Highly Wanted Man Escapes

Was in a blur this morning as I was listening to Yes 93.3 (had just woken up). The news was that Mas Selamat Kastari, the suspected terror group leader, had escaped from Whitley Road Detention Center last evening at 4+pm. You can read the story here and here.

This guy, Mas Selamat Kastari, had wanted to hijack a plane and crash it into Changi Airport, to follow the 9-11 incident and to protest against Singapore government for detaining 40+ members of the group. But instead, he fled the country in 2001 to Indonesia. Indonesia authorities detained him in 2006 at Bintan and deported him back to Singapore in the same year.

Apparently our prisons/army camps had been slacking off abit. How can a man, at 45 of age, walking with a limp, escape a detention center WITHOUT the guards noticing? And aren't they (detainees) supposed to wear those tracking bracelets/anklets with GPS, so in any case that they were to escape, our police force would be able to track him down? And what was steady was the fact that he disappeared into the "forest" far away from the detention centre. According the the DJ of FM933, he had to walk out of the detention centre, pass through the HDB, cross the cementery, cross the expressway to reach the forest. (Is not in order) All with a limp. At 4.05pm.

After the Dave Teo incident, I thought all armed forces would have pulled up their socks on security. This news just shocked me. Believe me, I am not against the armed forces, for my parents are still civil servants. But seriously, you guys really think that nobody would want to hurt Singapore due to the small size? Or do you think nothing will happen? Once in your uniform, do your job well. Even if you don't like it. It's just like your job, do your part. Need not do extra, but do your job well. *Sigh*

Apparently the guy is still at large. Police are looking for him. Should you guys see him, please call the police. Extracted from the MHA website:

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat bin Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4:05 pm on 27 Feb 2008.
Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore JI network. He walks with a limp and is presently at large. He is not known to be armed. Extensive police resources have been deployed to track him down.
The public is advised to immediately contact the Police at 999 if they know of his whereabouts.

12 September 2007, Wednesday

Some Freaky Facts

No lah, not freaky, just that people sometimes very boh liao to link all of this. Wonder how long it took to link all these together. Some "freaky facts" about 9-11:

What a strange coincidence...

1) New York City has 11 letters

2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.

3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to destroy the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11 letters.

4) George W Bush has 11 letters.

This could be a mere coincidence, but this gets more interesting:

1) New York is the 11th state.

2) The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11.

3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11

4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers,was carrying 65 passengers. 6+5 = 11

5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1+ 1 = 11

6) The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number 911. 9 + 1 + 1 = 11.

Sheer coincidence..?! Read on and make up your own mind:

1) The total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254. 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.

2) September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year. Again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.

3) The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11.

4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.

Now this is where things get totally eerie:

The most recognised symbol for the US, after the Stars & Stripes, is the Eagle. The following verse is taken from the Quran, Islamic holy book:
"For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."

That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.

Still uncovinced about all of this..?! Try this and see how you feel afterwards, it made my hair stand on end:

Open Microsoft Word and do the following:
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane to hit one of the Twin Towers.

2. Highlight the Q33 NY.

3. Change the font size to 48.

4. Change the actual font to the WINGDINGS

Let me do this for you lah. Q33 NY will become Q33 NY
Interesting right? Just sharing something with you guys.

11th September 2007, Tuesday

9-11

Today marked the 6th anniversary of the twin tower incident. I remembered this very day, 6 years ago, I was chatting with Eggie on the phone and browsing through the channels at 11+pm when the incident was shown on CNA. I told him to watch the news and my mom came rushing at my screaming. She was shocked. At that time, I thought it was old news. Tot it happened the day before. Never thought it happened just a couple of hours before when I was watching the news. It really shocked the whole world.

If I don't remember wrongly, a couple of hours later, the Pentagon was attacked. Damn sway. Next day went school, I remembered discussing with my classmates. But they didn't mention much cause they didn't see the news late at night or early in the morning. I casually mentioned it to my mom that it was all George Bush's fault. Although Bill Clinton had scandals and such, but such things NEVER did happened during his reign. When G. Bush took over, Al Qaede and Osama started popping out and going against the US. Even Singapore wasn't spared.

In a couple of minutes, the twin towers, one, I mean, two of the more prominent buildings, collapsed into a pile of rubble, burying the people who were escaping. For a few minutes, it looked interesting and I was amazed. But seeing the people run out and all, I started dropping tears. They will never get to know who killed them and why. In a blink of an eye, 6 years had passed. And there's rumors going around that the real Osama might still be roaming around, even though they had caught him. WTF. Are more innocent people going to die? This is the time when I'm grateful I'm not born in the States, else I'll cry my heart out. Up till today, the spot where the twin towers once were, had remained a flat ground to remember of 9-11 and the innocent lives that went down with it. My deepest condolences to all. I feel for you guys too. May those who died rest in peace for ever, and those who cause it rot in eternal hell. Amen.