Indonesia sends warships to waters claimed by Malaysia
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From : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/135202/1/.html
Dateline 2 Mar 2005
JAKARTA : Indonesia has dispatched three warships to a maritime border area also claimed by Malaysia amid rising tensions in the Sulawesi Sea.
The warships were now in the disputed area off the coast of Malaysia's Sabah state and the Indonesia's East Kalimantan province, Navy Spokesman First Admiral Abdul Maliki Yusuf told AFP.
A fourth ship will leave for the area later Wednesday, Yusuf said, adding that the navy was also considering sending a submarine to the area. -
well also had 2 NOMAD planes doing patrols there too
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While the rest of the world is busy helping Malaysia and Indonesia with the tsunami disaster, these idiots find time to squabble over borders.
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I think is a smart move by Indon government.
1-Retaliation for Malaysia large scale expatriating of their citizen in recent crackdown on illegal immigrant
2-Take away the attention from local affair on recent increase in oil price and divert their anger to patriotism of protecting the national intergrity.
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Why am I not surprised? These two governments have long employed such tactics to divert civil attention from daily problems and incompetence. Also, both countries seem to have an uncanny nack for courting troubles.
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Again the disputed site is near Sabah
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It is supposedly resource rich area. Maybe Indonesians fed up over loss of Sipadan in ICJ decision 2-3 years ago and decided enough is enoughOriginally posted by sbst275:Again the disputed site is near Sabah -
dispute here dispute there, aren't they tired? V who have to read n listen also couldnt be bothered... -
There is a chinese saying, after a fight between 2 big ferocious tigers, even a dog can defeat both of them.
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Haha and I suppose we(Singapore) are the dog-in-question? Hehee
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The more appropriate one is "yu bang xiang zheng, yu weng de li."Originally posted by KumSioJui:There is a chinese saying, after a fight between 2 big ferocious tigers, even a dog can defeat both of them.