Sailors from the Indonesian and Malaysian navies who clashed during a sovereignty dispute near Mariba Island near Borneo exchanged curses, spat at each other and threw screws and cans
Yoram Mizrachi
Naval battle with spitting curses and fruit shelling/Indonesia Malaysia
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Indonesian and Malaysian navy sailors who clashed during a sovereignty dispute near Mariba Island near Borneo exchanged curses, spat at each other and threw screws and tin cans. The conflict died down after two warships finally collided, an event that endangered crews and vessels alike. Mariva Island, is nothing but a piece of coral reef, located in the heart of an area rich in oil and gas. In 1963, a short war was waged in the region, after Indonesia refused to recognize the transfer of British rule in Borneo and neighboring islands to the Malays.
Since then, the situation in the nearby sea lanes has caused great tension, verbal threats, appeals and complaints to the World Court in The Hague and demonstrations of force. About three weeks ago Indonesian naval commandos appeared in the area and landed on one of the coral islands. An immediate Malaysian protest elicited an Indonesian response "Our navy is building a lighthouse that will serve everyone" they claimed. The Malaysian Navy sent a corvette-type warship to the area, called "K-D Raokong". The ship, armed with sea-to-sea missiles, provoked the crew of the Indonesian corvette K-RA Tabong Naaga. The vessels sailed dangerously, with a distance of meters between the vessels as the crews "shelled" each other from the nearest vessel. The "battle" ended after the Nepalese vessel rammed the Indonesian corvette. As a result of the collision, the entire vessel was damaged, and the Indonesian Navy headquarters stated that in addition to the strike, a "frictional collision" occurred which caused damage to both frigates.
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Australia's Russian Mafia
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The Federal Police of Australia, in cooperation with the New South Wales Police and the intelligence, are preparing to fight the Russian mafia that stuck a "professional stake" in Sydney, mainly in the Gold Coast and Melbourne. The first signs of the establishment of "Russian crime families" appeared in 2000 when criminals, suspected of being "soldiers" in the violent biker gang "Ualo Bengizan" murdered a former colonel in third. B, Gennady Burnevsky who is in Gold Coast. Since then, the number of Russian criminals has increased, most of them "innocent visitors" seen in cities known as "habitats of organized crime".
In the first stage, the Russians managed to take over most of the business of importing and marketing ectasia pills smuggled mainly from Northern Europe. The Russians employ violent bikers, who work in highly organized gangs as debt collectors and operators of extortion threats. The criminal collusion resulted in murders, including the suspicion that other serious crimes were also linked to the Russians. A New South Wales police spokesman estimated the number of Russians at around fifty. It seems that at the head of the activity are Russians who immigrated to the United States and now carry American passports. Others use stolen or forged passports and there are... "of course" also holders of Israeli passports.
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The heroin route from Afghanistan to Europe
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A prolonged intelligence operation with the participation of the security services of the Commonwealth of Nations, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan resulted in the elimination of the Afghan heroin smuggling network, which was defined as the "Kazan team", all this in the name of the main city in the Tatarstan province of Russia. The head of the network, all of whose members are retirees from countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus, is Radif Sadauliyan. The network defined by Interpol as "experts in smuggling heroin worth about tens of millions of dollars" operated in what was further defined as "traditional methods" The heroin produced in Afghanistan was transported in personal luggage to "mules" who on their way to their destination crossed thousands of kilometers by land, hopping from station to station all the way to Western Europe. The smugglers only used public transportation. Trains and buses when the drug is hidden in loaves of black bread, the kind that Asian passengers usually take with them on the road. Loaves of bread that dried out or were damaged along the way were replaced as needed at the intermediate stations. The gang members also specialized in smuggling explosives and documents. A Karigizi police officer, from the city of Osh, who participated in the operation, said that every hour between thirty and fifty "mules" were found on the long roads. The long road was also used for money laundering, an operation that was done at gas stations, cafes, restaurants, hotels, etc. An American prize of two million dollars was awarded to the "don of the network".
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We don't want Dutch mice/rats….
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The ministries of trade and health of the Commonwealth of Nations protested in the ears of the Dutch government about what they called "mice infiltrating Russia in... cargoes of flour" The Russians say that large quantities of flour purchased in the Netherlands arrived at their destinations in Russian ports and train terminals when the cargo of flour "is inhabited by mice and rats" the pests and added that the Dutch government has promised to investigate and check the affair and to prevent further infiltration of the navaren. One of the heads of the Dutch Ministry of Commerce also said in response, "We operate with clean hands, we have no interest in flooding Russia with Dutch mice." The question of the animals, some of which managed to become domesticated in various areas of the Russian Far East where they landed, had time to breed "in clean areas" or did they connect with local mice and among the rest Caused the "improvement of the race" of the Russian Navarrese. A Russian veterinarian who deals with sanitation said that he came across Russian-Dutch mixed-breed dogs that are apparently more resistant than old dogs that are common mainly in Western Russia "A purebred mouse like him, as a non-bred dog, they have twice the resilience of local dogs" Along with this, laboratory experiments are being done to test the fertility of hybrid mice and rats .
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The US Department of Agriculture has strongly rejected accusations that the Federal Veterinary Service is intentionally hiding data on the prevalence of Jakob Creutzfeldt and mad cow syndrome. Dr. Lester Friedlander, a former senior official of the service, said in Edmonton that American officials know there are no new cases of the disease, but prefer not to report it. The question of the distribution of the syndrome in the United States is of great importance in Canada. The lion's share of beef exports to beef cattle farms in the United States comes from Canada. Tensions about the syndrome began after about three years ago a "migrant Canadian cow" was discovered that arrived in Washington state. Following the revelation, a ban was imposed on the import of Canadian beef, which severely damaged the industry. Many Canadian ranchers, especially in the Prairie provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, went bankrupt and others fell into severe financial distress. The issue of Canadian beef licensing is clouding relations between the two neighboring countries, with many Canadians claiming that the continued restrictions stem from political rather than sanitary-medical considerations, this as a response to Canada's refusal to participate in the war in Iraq or to join the missile defense program initiated by Washington. The procrastination in granting import licenses continues even though already in May 2003 the Canadian health authorities announced that the two cases of mad cow disease that had previously been discovered in the West had been treated "and the Canadian cattle industry is clean" Canadian ranchers reacted with open anger and protests to Dr. Friedlander's words and accused the Bush administration of applying political pressure on Canada through cows and on the backs of farmers.
