Malaysia launches attack on Filipino intruders in Borneo (Muslims)

CNN ^ | March 4, 2013 | Jethro Mullen

[2ndDivisionVet]

Malaysian security forces on Tuesday began attacking a group of armed men from the Philippines who had clashed with police after staking a claim to a remote part of the island of Borneo, authorities said.

The group of Filipino men, believed to number between 100 and 300, arrived three weeks ago on the east coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah, on Borneo, demanding to be recognized as representatives of a sultanate that used to rule the area.

Malaysian authorities initially tried to persuade the men to return peacefully to their homes in the nearby southern Philippines. But the intruders refused to budge, and the standoff turned violent in recent days as clashes in the region reportedly left nine Malaysian police officers and 19 intruders dead.

"Our security forces were attacked and killed. Malaysians, particularly those in Sabah, are worried about their safety," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement carried by the national news agency Bernama announcing the offensive Tuesday...

[Prospero]

Illegal aliens, on the frontier of umma (and as Hispanic as Acapulco), stubbornly staking a hereditary claim on the other side of the world - actually triggers the news wire, resulting in more noise than thousands of detainees released by the central powers in our own back yard.

[HChampagne]

I already regret saying this, but in this instance a couple of fuel-air bombs might help the Malaysians make their point.

[BuffaloJack]

Muslims! It’s always muslims.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The urinalists at CNN are having a time of it trying to point out Muzzies and jihad in their headline and story.