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| MILF alleged behind abductions of 2 Chinese businessmen |
| 2012-06-06 |
| Philippine security forces said that a Muslim rebel commander was behind Monday's abduction of two Chinese businessmen in southern Philippines. First Infantry Division Spokesman Captain Albert Caber said on a local radio station that based on intelligence accounts, the incident was carried out by followers of Waning Abdusalam, a senior leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's Special Operations Group. He said, "But as of this time, no group has acknowledged responsibility of the incident and there is still no ransom demands from the kidnappers." Jampong Lin and James Lou, both engaged in mining business in China's Guangdong province, were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday night in Kabasalan. Six gunmen burst into the rented house of the victims and seized them at gunpoint. The suspects dragged them into a white van and fled. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3 Sounds like the whole South China Sea is slowly coming to a boil. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-06-06 01:45 |
| #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 |
| #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 |