Malaysia dismisses Sabah attack warning

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Malaysian authorities have full control over security in the Borneo island state of Sabah, a government official was quoted today as saying after the United States embassy warned of attacks against foreigners.

“Since the last travel warning was issued in the area, security and intelligence there had been tightened tremendously and there had been no reported attempts or acts of terror, including against foreigners,” National Security Council secretary Mohamed Tajudeen Abdul Wahab was quoted as saying by New Straits Times.

The National Security Council is an agency within the Prime Minister’s Department.

In a “warden notice” posted on its website (http://malaysia.usembassy.gov/), dated Friday, the US embassy said resorts located in isolated areas of eastern Sabah, a state bordering the southern Philippines, were of “present concern”.

It identified areas such as Semporna and the islands of Mabul and Sipadan, as well as travel to and from the area. Sabah’s island resorts are popular tourist spots.

The warning said there were indications criminal and terrorist groups “are planning or intend acts of violence against foreigners”, notwithstanding the Malaysian government’s ability to detect and prevent such attacks.

The warden notice said the Philippines-based, al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group had kidnapped foreigners in eastern Sabah in the past.

Tajudeen said military and police intelligence had not shown imminent attacks against any part of the country. — Reuters

The United States of America couldn't even take care of its own backyard and want to tell others of possible attacks in their country ! What a joke !

Where the failure of the American intelligence services to buck up from the American Idol mentality includes the following :

a) the recent failure to put on alert the possible bombing of an American plane by an Al Qaeda militant operative even though the father has alerted the American Embassy in Nigeria of the son .

b) the failure to stop the 911 incident even though the hijackers were receiving flight training in the US and the availabilty of all information that points to a possible hijacking of planes by terrorists to crash into the twin towers .

It just boils down to advancement in technology gathering information cannot stop what is to become a reality and history .