle behind this priority?

YellowZebra1419 : It's not a case of 'do they not know '; it's more 'they don't care'. The Elite will protect the Elite at ANY expense. As in reality, it doesn't matter. BN has just won two State elections while parading cardboard Najibs around and asking, 'What do we have to be ashamed of?' If the people won't hold them to account at the election box, what good are 'feelings'?

Koel : In Malaysia, steal milo to feed your starving children and you are a criminal. But steal 2.6 billion from your country as the titled PM and you get a "house arrest" in a lovely mansion after spending 4 years in detention while wearing your designer finery. What a pathetic state of affairs.

This is not just cultural; it's morally repugnant. The article "Status of Women in Islam" points out how women are often treated as second-class citizens, with their testimony in court being worth half that of a man's, and their inheritance rights being significantly less than men's. 

The article "Is the Bible Corrupted?" argues that the Bible has not been corrupted, supported by manuscript evidence and the Quran's own directive in Surah 5:47 to judge by what is in the Gospel. The Quran even acknowledges the Torah and the Gospel as divine revelations, yet many Muslims claim corruption without evidence. 

This is a clear contradiction. On the Trinity, the Quran's misunderstanding is evident. It accuses Christians of tritheism rather than understanding the Trinitarian doctrine, which is not three gods but one God in three persons. 

Lastly, the article questioning whether the Bible or Quran has been corrupted points out that the Quran itself suggests the Bible's authenticity at the time of Muhammad. If the Bible was corrupted, why does the Quran instruct to judge by it?

He argues that a peaceful resolution requires addressing the root causes of the conflict, condemns the continued bombing and killing in Gaza, and explains Malaysia's position on Hamas, Israel and Palestine. He is just winging that question on Zakir Naik, even after so many years. 

There is NO complication here. Only the WILL to carry out the extradition orders. Zakir Naik, is a conman and a criminal wanted even in a Muslim country like Bangaldesh for Bakery sl*ayings and Sree Lanka for Easter Bo*mbings.

The discussion also covers Quran 46:9, Muhammad’s uncertainty about what would happen to him, Quran 69:44–47 and the report about Muhammad’s final illness, Aisha’s age, Mary’s unique status in the Quran, Jesus as the Word and Spirit from Allah in Quran 4:171, and the preservation of the Quran under Uthman. Sam Shamoun, Jesus and Muhammad, Quran 3:55, Quran 4:158, Quran 4:171, Muhammad in the grave, Jesus with Allah, Quran debate, Christianity vs Islam, Christian Muslim debate, Sam Shamoun debate.

Sam Shamoun is a prominent Assyrian Christian apologist and debater who is well-known for his online discussions, sharp scriptural memory, and aggressive critiques. Assyrian activist calls government policy on returning ISIS fighters 'cruel joke'

Sam Shamoun was born in Kuwait in 1972 to Assyrian parents from Iraq.Moving to the U.S.: His family moved to Chicago as immigrants in 1974.Faith Journey: Though his family belonged to the Church of the East, he learned about Christianity from a young friend at age nine. He later drifted away into bodybuilding and substance use as a teen before returning strongly to Christian faith after studying the Quran and the Bible.Knowledge Base:

U Must Not Object

— Martin Luther King Jr

COMMENT | In 2022, after Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was acquitted of 40 charges relating to the foreign visa system (VLN) contract, he declared: “I had faith in the judiciary ‘since day one’.”

But when former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC International case went through the appeals process, and with the Federal Court finally upholding his conviction and sentence, the tone changed.

Najib was convicted by the High Court on July 28, 2020. On Dec 8, 2021, a three-member Court of Appeal panel chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil unanimously upheld his conviction and sentence. The other judges were Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.

In August 2022, the Federal Court heard his final appeal. The five-judge bench was chaired by then-chief justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. The other members were chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and senior judges P Nallini, Mary Lim Thiam Suan, and Zabidin Diah.

Headhunter : Like Attila the Hun, if someone can gather enough supporters, they can go on a rampage to plunder, and few will be able to stop them until somebody does.

drkam : Watching the UMNO AGM, I can’t help wondering what happened to our civic compass. ?‍♀️? Billions of public money misused, the country left with debts and interest to pay for years — yet some of the people responsible are still celebrated like heroes. ? 

Apparently, in Malaysia, the bigger the loss, the bigger the applause! ? The courts have spoken, but some politicians still seem to be practising selective memory. Surely the basic rule should be simple: If you do the crime, you do the time. 

And if you abuse public trust on a massive scale, your position shouldn’t be a VIP pass out of accountability. Otherwise, what are we teaching the next generation? Steal a chicken — prison. ? Lose billions — standing ovation. ??

But just as Italy tries to protect itself, Italians continue to be bombarded with a very different story about their past: mass migration and multiculturalism, they are told—particularly from the Islamic world—are part of the very essence of Italy, especially Sicily.

Consider one. The Islamic presence in Sicily was not inaugurated by refugees peacefully arriving with couscous recipes and irrigation techniques. It began with invasion, massacre, rape, and enslavement—in a word, jihad

Sicily, we are told, is the “Gates of Europe,” an island whose identity has always been shaped by foreigners: “immigration is not a footnote to Sicilian history; it’s part of the essence of an island shaped by outsiders.”

There is, however, one problem with this narrative: it treats jihadist conquests as mere episodes of “immigration.”

Thus, while discussing Mazara del Vallo, now home to Italy’s largest Arab community, the magazine asserts that modern Tunisian migration represents merely “the latest wave in a history of immigration from North Africa that goes back to the 9th century CE.”

And what sort of “immigration” occurred in the ninth century?

In National Geographic’s very next words, “a Tunisian-led army invaded Sicily, turning it into an Islamic emirate for the next 200 years.”

Read that again, in full context:

But this [modern Tunisian migration into Sicily] was just the latest wave in a history of immigration from North Africa that goes back to the 9th century CE, when a Tunisian-led army invaded Sicily, turning it into an Islamic emirate for the next 200 years. Mazara’s kasbah was built then, and it was later sacked by subsequent Christian rulers. Today, it’s been restored and is once again home to a majority Tunisian population.

An Islamic army invaded Sicily, brutally conquered its Christian inhabitants, and incorporated the island into the Islamic world—and this is now presented as an earlier “wave” in Sicily’s multicultural “history of immigration.”

Indeed, the only “bad guys” in this narrative are the “subsequent Christian rulers” who “sacked” Muslim-occupied Mazara. This wrong has apparently been righted as Mazara is “once again home to a majority Tunisian population.”

So now military conquests are being recast as “immigration.”

This semantic sleight of hand is significant, particularly because the article explicitly places this historical narrative alongside today’s migrant crisis. Modern Sicily, it notes, stands “at the vanguard of the modern European migrant crisis,” receiving migrants arriving from Africa. From there, the reader is taken on a tour of Muslim influences, Tunisian communities, mosques, couscous, Arabic words, and organizations assisting contemporary African migrants.

The message culminates in the words of a Sicilian guide: “In many places, people say, ‘You’re different — go away!’”

But Sicily, the guide continues, has another response: “You’re different. What can we learn from you?”

In other words, the past supplies a lesson for the present: Sicily was multicultural then; Sicily is multicultural now; and welcoming newcomers is simply an expression of Sicily’s authentic historical identity.

This interpretation is not confined to a travel magazine; academic and scholarly publications make the same claims. There is only one problem with this utopic picture of diversity meant to shape modern opinions on Muslim migration.