Auditor General Report - A Double-Edge Sword

By:  Danny Liew Shan Lee

It is with interest that the Auditor General (AG) report 2012 had an unflattering entry on Royal Malaysian Navy.  The report as reported by several alternative media alleged that RMN had suffered loss amounting to RM34.5 million.  

The good news is the audit report appears to be sensationalized by the alternative media.  Of the approved budget worth RM50 million to buy dry ration, the Navy had only spent RM17 million.  That translated into a savings of RM33 million.  The audit issue was that the navy had buffered their request by 94%.  Pop out the champagne, people.  But not quite…

Delta Force snatches High Value Target , Seal Team Six aborts mission under fierce resistance

U.S. Special Forces on Saturday, 6/10/2013 conducted two separate covert missions; one a stealthy seaside assault in Somalia and another a raid in Libya’s capital.

The purpose of the seaside assault was to snatch a Libyan al-Qaida leader allegedly involved in the bombings of U.S. embassies 15 years ago. The raid was carried out by members of SEAL Team Six. It was reported that the team met with fierce resistance and resulted in a 15-20 minutes firefight. The unit leader then decided to abort the mission.

Within hours of the Somalia attack, the U.S. Army’s Delta Force successfully carried out a raid in Libya’s capital, Tripoli,  and managed to capture al-Qaida leader as Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi. He is attributed to the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 220 people.

According to Pentagon spokesman, Al-Libi is currently lawfully detained by the U.S. military in a secure location outside of Libya .

Source : Associated Press