Saturday, January 29, 2005
Mari Ber camping
Camping � a definition
camp (1), noun, verb.noun 1. a group of tents, huts, or other shelters where people live for a time. Ex. A marching army usually makes camp every night�. 5. an outdoor life with very simple shelter; camping.
Camping
"Nature teaches beast to know their friends�
- William Shakespeare
Camping is a popular form of outdoor recreation. Various types of camping provide opportunities throughout the year for people to share low-cost outdoor experiences in a natural environment. Camping trips range from spending the night in a tent in one's backyard to passing several weeks in the wilderness. Campers may visit forests, deserts, lakes, or mountains.
Some campers remain at one campsite for their entire trip. From this site they visit tourist attractions, participate in water sports, or just relax. They may also spend time in such popular outdoor activities as bird watching, fishing, rock collecting, photography, and hiking.
Many campers prefer to move from place to place each day in motor vehicles. They usually start early in the morning and select a new campsite by early afternoon. Such campers often tour state or provincial parks, national parks, national monuments, and historic sites.
Some campers prefer to "travel light," carrying all their equipment in backpacks, in canoes, or on bicycles. Usually these campers travel fewer miles than other campers, but enjoy a closer relationship with areas they visit. Most of their activities consist of getting from place to place, enjoying the area, and preparing meals.
Types of camping
�Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.�
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Tent camping is the most popular type of camping and also one of the least expensive. Tents come in many sizes, shapes, and colors. Some tents can hold only one person while several people can live comfortably in a large tent. Modern tents are made of lightweight materials and are easy to erect, even by beginning campers. The light weight of many modern tents allows campers to carry them almost anywhere.
Recreational vehicle camping. A recreational vehicle (RV) is a motor vehicle that provides living quarters for campers. RV's range from small, collapsible trailers to large motor homes with most of the conveniences of permanent homes. For example, many recreational vehicles provide refrigerators and stoves for easy food preparation, showers, and restroom facilities. Most RV's also contain storage tanks for wastewater and sewage.
Numerous North American campgrounds provide electricity and water hookups to serve RV's. Many campers use their RV as a base camp while they explore the countryside by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, or automobile. They return to the RV for meals and to sleep.
Planning a camping trip
�To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but dream; not only plan, but believe.�
- anonymous
Campers should plan trips far enough in advance to research campgrounds and make reservations if necessary. Bookstores and sporting goods stores sell guides that list campgrounds, and reference sources in libraries contain information about places to camp. State and provincial tourism bureaus and local chambers of commerce provide maps and other camping information. Local park and recreation agencies usually have information about nearby campgrounds.
At campgrounds that operate on a first-come, first-served basis, it is best to arrive in the morning. But many campgrounds require reservations, especially during the vacation season. Most campgrounds charge a small fee for the use of the site. There are additional charges for sites with extra facilities such as electrical hookups and showers. Permits are required to camp in remote parts of national parks or wilderness areas. Campers can obtain permits from the area's ranger.
The information in the following sections refers to tent camping, but it generally applies to most other types of camping.
Camping equipment and food
�Eat to live, and not live to eat�
- Benjamin Franklin
There is a broad range of equipment available, but people need not take a large amount of gear to have an enjoyable camping trip. Beginners often make the mistake of taking more equipment than they need. New campers should start out with a few essential items of high quality. They will learn from experience which additional items would be useful.
Tents today are usually made of canvas, nylon, or cotton. These fabrics supply strength, fireproofing, waterproofing, and adequate ventilation. Modern tents come in different styles designed to serve specific purposes. For example, backpackers need a small and lightweight single-person tent. Such tents may weigh as little as 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms). For family camping, tents must be roomy enough to provide comfortable shelter for a group. Some large tents include dining areas and have storage pockets in the walls. This kind of tent is heavier and more difficult to set up.
Before buying a tent, ask for a demonstration to make sure it is easy to erect. Also make sure the tent is well-constructed, and that all the parts are included.
Sleeping bags are warmer and easier to carry than blankets. A sleeping bag provides efficient insulation to keep campers warm. Goose or duck down (soft feathers) is an effective, lightweight insulating material that compresses easily. Several synthetic fabrics insulate nearly as well as down. They also cost less and last longer. In addition, synthetic insulation is easier to clean, and it dries faster than down. The insulation is enclosed in outside coverings made of strong, lightweight fabrics.
Sleeping bags come in three shapes: (1) mummy, which hugs the body and becomes narrow at the bottom, (2) tapered, which is similar to the mummy shape but wider, and (3) rectangular. Mummy bags furnish the most warmth, but they limit movement. This lightweight type, often insulated with down, is probably best for backpacking. Mummy bags are also popular for winter camping, and camping at high elevations. Tapered bags are designed mainly for the same uses as mummy bags. Tapered bags usually do not provide enough heat for extremely cold temperatures, but they allow more movement. Rectangular bags do not insulate as effectively as the other two, but they are the most comfortable. A rectangular bag with synthetic insulation is probably the best choice for the average camper.
Regardless of the style or quality of a sleeping bag, a camper needs additional insulation between the bag and the ground. A tarpaulin (piece of canvas or plastic) serves this purpose. Campers also use it as wrap for gear, a windbreak, or a shelter. A foam pad or inflatable air mattress can provide insulation and comfort.
Clothing for camping trips should protect against wind, rain, sun, cold, and insects. The clothing must be sturdy enough to withstand hard wear and weather extremes. The amount needed depends on the length of the trip and whether the clothing will be laundered.
For warm weather, pack at least two pairs of lightweight trousers, as well as comfortable shorts, shirts, and a hat with a wide brim. A warm shirt or jacket should be included for cool evenings, and on visits to high elevations. For colder weather, bring wool shirts and trousers. Wet blue jeans take a long time to dry and do not provide insulation when wet, so avoid wearing them in snowy or rainy weather. A down vest and windproof outer parka provide protection against cold wind without restricting movement. Always carry a hooded, cloak-type raincoat called a poncho.
Hiking boots are recommended for hikes in rough terrain. Lightweight nylon boots have generally replaced heavy leather boots in popularity. Any hiking boot should be worn with two pairs of socks--a thin cotton pair under a heavier pair of wool or a wool and cotton blend. Comfortable sports shoes can be worn for relaxing around the campsite. Bring lightweight work gloves for such activities as cooking and chopping wood.
Food and water. Campers can prepare a great variety of food with the help of portable stoves and ovens and insulated coolers. Each person should bring a complete mess kit, which includes eating utensils. Many campers bring freeze-dried foods, which are prepared with boiling water, for fast cooking. Some plan meals in advance and organize the food in labeled plastic bags.
It is important to select nutritional foods from the basic food groups--dairy products, bread and cereals, meat, and fruit and vegetables. Some good foods for camping include peanut butter, cheese, pancakes, bacon, nuts, and popcorn. Buy canned and freeze-dried foods before the trip. When possible, buy fresh and frozen foods during the trip.
If you are not sure the water will be safe to drink, bring water from home. Additional water should come from an approved source, such as a campground well. Lakes and streams may look, smell, and taste clean, but still be contaminated with disease-causing microscopic organisms. If water must be taken from a questionable source, boil the water for at least five minutes before using it. Carry fresh water in canteens or water bottles.
Other camp supplies are necessary for most camping trips. They include a small ax for splitting firewood and such basic tools as a hammer, screwdriver, pliers, flashlight, spade, hunting knife, rope, paper towels, matches in a waterproof container, and extra batteries. In addition, at least one camper in the group should carry a complete first-aid kit. Maps are also important, especially for the first visit to an area. Carry a compass at all times, no matter how familiar the area. A large backpack is necessary for overnight hikes away from the base camp. For shorter hikes, use a smaller pack to carry such items as food, maps, and a camera. Duffel bags can also hold clothing and other equipment.
The campsite
�Come live with me, and be my love; and we will all the pleasure prove. That hill and valleys, dales and fields, woods or steeply mountains yields.�
- Christopher Marlowe
Selecting a location. Many campgrounds rent reserved campsites. Such campsites normally include a picnic table, charcoal grill or fireplace, and a suitable place for a tent. Some campgrounds have tenting areas with rest rooms and a convenient water supply.
Other locations, such as wilderness areas and forest preserves, do not have reserved campsites. Campers should follow a number of rules in selecting their own sites. Look for a site on high, level ground that is uncluttered and sheltered from the wind. The campsite should be at least 200 feet (50 meters) from hiking trails, scenic attractions, and water. This helps preserve the beauty of the area and the purity of the water. In addition, land next to water is usually low, damp, and a breeding place for insects. The tent should be pitched in sandy soil that is firm enough to hold the stakes securely but still provide good drainage. Always try to avoid disturbing or damaging plant life. Local rangers can usually suggest locations to set up camp.
Building a campfire. Natural wood supplies are being rapidly used up in many areas, so some campgrounds sell firewood, and some campers bring wood with them. Regulations in some areas prohibit open fires, and other areas require permits to build them.
Before building a fire, make certain it will not harm the surroundings. Make pits large enough to keep a fire from spreading. Avoid building fires on windy days. Keep fires small, regularly removing ashes. Someone should be responsible for watching the fire at all times. A bucket of water and a small shovel should be available to control a fire that threatens to spread.
Three types of materials are needed to build a campfire: (1) tinder, (2) kindling, and (3) firewood. Tinder includes dry twigs, pine needles, leaves, and similar materials that ignite quickly. Kindling consists of larger pieces of wood that burn easily and rapidly. Softwoods such as cedar or pine make effective kindling. Firewood consists of woods that burn slowly and evenly and produce a bed of long-lasting coals. Hickory, oak, and sugar maple are examples of woods suitable for campfires.
There are many effective ways to build fires. The following method can be used to build a fire for cooking, for warmth, or simply for enjoyment.
First, place a small pile of tinder on the ground and arrange kindling around it in the shape of a tepee. Then enclose the tepee with four pieces of firewood that form a square. Soon after lighting the tinder, the kindling will begin to burn. Gradually, add firewood to keep the fire burning.
To start a fire in wet weather, find dry materials. Paper milk cartons and wadded paper can serve as tinder, and dry wood can sometimes be found under logs and trees. Damp logs should be split, because the inside of a log stays dry longer in wet weather.
Make sure a fire is out before leaving the campsite. To extinguish a fire, first spread the coals out until they lose their red glow. Then sprinkle water on the dead coals and dump soil over them. Next, stir the mixture, scatter it on the ground, and cover it with fresh topsoil. In areas without designated fire pits, no trace of the campfire should remain.
Camping safety and courtesy
�May all your journey be safe and all your adventures exciting!�
- Rodney Sherwood
Safety. Common sense can prevent most camping injuries. For example, children should never be allowed to use axes or knives, and anyone who is cooking should use gloves and potholders. However, campers must take special precautions to protect against such hazards as poisonous plants, improper food storage, lightning storms, and hiking emergencies.
Poisonous plants. Because many camping trips take place in the forest, campers should learn to identify poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy. If contact occurs, wash the affected skin immediately with soap and water. Then apply a lotion that soothes itching.
Improper food storage. Food poisoning can result from lack of refrigeration. Some campers avoid this danger by carrying only freeze-dried foods. Others store all their food in large coolers. Campers with small coolers often pack nonperishable foods separately in airtight containers. The smell of food can attract animals, so never leave food carelessly out in the open or store it in a tent.
Lightning storms occur more frequently than other types of dangerous weather, and they can take place in any sort of climate or terrain. Immediately seek shelter during a lightning storm. If shelter is not available, sit under trees of similar height. Avoid tall trees in open areas and exposed slopes and hilltops. In addition, get out of water and onto land at the first sign of lightning.
Hiking safety. Before leaving, tell your destination and expected length of a hike to someone who will not be hiking. If the terrain is unfamiliar, do not hike alone. Carry emergency supplies such as waterproof matches. If you get lost, keep calm, remain in one place, and wait for a search party to arrive. At night, build a fire for warmth, protection, and to signal others. Leave the area only as a last resort.
Courtesy. While camping, always try to preserve the natural environment. Besides eliminating campfire remains and leaving wildlife undisturbed, save trash until it can be properly discarded. Bury human waste if no rest rooms are available. Out of respect for animals and neighboring campers, keep as quiet as possible.
Ular Punya Cerita
1.AM
patukan ular amat berbisa dan boleh membawa maut
jika tidak di tangani dengan secepat dan sebaik mungkin. Namun begitu, cuma
satu peratus kematian di catatkan akibat
patukan daripada ular yang berbisa. Merujuk daripada buku TEKNIK IKHTIAR
HIDUP, karya Mejar (B) Mohd.Yusuf Abdullah,
terdapat 37 speisis ular berbisa daripada 141 speisis ular-ular yang
terdapat di Malaysia. Dari jumlah 37 itu, 16 speisis dari
ular darat dan 21 speisis drp keluarga ular air. Walaupun secara amnya
ular-ular speisis ini hanya menyerang jika ianya
terancam, tetapi terdapat speisis ular yang menyerang tanpa apa-apa sebab
seperti bushmaster atau mamba (rujukan: The Survival
Handbook; Peter Darman - Headline Publisher)
2.LANGKAH-LANGKAH KESELAMATAN
ular, antaranya tips keselamatan British
SAS.
1. Berhati-hati ketika melangkah, ular selalunya menyerang apabila seseorang
memijak badannya secara tidak sengaja
2. Jangan menghampiri,cuba memegang atau bermain-main dengan ular yang kita
temui
3. Jika mengalih batu atau kayu reput, gunakan kayu atau galah dan bukan
menggunakan tangan
4. memakai kasut atau but yang tebal, 78% gigitan ular ialah di bahagian
bawah kaki.
5. Sentiasa memeriksa kawasan perkhemahan, tepat tidur, sleeping bag, kasut,
stokin dan beg untuk mengelakkan ular
bersembunyi di situ
6. Jika terserempak dengan ular, BERTENANG dan berundur perlahan-lahan ke
belakang
7. Jika mahu membunuh ular tersebut, pastikan menggunakan kayu panjang dan
memukul ke arah kepalanya, AWAS, ular
yang cedera lebih merbahaya dari ular-ular normal yang lain, oleh itu
pastikan ular yang dibunuh itu betul-betul mati.
selain itu beberapa lagi langkah yang perlu diambil bagi menangani serangan
ular
1. Periksa kawasan sekitar sebelum anda mengambil sesuatu drp tanah
2. Perhatikan dahan-dahan kayu yang rendah. ular amat menyukai kawasan
tersebut kerana ia boleh mematuk mangsanya
dengan hanya berjuntai di ranting kayu.
3. Sentiasa membawa senjata tajam seperti parang ataupun pisau
4. Bergerak secara berkumpulan kerana ianya dapat membantu jika salah
seorang drp mereka di serang atau di patuk ular
5. Baca apa sahaja maklumat atau panduan mengenai ular. Ia berguna untuk
panduan sekiranya anda berada di kawasan yang
terdapat haiwan ini.
6. Elakkan berenang atau mandi di kawasan air yang keruh.
7. Gunakan belerang untuk menghalau kehadiran ular di tapak perkhemahan
8. Bagi tujuan keselamatan, semua spesis ular hendaklah di anggap berbisa
3. JENIS-JENIS ULAR di MALAYSIA
empat jenis, iaitu:
1. Ular Tedung
Ia merupakan sejenis ular yang amat berbisa. Sifatnya pula boleh
mengembangkan bahagian kepalanya seperti senduk.Beberapa jenis ular tedung
yang diketahui seperti
a) Tedung Selar (Naja hannah)
b) Tedung Senduk (Naja tripudians)
c) Tedung Abu (Naja bungarus)
d) Tedung tikus
Sifat fizikal ular tedung ini ialah bewarna hitam atau perang
kekuning-kuningan bagi tedung selar. Di antaranya, tedung selar dikenali sebagai
spesis yang
amat agresiff kerana gemar mengejar mangsanya
2. Ular Katam Tebu
Ia juga dikenali sebagai Malayan Pit Viper. Sifat fizikalnya berwarna
belang-belang hitam dan merah, bersaiz 2 hingga 3 kaki. Banyak terdapat di
sekitar
kawasan kebun getah atau kelapa sawit
3. Ular Kapak
Ianya boleh dikenalpasti melalui bentuk kepalanya yang tigasegi. Ular
Kapak selalu ditemui di kawasan tanah pamah ataupun pergunungan. Spesis ini
boleh
menjangkau panjangnya sehingga satu meter, sementara warna badannya agak
pelbagai seperti keseluruhan hijau atau hijau bertompok putih atau
campuran hijau, hitam dan kuning. Juga terdapat di kawasan paya bakau dan
pepohon yang berdahan rendah.
4. Ular laut
Ular spesis ini gemar mendiami kawasan pantai dan juga perairan dalam.
Selalunya spesis ini mempunyai ekor yang pipih bagi memudahkan mereka untuk
berenang.
Ular laut ini di kenali sebagai spesis ular yanf amat berbisa seperti ular
belerang (Pelamis Platurus)
4. TANDA-TANDA PATUKAN ULAR BERBISA
yang di patuk
2. Mangsa berasa sakit pada bahagian yang dipatuk
3. Terdapat tanda berwarna kebiru-biruan atau kehijauan pada bahagian yang di
patuk
4. Tekak mangsa berasa kering dan loya-loya
5. Penglihatan mangsa menjadi kabur
5. RAWATAN BANTU MULA @ First Aid
2. Peralatan mangsa hendaklah di tanggalkan
3. Picit bahagian patukan hingga darah dan bisa keluar
4. Letakkan bahagian patukan di bawah paras jantungnya. Ini adalah sebagai
langkah untuk menyekat pengaliran bisa ular
5. Sekat pengaliran bisa tersebut dengan mengikat kawasan yang terbabit
dengan kain atau tali, tetapi pastikan tidak menyekat
peredaran darah mangsa. Teknik "Tourniquet" ini hendaklah dilonggarkan
selama kira-kira seminit bagi setiap sepuluh mint
tetapi jangan melebihi lapan jam. JANGAN gunakan cara ini pada mangsa
patukan ular kapak @viper
6. lalukan kawasan terbabit dengan air garam, tetapi jangan sapukan garam
terus ke tempat patukkan
7 JANGAN cuba melukakan dan menyedut kawasan patukan untuk memgeluarkan
bisa, gunakan alatan yang sesuai
8. Usahakan secepat mungkin untuk menghantar mangsa ke hospital yang terdekat
************* BAHAN RUJUKAN *********************
" Red on Yellow, kill a fellow or Red on Black, venom lack"
- J & R Hanson on Guide to Outdoor Sport, Ragged Mountain Press
a) The Survival Handbook by Peter Darman, Headline Book Publishing of London
(1994)
b) Teknik Ikhtiar Hidup by Major (rtd) Mohd. Yusuf Abdullah, Dewan Bahasa &
Pustaka of Kuala Lumpur (1995)
c) Combat Survival by Bah Turus Tentera Darat, MINDEF Kuala Lumpur (1981)
d) Asas Perkhemahan & Ikhtiar Hidup by Khairul Azman Arshad, Penerbitan fajar
Bakti of Shah Alam (1997)
e) Mountains of malaysia - a Practical Guide & Manual by John Briggs, Longman
of Kuala Lumpur (1985)
f) Siri Ikhtiar Hidup Perajurit, Majalah Perajurit
g) Executive Book of Quotations by J. Vitullo-Martin & J. Robert Moskin,
Oxford Univ. Press of N York (1994)
"Information is the best friend of prevention"Ular merupakan sejenis haiwan pemangsa yang amat di geruni, ini kerana
- John Ashcroft, Attorney General of United States
Source: Feds Anti-Terrorist Databases, Associated Press April 11,
2002
patukan ular amat berbisa dan boleh membawa maut
jika tidak di tangani dengan secepat dan sebaik mungkin. Namun begitu, cuma
satu peratus kematian di catatkan akibat
patukan daripada ular yang berbisa. Merujuk daripada buku TEKNIK IKHTIAR
HIDUP, karya Mejar (B) Mohd.Yusuf Abdullah,
terdapat 37 speisis ular berbisa daripada 141 speisis ular-ular yang
terdapat di Malaysia. Dari jumlah 37 itu, 16 speisis dari
ular darat dan 21 speisis drp keluarga ular air. Walaupun secara amnya
ular-ular speisis ini hanya menyerang jika ianya
terancam, tetapi terdapat speisis ular yang menyerang tanpa apa-apa sebab
seperti bushmaster atau mamba (rujukan: The Survival
Handbook; Peter Darman - Headline Publisher)
2.LANGKAH-LANGKAH KESELAMATAN
" To us, deterrence is the best posture to adopt given the strategicAda beberapa langkah keselamatan yang perlu diambil bagi mengelakkan serangan
uncertainties in the region and beyond "
- Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak (Malaysia Minister of Defense)
Source: Asian Defense Journal, June 1995
ular, antaranya tips keselamatan British
SAS.
1. Berhati-hati ketika melangkah, ular selalunya menyerang apabila seseorang
memijak badannya secara tidak sengaja
2. Jangan menghampiri,cuba memegang atau bermain-main dengan ular yang kita
temui
3. Jika mengalih batu atau kayu reput, gunakan kayu atau galah dan bukan
menggunakan tangan
4. memakai kasut atau but yang tebal, 78% gigitan ular ialah di bahagian
bawah kaki.
5. Sentiasa memeriksa kawasan perkhemahan, tepat tidur, sleeping bag, kasut,
stokin dan beg untuk mengelakkan ular
bersembunyi di situ
6. Jika terserempak dengan ular, BERTENANG dan berundur perlahan-lahan ke
belakang
7. Jika mahu membunuh ular tersebut, pastikan menggunakan kayu panjang dan
memukul ke arah kepalanya, AWAS, ular
yang cedera lebih merbahaya dari ular-ular normal yang lain, oleh itu
pastikan ular yang dibunuh itu betul-betul mati.
selain itu beberapa lagi langkah yang perlu diambil bagi menangani serangan
ular
1. Periksa kawasan sekitar sebelum anda mengambil sesuatu drp tanah
2. Perhatikan dahan-dahan kayu yang rendah. ular amat menyukai kawasan
tersebut kerana ia boleh mematuk mangsanya
dengan hanya berjuntai di ranting kayu.
3. Sentiasa membawa senjata tajam seperti parang ataupun pisau
4. Bergerak secara berkumpulan kerana ianya dapat membantu jika salah
seorang drp mereka di serang atau di patuk ular
5. Baca apa sahaja maklumat atau panduan mengenai ular. Ia berguna untuk
panduan sekiranya anda berada di kawasan yang
terdapat haiwan ini.
6. Elakkan berenang atau mandi di kawasan air yang keruh.
7. Gunakan belerang untuk menghalau kehadiran ular di tapak perkhemahan
8. Bagi tujuan keselamatan, semua spesis ular hendaklah di anggap berbisa
3. JENIS-JENIS ULAR di MALAYSIA
"............ is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, onlySecara amnya ular-ular berbisa di negara ini bolehlah dikelas kan kepada
survivors."
- Frank Gifford, NY Giants halfback
empat jenis, iaitu:
1. Ular Tedung
Ia merupakan sejenis ular yang amat berbisa. Sifatnya pula boleh
mengembangkan bahagian kepalanya seperti senduk.Beberapa jenis ular tedung
yang diketahui seperti
a) Tedung Selar (Naja hannah)
b) Tedung Senduk (Naja tripudians)
c) Tedung Abu (Naja bungarus)
d) Tedung tikus
Sifat fizikal ular tedung ini ialah bewarna hitam atau perang
kekuning-kuningan bagi tedung selar. Di antaranya, tedung selar dikenali sebagai
spesis yang
amat agresiff kerana gemar mengejar mangsanya
2. Ular Katam Tebu
Ia juga dikenali sebagai Malayan Pit Viper. Sifat fizikalnya berwarna
belang-belang hitam dan merah, bersaiz 2 hingga 3 kaki. Banyak terdapat di
sekitar
kawasan kebun getah atau kelapa sawit
3. Ular Kapak
Ianya boleh dikenalpasti melalui bentuk kepalanya yang tigasegi. Ular
Kapak selalu ditemui di kawasan tanah pamah ataupun pergunungan. Spesis ini
boleh
menjangkau panjangnya sehingga satu meter, sementara warna badannya agak
pelbagai seperti keseluruhan hijau atau hijau bertompok putih atau
campuran hijau, hitam dan kuning. Juga terdapat di kawasan paya bakau dan
pepohon yang berdahan rendah.
4. Ular laut
Ular spesis ini gemar mendiami kawasan pantai dan juga perairan dalam.
Selalunya spesis ini mempunyai ekor yang pipih bagi memudahkan mereka untuk
berenang.
Ular laut ini di kenali sebagai spesis ular yanf amat berbisa seperti ular
belerang (Pelamis Platurus)
4. TANDA-TANDA PATUKAN ULAR BERBISA
"There is never enough time to do everything that needs to be done, but1. Terdapat dua lubang taring di bahagian hadapan bekas gigitan pada tempat
there's always enough time to do what is important"
- Brian Tracy
Secara umumnya tanda-tanda patukan ular daripada jenis berbisa adalah seperti berikut:
yang di patuk
2. Mangsa berasa sakit pada bahagian yang dipatuk
3. Terdapat tanda berwarna kebiru-biruan atau kehijauan pada bahagian yang di
patuk
4. Tekak mangsa berasa kering dan loya-loya
5. Penglihatan mangsa menjadi kabur
5. RAWATAN BANTU MULA @ First Aid
" Everything goes wrong every minute. What you do is fix it."1. Rehatkan mangsa serta tenangkannya, bersihkan kawasan patukan dengan air
- Lt. General Gus Pagonis, chief of logistic for General H. Norman
Schwarzkoft in Persian Gulf war.
2. Peralatan mangsa hendaklah di tanggalkan
3. Picit bahagian patukan hingga darah dan bisa keluar
4. Letakkan bahagian patukan di bawah paras jantungnya. Ini adalah sebagai
langkah untuk menyekat pengaliran bisa ular
5. Sekat pengaliran bisa tersebut dengan mengikat kawasan yang terbabit
dengan kain atau tali, tetapi pastikan tidak menyekat
peredaran darah mangsa. Teknik "Tourniquet" ini hendaklah dilonggarkan
selama kira-kira seminit bagi setiap sepuluh mint
tetapi jangan melebihi lapan jam. JANGAN gunakan cara ini pada mangsa
patukan ular kapak @viper
6. lalukan kawasan terbabit dengan air garam, tetapi jangan sapukan garam
terus ke tempat patukkan
7 JANGAN cuba melukakan dan menyedut kawasan patukan untuk memgeluarkan
bisa, gunakan alatan yang sesuai
8. Usahakan secepat mungkin untuk menghantar mangsa ke hospital yang terdekat
************* BAHAN RUJUKAN *********************
" Red on Yellow, kill a fellow or Red on Black, venom lack"
- J & R Hanson on Guide to Outdoor Sport, Ragged Mountain Press
a) The Survival Handbook by Peter Darman, Headline Book Publishing of London
(1994)
b) Teknik Ikhtiar Hidup by Major (rtd) Mohd. Yusuf Abdullah, Dewan Bahasa &
Pustaka of Kuala Lumpur (1995)
c) Combat Survival by Bah Turus Tentera Darat, MINDEF Kuala Lumpur (1981)
d) Asas Perkhemahan & Ikhtiar Hidup by Khairul Azman Arshad, Penerbitan fajar
Bakti of Shah Alam (1997)
e) Mountains of malaysia - a Practical Guide & Manual by John Briggs, Longman
of Kuala Lumpur (1985)
f) Siri Ikhtiar Hidup Perajurit, Majalah Perajurit
g) Executive Book of Quotations by J. Vitullo-Martin & J. Robert Moskin,
Oxford Univ. Press of N York (1994)
Friday, January 28, 2005
SIDANG PARA WALI– PENCATUR NASIB DUNIA
Umat Islam juga tidak ketinggalan dalam urusan mencaturi nasib dunia ini, antara nya ialah Persidangan Para Wali.
End Note & Further Reading
[1] Said, A. Ghani. 7 Wali Melayu. Kuala Lumpur: Mahbook Publications, 1993.
Pada suatu hari, sperti biasa Syeikh Muhammad Said masuk ke bilik khas selepas solat Asar. Malam itu Syeikh Said tidak mengajar. Selepas solat sunat, beliau bercakap dengan pembantunya, Pakcik Muhammad secara empat mata. “Engkau tahu aku pergi ke mana tadi?” kata Syeikh Said. “Aku pergi bersidang di BUKIT QHAUF. Aku dan Habib Nuh sahaja yang mewakili umat sebelah sini. Rasulullah SAW juga hadir, …”
Syeikh Said memberitahu bahawa persidangan itu ialah persidangan para wali –
wali yang membincangkan, antara lain, tentang wabak yang akan turun iaitu wabak
cacar. Dan para wali yang bersidang itu mohon bala itu supaya tidak turun. “ [1]
Jelaslah kepada kita antara Bilderberg Group
dan Sidang Para Wali, siapakah yang lebih besar dan penting fungsinya di dunia
ini.
End Note & Further Reading
[1] Said, A. Ghani. 7 Wali Melayu. Kuala Lumpur: Mahbook Publications, 1993.
BILDERBERG GROUP – FIXING THE FATE OF THE WORLD BEHIND CLOSED DOOR
Masih aku teringat tentang cerita CD yang ku tonton sedikit masa dahulu bertajuk SWORDFISH. Filem terbitan tahun 2001 yang di arahkan oleh Dominic Sena, keluaran Warner Brothers. Antara pelakon handalan yang membintangi cerita itu ialah John Travolta yang memegang watak sebagai Gabriel Shear, dan juga heroin nya Halle Berry. [1] Antara dialog yang masih aku ingat antara computer hacker bernama Jobson (lakunan Hugh Jackman) dan Gabriel;
Stanley (Jobson) – War? Who are we at war with?
Gabriel – Anyone who impinges on America’s freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb 10. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourist, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that is becomes unthinkable to attack Americans. [2]
So… siapakah we yang dimaksudkan oleh Gabriel itu? Adalah di fahami phrase terrorist itu di maksudkan kepada Negara – Negara Islam yang berpegang kuat kepada tuntutan agama. Berbalik kepada tajuk asal artikel ini mengenai Bilderberg Group. Siapa kah mereka dan apa objektif penubuhan mereka?
Di bawah, di senaraikan beberapa fakta berkaitan dengan Bilderberg Group:
Stanley (Jobson) – War? Who are we at war with?
Gabriel – Anyone who impinges on America’s freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb 10. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourist, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that is becomes unthinkable to attack Americans. [2]
So… siapakah we yang dimaksudkan oleh Gabriel itu? Adalah di fahami phrase terrorist itu di maksudkan kepada Negara – Negara Islam yang berpegang kuat kepada tuntutan agama. Berbalik kepada tajuk asal artikel ini mengenai Bilderberg Group. Siapa kah mereka dan apa objektif penubuhan mereka?
Di bawah, di senaraikan beberapa fakta berkaitan dengan Bilderberg Group:
1. “The Bilderberg Group, an elite coterie [3] of Western thinkers and power brokers …”
2. “Bilderberg hold annual meetings in locations all over the world.”
3. “The meetings are closed to the public and the Press…”
4. “Not a word of what is said at Bilderberg meetings can be breathed outside. No reporters are invited in and while confidential minutes of meeting are taken, names are not noted.”
5. “All conference and meeting rooms are scanned for bugging devices before every single meeting.”
6. “The single most important personality connected with the birth and
creation of the Bilderberg Group is Joseph H. Retinger.”
7. “Dr. Retinger (who died in 1960), economist, political philosopher, communist Poland’s Charge d’Affaires, and a major proponent of a united Europe.”
Menurut satu laman web, perjumpaan Bilderberg Group bagi tahun 2001 ialah di satu kawasan perlancongan berhampiran Gothernburg, Sweden. Lapuran penuhnya boleh di capai disini
Di bawah pula satu petikan menarik mengenai tugas, serta peranan BG bagi hal ehwal dunia
Artikel itu bertajuk ET BASE ON EARTHSANCTIONED BY OFFICIALS SINCE 1954 CONFIRMED oleh Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D
In July of 1952 the world was electrified by large newspaper headlines and photos of squadrons of UFOs flying repeatedly over the nation's Capital in Washington, DC. Four months later WW II General Dwight Eisenhower was elected President. The same month President Eisenhower took office (January, 1953), the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) was ordered to determine if UFOs were interstellar vehicles. OSI convened the Robertson Panel of scientists, which recommended expansion of an Air Force study of UFOs, Project Blue Book.
A year later, in April, 1954, as documented by Gerald Light, President Eisenhower made a secret trip to Muroc Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), in the California desert, accompanied by generals, reporter Franklin Allen of the Hearst Newspapers Group, Los Angeles Catholic Bishop James McIntyre, and others. The President had previously arranged to be in nearby Palm Springs, CA, purportedly for a golfing vacation. He "was spirited over to Muroc one night," while reporters were fed the cover story that the President had a toothache and needed to see a dentist. While at Muroc Air Field, Eisenhower was present while an extraterrestrial disc landed. Several Star Visitors emerged to converse with the President and the generals. The extraterrestrials requested that Eisenhower make the public aware of extraterrestrial contact with Earth forthwith. The President protested that humans were not ready, and needed time to be prepared for adjusting to this stupendous reality.
By the end of the following month, May, 1954, President Eisenhower's CIA Director, Walter Bedell Smith, Prince Bernhard of Netherlands, David Rockefeller and other top world financiers, later-Secretary of State Dean Rusk, later-British Minister of Defense Denis Healey, and other Western power leaders convened the inaugural meeting of the Bilderberg Group, "a means of Western collective management of the world order." One of the early items on the Bilderberg agenda was extraterrestrial contact.
The following information was disclosed to me by a confidential reliable informant, who previously worked on contract for the National Security Agency, and maintains connections within the Intelligence community. This information has been confirmed by a second source, Dr. Michael Wolf of the National Security Council's unacknowledged subcommittee, the MJ-12 Special Studies Group. The report which follows is not "leaks", but rather based on releases of information which are part of the Acclimation Program, an official though unacknowledged U.S. Government policy of "processed release of information", as Dr. Wolf describes it.
Shortly after establishing itself, the Bilderberg Group collaborated with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), another international policy body devoted to world management, concerning the problem of adjusting humankind to extraterrestrial presence. Bilderberg and CFR decided jointly in the mid-1950s to enter into an arrangement with the extraterrestrials: The ETs were given an island in French Polynesia as a base on Earth. This arrangement afforded them an opportunity to monitor closely Earth cultures and behavior; and it permitted Earth governments a way to monitor extraterrestrial culture and behavior. "It became an on-going experiment," as my former-NSA informant put it. He adds that when official public announcement of the extraterrestrial presence occurs, "they will be the ones introduced to Earthlings; 'Oh, by the way, we want to welcome our neighbors from the Pleiades, who by the way have been here since [the beginning of Earth] time, but [are] actually living in our place, date, space and time.'" "They are the diplomatic corps."
dipetik dari http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread61318/pg1
End Note
For further reading, see: www.democracyunbound.com/bilderbergervfw.html
And www.crystalink.com/bilderberg.html
[1] Internet Source: http://movies.yahoo.com
[2] Internet Source: Memorable Quotes from Swordfish (2001). http://www.imdb.com/
[3] Group of social acquaintances. American Dictionary, 2nd Edition. Random House.
Jangan sambut hari Valentine
Sebagai orang Islam, kita ditegah menyambut, merayakan dan meraikan hari Valentine yang jatuhnya pada 14 Februari setiap tahun. Ini kerana ianya diraikan sempena hari kelahiran seorang paderi kristian bernama, St. Valentine. Ikuti petikan yang di ambil dari laman www.historychannel.com
all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.menurut encyclopedia.com pula sambutan Valentine day ialah;
Western European Christian holiday, originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia . It was christianized in memory of the martyrdom of St. Valentine in AD 270, who, in medieval times, came to be associated with the union of lovers under conditions of duress. The holiday is celebrated on Feb. 14th by the exchange of romantic or comic verse messages called “valentines.” The first commercial valentine greeting cards produced in the United States were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Today millions of such cards are sold annually.
Menurut Pensyarah Perbandingan Agama, Akademi Islam, Universiti Malaya, Khadijah Mohd. Hambali berkata, Valentine atau nama sebenarnya St. Valentino merupakan seorang paderi paling berpengaruh di zaman pemerintahan Ratu Isabella dari Sepanyol. Kedudukannya dikatakan di tempat kedua selepas Pope. untuk penerangan selanjutnya sila rujuk ke laman berikut.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Playas, New Mexico - New Urban Warfare Playground
Merujuk satu artikel di dalam Majalah Perajurit edisi Januari 2005, ada merencanakan tentang sebuah bandar kecil di New Mexico, AS bernama Playas (map) telah dijadikan sebagai pusat latihan peperangan dalam bandar (Military Operation Urban Terrain - MOUT).(1) Menurut satu lapuran, New Mexico Technology (NMT) yang mewakili Kerajaan Amerika telah membeli bandar tersebut dari firma perlombongan Phelps Dodge Corporation dengan harga USD 5 juta.(2) Sejarah awal Playas ialah sebuah bandar kecil untuk aktiviti perlombongan yang di bina pada tahun 1972 dan siap sepenuhnya pada 1977. Apabila operasi perlombongan itu di tamatkan pada tahun 1999, Playas menjadi sebuah bandar kosong (ghost town) dan disenaraikan untuk dijual sehingga dibeli oleh NMT pada akhir tahun 2004. Dalam laman website NMT, Playas dikatakan akan dijadikan sebagai; "fully converting Playas into one of the nation's premier locations for anti - terrorist and first responders training."(3) Ia juga dikatakan menjadi tempat kajian bagi program pencegahan dan responding untuk serangan bom berani mati pihak pengganas.(4) Laman itu juga memetik kata - kata President NMT, Daniel H. Lopez;
"NMT is now able to look foward to initiating a whole range of reserach activities and training programs in and around Playas that will directly support homeland security efforts, not only at the states and national level, but on a global basis as well."
Ia juga dikatakan telah di lengkapi dengan berbagai alatan pengesan dan pengimbas radiasi serta segala ujukaji dan latihan di sana akan di rakam dan di masukkan ke dalam sistem log.(5)
PLAYAS - Data
Location
- Hidalgo County, NM
- 180 miles from El Paso, TX airport (3 hours)
- 4.5 hours from Socorro, NM
Facilities
- Town site is 640 acres
- 259 Single family homes
- 24 apartment units
- Airstrip (5000 ft)
- Elevated water storage tank (200,000 gallons)
Training offered
- First Responder Training
- Bio - security Research
- Ecosystem / Enviroment Experiment
- Urban Warfare Exercises
- Hostage Negotiation Training
- Urban Customs and Border Security Exercises
- Emergency Preparedness Drill
- Simulate NBC (including WMD) Deterrent Exercises
- Guerilla Warfare Tactics
- Anti - terrorism Assistance Training Programs
- Special (covert) Intelligence Operation / Tactics / Training
- Military Operations Urban Terrain
End Note
(1)Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Latif. Peperangan Gerila Bandar: Penguasaan dan Prerbutan Medan Petempuran.Perajurit, Januari 2005. p 16
(2) Zamora, George. NM Tech Hosts Inaugural Events at Playas Training Center. Internet: http://infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2004/2dec01.html
(3) Ibid
(4) Ibid
(5) Lots of weird energy technology of the fourth reich in NM... Internet: http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2004/04/10255.phpWednesday, January 26, 2005
DIGS SHOW MUSLIM SEIZED CRUSADER FORT
Archeologist digging at a Crusader fotress in northern Israel have found weapons
and tools abandoned when
Muslim conqueror Salladin (Salahhudin al-Ayubb, 1138-1193) seized it 800 years
ago. The Israeli Antiquities authority
said spears, stone, cudgels and a large number of arrowheads were found at the
site of an unfinished Crusader
fortress near the Sea og Galilee. "Hundreds of arrowheads evidence of the large
battle that took place at the
site with its conquest by Salladin, were found nearby." The authority said in a
statement. It said shovels, axes,
tools for spreading plaster and picl-axes were found in a pile of plaster next
to the forttress wall.
- Petikan drp Asian Defense Journal, Jan 1995, pp 109
****notakaki****
Besar kemungkinan kota salib yang di utarakan di atas ialah Kota Hittin. Menurut
Prof. Dr Ahmad Shalaby
dalam buku beliau, Perang Salib terbitan Pustaka National Singapura mengatakan
;" Petempuran di Hittin dikira
antara peprangan yang termashur sekali. Ia berlaku pada 3 dan 4 Julai 1187
masihi. Hittin ialah satu tanah lapang
yang berbukit-bukit berdekatan Laut tabariah (Tiberias) yang bersempadankan
Baitul Muqadis. Askar-askar latin
yang berjumlah 20,000 orang yang dipimpin oleh Raja Baitul Muqadis iaitu Guy of
Lusignan dan Raynald, pemerintah
Benteng Karak". Di dalam peperangan itu, kaum Muslimin berjaya menghapuskan
seluruh tentera tersebut dan sesetengah
nya ditawan. Merujuk buku Pejuang Pembaharuan - Sallehudin al-Ayubbi karya
Abdullah Nasih Ulwan, menyatakan
kemenangan berpihak kepada kaum Muslimin kerana kelebihan mereka yang menguasai
kawasan-kawasan sumber bekalan
air di sana.
Bacaan lanjutan
*************
1. Asian Defence Journal, January 1995, pp 109.
2.Ulwan, Abdullah Nasih. Pejuang Pembaharuan - Salahuddin al-Ayubbi, Darul
Nu'man; Kuala Lumpur, 1999
3.Shalaby, Ahmad. Frof Dr. Perang Salib, Pustaka National Singapura, 1975
Dipetik Dari
http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman/84114
and tools abandoned when
Muslim conqueror Salladin (Salahhudin al-Ayubb, 1138-1193) seized it 800 years
ago. The Israeli Antiquities authority
said spears, stone, cudgels and a large number of arrowheads were found at the
site of an unfinished Crusader
fortress near the Sea og Galilee. "Hundreds of arrowheads evidence of the large
battle that took place at the
site with its conquest by Salladin, were found nearby." The authority said in a
statement. It said shovels, axes,
tools for spreading plaster and picl-axes were found in a pile of plaster next
to the forttress wall.
- Petikan drp Asian Defense Journal, Jan 1995, pp 109
****notakaki****
Besar kemungkinan kota salib yang di utarakan di atas ialah Kota Hittin. Menurut
Prof. Dr Ahmad Shalaby
dalam buku beliau, Perang Salib terbitan Pustaka National Singapura mengatakan
;" Petempuran di Hittin dikira
antara peprangan yang termashur sekali. Ia berlaku pada 3 dan 4 Julai 1187
masihi. Hittin ialah satu tanah lapang
yang berbukit-bukit berdekatan Laut tabariah (Tiberias) yang bersempadankan
Baitul Muqadis. Askar-askar latin
yang berjumlah 20,000 orang yang dipimpin oleh Raja Baitul Muqadis iaitu Guy of
Lusignan dan Raynald, pemerintah
Benteng Karak". Di dalam peperangan itu, kaum Muslimin berjaya menghapuskan
seluruh tentera tersebut dan sesetengah
nya ditawan. Merujuk buku Pejuang Pembaharuan - Sallehudin al-Ayubbi karya
Abdullah Nasih Ulwan, menyatakan
kemenangan berpihak kepada kaum Muslimin kerana kelebihan mereka yang menguasai
kawasan-kawasan sumber bekalan
air di sana.
Bacaan lanjutan
*************
1. Asian Defence Journal, January 1995, pp 109.
2.Ulwan, Abdullah Nasih. Pejuang Pembaharuan - Salahuddin al-Ayubbi, Darul
Nu'man; Kuala Lumpur, 1999
3.Shalaby, Ahmad. Frof Dr. Perang Salib, Pustaka National Singapura, 1975
Dipetik Dari
http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman/84114
Rudolf Abel (1903-1971), Perisik teragung
Rudolf Abel atau nama sebenarnya William Fischer dilahirkan pada 11 Julai 1903 di Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain dan meninggal dunia pada 15 November 1971 di Moscow, Russia.
Kedua ibu bapa nya berketurunan Jerman. Bapa beliau, G.M. Fischer merupakan seorang revolusiner yang amat rapat dengan Lenin. Berhijrah ke Britain pada 1901, dan merupakan setiausaha "cell komunis" di Newcastle.
Pada tahun 1925, Fischer telah serapkan ke pasukan tentera Red Army dalam Batalion Radio. Atas saranan dan cadangan kakak ipar beliau, Fischer menyertai agensi keselamatan OGPU pada tahun 1927.
Tugas pertama Fischer ialah di Norway dari tahun 1931 hingga 1934. Di sana beliau menggunakan nama kod FRANK. Tugasnya ialah untuk menyusun organisasi radio sulit (clansestine) di sekitar eropah. Pada tahun 1935/36 beliau ditugaskan pula di Britain sebagai jururadio dan pentafsir kepada kumpulan Philby.
Fischer telah dibuang daripada pekhidmatan sulit Russia pada bulan Disember 1938, tetapi dipanggil balik untuk mengetuai seksyen komunikasi radio di Sudoplatov's 4th Special Task Directorate". Pada tahun 1946, Fischer dipindahkan ke unit Majlis Maklumat NKVD dibawah pimpinan Alexander Korotkov. Di sana Fischer menjalani latihan khas sebagai persediaan untuk di hantar ke Amerika Syarikat.
Pada 12 Oktober 1948, Fischer diarahkan ke Amerika dgn nama kod ARACH. Pada 16 November 1948 melalui Kanada, Fischer berjaya menyeberangi sempadan ke Amerika dengan menggunakan nama Andrew Kayotis. Tugas pertama nya ialah menyusun kembali rangkaian perisik Russia di AS.Selain itu, ia dikehendaki menjalankan aktiviti sabotaj di Barat dan Timur AS.
Setelah ditahan oleh FBI di AS, Fischer di gunakan sebagai barang tukaran oleh pihak kerajaan AS dengan juruterbang pesawat pengintip AS, Francis Gary Powers yang di tahan di Russia.
Bacaan Lanjutan
1. http://www.timmonet.co.uk/html/body_rudolf_abel.htm
2. http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/abel/abel.htm
Dipetik dari
http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman/86547
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Commando
Commando means member of expedition undertaking daring surprise raids on enemy territory. In his book, Collins explain the meaning of commando as;
They also entitle as soldier who’s trained to make brief, daring, surprise raids upon enemy territory. For example, Indian Marine Commando Force training, concise, diving test for 50 meter, physical training for nine month, only four hour sleep period during six day a week, cross-country test for 8.5 km with complete set of equipment and mud-crossing for 200 meter.(2) It also known as Special Forces, a unit of the U.S. Army whose members is trained in unconventional warfare, especially guerrilla and anti guerrilla fighting. For British, is it known as soldier who is trained to take part in specialized hit-and-run or raiding task. In United States, soldiers who qualify for difficult commando like training can become members of the Army Special Forces or of Army Ranger units. There are similar units in the U.S. Air Force that are called Special Operations units (formerly Air Commandos). Famous commando operations during World War II included a raid on St.-Nazaire, France, in March 1942. On August 19, 1942, Canadian and British commandos staged the largest raid, on Dieppe, France. A secret Norwegian resistance army conducted sabotage against the German occupation force and some took part in British commando raids in Norway. For example, British and Norwegian commando forces carried out two daring raids against the German garrison. Today, as we known Soviet Naval Spetsnaz Force or Spetsnaz Naval Brigade, are deployed to every fleet. According to a Soviet defector, Victor Suvorov, Spetsnaz always uses uniform of naval infantry for disguise purpose.(3)
End Note
(1) Collins, J M. Green Berets, SEALS and Spetsnaz: US and Soviet Special Military Operations. London: Pergamon-Brassey, 1997
(2) See Perajurit Vol. III No.3, May/Jun 1995
(3)Baginda, Abdul Razak A. Soviet Military Power & The Asia Pacific Region: A Survey. K Lumpur: Regal, 1989.
"small selected military, paramilitary and civilian unit with unusual (occasionally unique) skills, which are superlatively trained for specific rather then general purpose, and are designed to undertake unorthodox that ordinary unit could accomplish only with far greater difficult and far less effective, if it all."(1)
They also entitle as soldier who’s trained to make brief, daring, surprise raids upon enemy territory. For example, Indian Marine Commando Force training, concise, diving test for 50 meter, physical training for nine month, only four hour sleep period during six day a week, cross-country test for 8.5 km with complete set of equipment and mud-crossing for 200 meter.(2) It also known as Special Forces, a unit of the U.S. Army whose members is trained in unconventional warfare, especially guerrilla and anti guerrilla fighting. For British, is it known as soldier who is trained to take part in specialized hit-and-run or raiding task. In United States, soldiers who qualify for difficult commando like training can become members of the Army Special Forces or of Army Ranger units. There are similar units in the U.S. Air Force that are called Special Operations units (formerly Air Commandos). Famous commando operations during World War II included a raid on St.-Nazaire, France, in March 1942. On August 19, 1942, Canadian and British commandos staged the largest raid, on Dieppe, France. A secret Norwegian resistance army conducted sabotage against the German occupation force and some took part in British commando raids in Norway. For example, British and Norwegian commando forces carried out two daring raids against the German garrison. Today, as we known Soviet Naval Spetsnaz Force or Spetsnaz Naval Brigade, are deployed to every fleet. According to a Soviet defector, Victor Suvorov, Spetsnaz always uses uniform of naval infantry for disguise purpose.(3)
End Note
(1) Collins, J M. Green Berets, SEALS and Spetsnaz: US and Soviet Special Military Operations. London: Pergamon-Brassey, 1997
(2) See Perajurit Vol. III No.3, May/Jun 1995
(3)Baginda, Abdul Razak A. Soviet Military Power & The Asia Pacific Region: A Survey. K Lumpur: Regal, 1989.
Friday, January 21, 2005
Kubu bawah tanah di dasar kilang
WWII mystery underground bunker
Syarikat besi keluli Corus di Corby,(map) Britain terperanjat apabila menjumpai satu kubu pertahanan bawah tanah terletak di kawasan perkilangan mereka. Pengarah Sumber Manusia syarikat tersebut, Bernard Curran menyatakan; "We'd like to hear from anyone who can recall what the facility was built for,"
Kemungkinan kubu pertahanan bawah tanah (underground bunker) itu kepunyaan tentera British dalam peperangan dunia ke 2.
Sumber: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/3928853.stm
Capaian Lanjutan
http://www.disastershelters.net/
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Fakta menarik mengenai runtuhan 9/11
Runtuhan besi yang dianggarkan beratnya 24 tan dari kawasan serangan 9/11 New York City akan dilebur dan digunakan untuk membuat sebuah kapal perang Tentera Laut Amarika Syarikat (US Navy) yang akan dikenali sebagai USS New York. Menurut Ed Winter, jurucakap syarikat Northrop Grumman; "The metal will be melted down and cast into the bow stem of the ship in a tribute to victims and the heroes of 9/11 as well as to the courage of the New York people after the attacks."
Source: The Star, September 10, 2003. Page World 37
Problems for new US Embassy at Husebye site
Kerajaan Norway terpaksa memberhentikan projek pembinaan pejabat Kedutaan US di suatu kawasan kerana di tapak itu terdapat kawasan pra - sejarah. Berita di petik dari http://www.norwaypost.no/content.asp?cluster_id=27007&folder_id=1
The Office of Historic Monuments may stop the plans for building a new US embassy at Huseby in the western part of Oslo, after archaeologists have discovered Iron Age settlement on the site, including hearths and remnants of house foundations.
The find includes hearths and remnants of house foundations, says Nils Anker, information officer at the Office of Historic Monuments.
- What we have found probably dates back to the Iron Age, or from around 500 years before Christ to around 500 years A.D.
The Museum of Cutural History at the University of Oslo will now date the finds and the US Embassy may need an exemption in order to obtain a building permit.
The US wants to move its embassy out of downtown Oslo, for security reasons.
The Office of Historic Monuments may stop the plans for building a new US embassy at Huseby in the western part of Oslo, after archaeologists have discovered Iron Age settlement on the site, including hearths and remnants of house foundations.
The find includes hearths and remnants of house foundations, says Nils Anker, information officer at the Office of Historic Monuments.
- What we have found probably dates back to the Iron Age, or from around 500 years before Christ to around 500 years A.D.
The Museum of Cutural History at the University of Oslo will now date the finds and the US Embassy may need an exemption in order to obtain a building permit.
The US wants to move its embassy out of downtown Oslo, for security reasons.
Air Panas Gersik Muar
Pada hari sabtu 15 Jan aku dan keluarga berpeluang mengunjungi kawasan air panas Gersik Muar. Sesampai nya kami di sana dalam lingkungan jam 4.30 petang, orang telah ramai di sana. Ada ramai family yang berkelah di sini. Ada juga siswazah IPT sedang buat survey untuk tesisnya di sana. Sebenarnya aku baru dua kali ke sini. Secara amnya kawasan air panas ini OK dari segi kawasan letak kereta (sebab free), mempunyai kemudahan surau, bilik air, tempat persalinan, bilik mandi, wakaf - wakaf serta kawasan jualan. Tetapi dari segi penjagaannya, ianya kurang terjaga dan ada antaranya tidak terurus seperti bilik air, surau dan kawasan kolam air panas itu sendiri. Menyedari akan tiadanya yuran kemasukan (masuk free) mungkin menyumbang kapada situasi tersebut. Masalahnya jika di kenakan bayaran mungkin kawasan itu akan kurang pula pengunjung nya. Cuma sikap pengunjung tempat itu sahaja yang dapat merubah situasinya sekarang. Patutnya kita tahu bersyukur dan menjaga kebersihan dan kecantikan tempat itu kerana dapat masuk secara PERCUMA. entahlah...
Capaian lanjut
http://sejarahmuar.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html
Capaian lanjut
http://sejarahmuar.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html
Friday, January 14, 2005
KL, Selangor, Putrajaya, Johor hit by major blackout
PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya and Johor have been hit by a major blackout.
info from: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/1/13/latest/20701KLSelang&sec=latest
Berita penuh:
PETALING JAYA: Thousands of people in several parts of the country including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Johor, Malacca and Negri Sembilan were caught by a blackout from around 12.30pm on Thursday.
Residents and those at work informed The Star that places such as Kelana Jaya, parts of Petaling Jaya, Ampang, Shah Alam, Klang, and Cheras were affected. Some parts in Malacca, Seremban and Pasir Gudang in Johor were also without electricity.
Train services and some handphones lines were down. Traffic lights were also out, causing fears of massive traffic jams.
Dozens of people who were lining up to pay their summonses at the Kuala Lumpur, Ampang, and Bukit Aman traffic police offices were also caught in a limbo when the power went off.
However, the blackout was a temporary one for some as power was restored in some places by 1.30pm, including Ampang, USJ, Sunway and Shah Alam.
When contacted, a TNB spokesman said the company was still investigating the cause of the blackout.
"The blackout is not nationwide and has only affected some areas in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor.
"Some places have received power again by 1.30 pm and the restoration of electricity is going on right now.
"We are still investigating what caused the blackout and will update the media as soon as we get further information," he said.
Updates:
Tenaga elektrik pulih kembali pada jam 2.30 petang di kawasan Bukit Bintang. Menurut TNB, punca kerosakan ialah Kapar switchyard at the Port Klang Power Station caused it to trip at 12.16pm, resulting in the National Grid losing 1,700MW.
info from: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/1/13/latest/20701KLSelang&sec=latest
Berita penuh:
PETALING JAYA: Thousands of people in several parts of the country including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Johor, Malacca and Negri Sembilan were caught by a blackout from around 12.30pm on Thursday.
Residents and those at work informed The Star that places such as Kelana Jaya, parts of Petaling Jaya, Ampang, Shah Alam, Klang, and Cheras were affected. Some parts in Malacca, Seremban and Pasir Gudang in Johor were also without electricity.
Train services and some handphones lines were down. Traffic lights were also out, causing fears of massive traffic jams.
Dozens of people who were lining up to pay their summonses at the Kuala Lumpur, Ampang, and Bukit Aman traffic police offices were also caught in a limbo when the power went off.
However, the blackout was a temporary one for some as power was restored in some places by 1.30pm, including Ampang, USJ, Sunway and Shah Alam.
When contacted, a TNB spokesman said the company was still investigating the cause of the blackout.
"The blackout is not nationwide and has only affected some areas in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor.
"Some places have received power again by 1.30 pm and the restoration of electricity is going on right now.
"We are still investigating what caused the blackout and will update the media as soon as we get further information," he said.
Updates:
Tenaga elektrik pulih kembali pada jam 2.30 petang di kawasan Bukit Bintang. Menurut TNB, punca kerosakan ialah Kapar switchyard at the Port Klang Power Station caused it to trip at 12.16pm, resulting in the National Grid losing 1,700MW.
White Pine Act 1722
“Reserve to the crown all white pine trees, whatever their fitness for the navy, and prevented colonist from using them for lumber …” Satu lagi akta mengarut yang di perkenalkan oleh pemerintah ke atas rakyat yang diperintah. Akta ini dikenakan oleh pihak British ke atas rakyat koloninya di Amerika Syarikat pada tahun 1722. Beberapa lagi akta yang menekan telah diperkenalkan British, antaranya seperti di bawah:
1. Sugar Act, April 5, 1764 – Imposition of duties on sugar, coffee, tea, wine, other imports; expanded jurisdiction of vice – admiralty courts
2. Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 – Printed documents issued only on special stamped paper purchased from stamps distributors.
3. Quartering Act, May 1765 – Colonist must supply British troops with housing and other items (candles, salts, rum, etc.)
Stamp Act kemudiannya di batalkan pada March 18, 1766 kerana “Sensibility of Error and Mistake in taxing a people without the shadow of a representation.” Tekanan – tekanan sebegini yang mebuat mereka bertindak balas dengan melakukan revolusi sehingga tertegak Negara mereka sendiri iaitu Amerika Syarikat.
Further Reading
1. Sugar Act, April 5, 1764 – Imposition of duties on sugar, coffee, tea, wine, other imports; expanded jurisdiction of vice – admiralty courts
2. Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 – Printed documents issued only on special stamped paper purchased from stamps distributors.
3. Quartering Act, May 1765 – Colonist must supply British troops with housing and other items (candles, salts, rum, etc.)
Stamp Act kemudiannya di batalkan pada March 18, 1766 kerana “Sensibility of Error and Mistake in taxing a people without the shadow of a representation.” Tekanan – tekanan sebegini yang mebuat mereka bertindak balas dengan melakukan revolusi sehingga tertegak Negara mereka sendiri iaitu Amerika Syarikat.
Further Reading
- Maier, Pauline. From Resistance to Revolution. New York: Vintage Books, 1974, Page 9
- Devine, Breen, Fredrickson, William and Roberts. America: Past and Present. 2nd Edition, Vol. 1 US: Harper Collins Publishers, 1990. Page 76.
TEKANAN KERJA DI WHITE HOUSE
President Gerald Ford menulis; “When you come to the White House there’s no forty-hour week and they shouldn’t expect it. It has to be most twenty-four-hour-a-day job for both the President and the staff.” Al Haig, merakamkan bahawa beliau mula bertugas pada pukul tujuh pagi dan tidak akan pulang ke rumah sebelum tengah malam selama tujuh hari seminggu, selama dua tahun. Beliau juga menambah semasa beliau menjadi timbalan Penasihat Keselamatan Negara di bawah Henry Kissinger beliau terpaksa tidur kurang empat jam sehari, kata beliau;
“Because Henry used to have his ideas at night. He would call me at one, two o’clock in the morning… He didn’t sleep but four hours a night. .. And I did that for seven years.”
Further Reading
Kumar, Martha J. The White House World, Start Up, Organization, and the Pressures of Work Life. The White House 2001 Project: White House Interview Program, Report No.6. Towson University
“Because Henry used to have his ideas at night. He would call me at one, two o’clock in the morning… He didn’t sleep but four hours a night. .. And I did that for seven years.”
Further Reading
Kumar, Martha J. The White House World, Start Up, Organization, and the Pressures of Work Life. The White House 2001 Project: White House Interview Program, Report No.6. Towson University
Thursday, January 13, 2005
WHAT IF SQUAD
What if squad (WIS) merupakan salah satu buah fikiran aku jikalau aku menjadi ketua kerajaan atau Perdana Menteri. WIS merupakan satu Think Tank yang unik kerana objectivenya meramal scenario masa hadapan dengan satu persoalan. Organisasi WIS terdiri :
1. Director
2. Assistant Director I (merangkap Head of Inquiry Board)
3. Assistant Director II (merangkap Head of Research/ Answer Board)
4. Assistant Director III (Ops. And Management)
Inquiry Board (IB) akan menyiapkan beberapa set soalan scenario masa hadapan kepada Research/ Answer Board (R/ AB) untuk mereka membuat kajian terperinci bagi menjawab soalan2 tersebut. Setiap jawapan kpd. Soalan itu akan di kumpulkan oleh satu Databased yang di selia oleh Assistant Director III (O&M).
Contoh soalan IB: What if happen if Singapore invades Malaysia? What U.S reaction? What ASEAN Country reaction? What Europe Council reaction? What Singapore malay’s reaction? What Malaysian Chinese reaction? Which sector or states that Singapore army attack first? What time? Using what equipment? Percentages of successful in this attack? Etc.
Maka R/ AB akan membuat kajian untuk semua soalan2 di atas. Dengan jawapan yang diberikan memudahkan pihak policymaker membuat persediaan dan kajian seterusnya untuk menhadapi nya jika terjadi.
Soalan2 itu tidak semestinya datang dari IB, mungkin juga pihak tertinggi tentera atau kerajaan yang membuat set2 soalan sesuai dengan bidang tugas mereka. Set2 soalan iitu juga meliputi hampir kesemua topic seperti agama, politik, ketenteraan, polisi luar dan sebagainya.
1. Director
2. Assistant Director I (merangkap Head of Inquiry Board)
3. Assistant Director II (merangkap Head of Research/ Answer Board)
4. Assistant Director III (Ops. And Management)
Inquiry Board (IB) akan menyiapkan beberapa set soalan scenario masa hadapan kepada Research/ Answer Board (R/ AB) untuk mereka membuat kajian terperinci bagi menjawab soalan2 tersebut. Setiap jawapan kpd. Soalan itu akan di kumpulkan oleh satu Databased yang di selia oleh Assistant Director III (O&M).
Contoh soalan IB: What if happen if Singapore invades Malaysia? What U.S reaction? What ASEAN Country reaction? What Europe Council reaction? What Singapore malay’s reaction? What Malaysian Chinese reaction? Which sector or states that Singapore army attack first? What time? Using what equipment? Percentages of successful in this attack? Etc.
Maka R/ AB akan membuat kajian untuk semua soalan2 di atas. Dengan jawapan yang diberikan memudahkan pihak policymaker membuat persediaan dan kajian seterusnya untuk menhadapi nya jika terjadi.
Soalan2 itu tidak semestinya datang dari IB, mungkin juga pihak tertinggi tentera atau kerajaan yang membuat set2 soalan sesuai dengan bidang tugas mereka. Set2 soalan iitu juga meliputi hampir kesemua topic seperti agama, politik, ketenteraan, polisi luar dan sebagainya.
PERMODENAN ANGKATAN LAUT JEPUN
“Nobody in the world is as good at making decisions as the Japanese.”
- Peter Drucker
Fasa permodenan Angkatan laut Jepun bermula pada tahun 1868 dizaman pemerintahan Meiji. Pada ketika itu segala aspek pentadbiran Negara jepun mula mengalami proses permodenan seperti dalam bidang undang-undang, pelajaran, perkiraan calendar juga diubah, begitu juga system perbankan moden turut sama ditubuhkan. Dalam masa yang sama falsafah fukoku kyohei (Negara yang kaya bersama tentera yang kuat). Oleh itu beberapa orang pakar tentera laut dari Pasukan Tentera Laut DiRaja British (Royal Navy) telah diundang untuk menjadi penasihat untuk memajukan lagi armada tentera laut mereka. Iltizam untuk permodenan ini dirakamkan oleh Baron Hayashi, melalui kata beliau:
“If new warship are consider necessary we must, at any cost build them…”
Menjelang tahun 1890, Jepun menyedari bahawa kemungkinan peperangan antara mereka dengan China tidak mungkin dapat dielakkan. Ketika itu pihak China telah pun menempah dua buah kapal perang moden daripada Jerman. Pihak Jepun segera memesan dua buah kapal perang mereka daripada Negara Britain. Dua buah kapal tersebut, Fuji dan Yashima dipesan pada tahun 1893 dan siap empat tahun kemudian. Rekabentuk kapal tersebut ditiru dari Class Royal Sovereign, Royal Navy. Kesan dari peperangan mereka dengan China, pihak Tentera Laut DiRaja Jepun (Imperial Japanese Navy) telah melaksanakan satu dasar yang dikenali sebagai Ten-Year Naval Expansion Programme. (Program Pembesar Angkatan Laut untuk sepuluh tahun.) Program ini menggariskan keperluan sebanyak duah puluh tiga buah kapal pembinasa untuk IJN. Walau pun industri perkapalan di Jepun mula bergerak cergas tetapi masih tidak dapat memenuhi permintaan IJN itu, lalu pihak IJN telah memesan enam belas buah kapal pembinasa dari pihak Britain yang mana dikendalikan oleh firma Yarrow. Semantara enam lagi dibina oleh firma Thornycroft. Walaupun demikian dermaga-dermaga milik firma Jepun juga diberi peluang untuk membina kapal-kapal pembinasa dari kelas Harusame.
Further Reading
- Peter Drucker
Fasa permodenan Angkatan laut Jepun bermula pada tahun 1868 dizaman pemerintahan Meiji. Pada ketika itu segala aspek pentadbiran Negara jepun mula mengalami proses permodenan seperti dalam bidang undang-undang, pelajaran, perkiraan calendar juga diubah, begitu juga system perbankan moden turut sama ditubuhkan. Dalam masa yang sama falsafah fukoku kyohei (Negara yang kaya bersama tentera yang kuat). Oleh itu beberapa orang pakar tentera laut dari Pasukan Tentera Laut DiRaja British (Royal Navy) telah diundang untuk menjadi penasihat untuk memajukan lagi armada tentera laut mereka. Iltizam untuk permodenan ini dirakamkan oleh Baron Hayashi, melalui kata beliau:
“If new warship are consider necessary we must, at any cost build them…”
Menjelang tahun 1890, Jepun menyedari bahawa kemungkinan peperangan antara mereka dengan China tidak mungkin dapat dielakkan. Ketika itu pihak China telah pun menempah dua buah kapal perang moden daripada Jerman. Pihak Jepun segera memesan dua buah kapal perang mereka daripada Negara Britain. Dua buah kapal tersebut, Fuji dan Yashima dipesan pada tahun 1893 dan siap empat tahun kemudian. Rekabentuk kapal tersebut ditiru dari Class Royal Sovereign, Royal Navy. Kesan dari peperangan mereka dengan China, pihak Tentera Laut DiRaja Jepun (Imperial Japanese Navy) telah melaksanakan satu dasar yang dikenali sebagai Ten-Year Naval Expansion Programme. (Program Pembesar Angkatan Laut untuk sepuluh tahun.) Program ini menggariskan keperluan sebanyak duah puluh tiga buah kapal pembinasa untuk IJN. Walau pun industri perkapalan di Jepun mula bergerak cergas tetapi masih tidak dapat memenuhi permintaan IJN itu, lalu pihak IJN telah memesan enam belas buah kapal pembinasa dari pihak Britain yang mana dikendalikan oleh firma Yarrow. Semantara enam lagi dibina oleh firma Thornycroft. Walaupun demikian dermaga-dermaga milik firma Jepun juga diberi peluang untuk membina kapal-kapal pembinasa dari kelas Harusame.
Further Reading
- Vitullo-Martin, J. & J.R Moskin. Executive’s Book of Quotations. New York: Oxford UP: 1994. Page 155
- Kennedy, Paul. The Rise & Fall of the Great Powers. London: FontanaPress: 1989. Page 266
- Miller, David. Warships: from 1860 to the Present. London: Greenwich Edition: 2001. Page 112
Story about US Army domestic intelligence
"For the past four years, the US Army has been closely watching civilian political activity within the United State. Nearly 1000 plainclothes investigators, working out of some 300 offices from coast to coast, keep track of political protest of all kinds – from Klan rallies in North Carolina to antiwar speeches at Harvard."
Captain Christopher H. Pyle, 1969.
President Nixon on March 2, 1971 asks his Chief of Staff, Mr. Haldeman to request US intelligence community provide the president with more information about student’s antiwar organizations and movement.
On December 17, 1970, Haldeman write in his diary; "Army domestic intelligence activity … has been blown up by TV and the press …"
Further Reading
Captain Christopher H. Pyle, 1969.
President Nixon on March 2, 1971 asks his Chief of Staff, Mr. Haldeman to request US intelligence community provide the president with more information about student’s antiwar organizations and movement.
On December 17, 1970, Haldeman write in his diary; "Army domestic intelligence activity … has been blown up by TV and the press …"
Further Reading
- Blowing the Whistle: Dissent in the Public Interest, by C. Peters & T. Branch. NY: Praeger, 1972. Page 44
- The Haldeman Diaries, by HR Haldeman. Berkley, New York (1995).
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Good Phrase about bribes
Mehmet Pasha, Pegawai Pembendaharaan Empayar Othmaniah menulis dalam buku beliau bertajuk The Book of Counsel for Vizier and Governor, c. 1704, antaranya:
"It is essential to guard against giving office through bribery to the unfit and tyrannical oppressors."
"… Bribes mean giving permission to plunder the property of the subject."
"Bribery is the beginning and root of illegality and tyranny, the source and fountain of every sort of disturbance and sedition, the greatest of calamities…"
"The business of the Treasury is among the most important and essential affairs of the Exalted Government."
Sumber dipetik dari:
The Human Record: Source of Global History. 3rd Edition Vol. II A J Andrea & J H Overfield. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998. page 208-209
"It is essential to guard against giving office through bribery to the unfit and tyrannical oppressors."
"… Bribes mean giving permission to plunder the property of the subject."
"Bribery is the beginning and root of illegality and tyranny, the source and fountain of every sort of disturbance and sedition, the greatest of calamities…"
"The business of the Treasury is among the most important and essential affairs of the Exalted Government."
Sumber dipetik dari:
The Human Record: Source of Global History. 3rd Edition Vol. II A J Andrea & J H Overfield. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998. page 208-209
Awas... dakyah barat
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PERISIKAN: MANUAL ATAU AUTOMATIK
Casper W. Weinberger menulis; “
End Note
[1] Weinberger, Casper W. Human Factor: Weinberger says electronic intelligence is important, but there’s no substitute for old – fashioned spies. Women’s Quarterly, Auntum, 2001.
[2] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Seperti Global Hawk atau Predator.
[3] Wahab. Zaharin A. Operasi Perisikan dan Sejarahnya. Unpublicized Articles. See also: “War and Technology in the 21st century.” The Star. In Tech ed. Oct. 16, 2001. page 11
[4] “CIA Gets New Powers to Eliminate bin Ladin as UAVs get armed.” Internet: www.spacedaily.com
[5] Ibid
[6] The World Almanac & Book of Fact 2004. CD: Selectsoft Publishing.
[7] “How deep are the CIA’s divisions?” Gordon Corera. Ana. BBC News, Internet: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk
[8] “CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage.” John Diamond. US Today. Internet: http://news.yahoo.com
[9] Corera, Ibid.
[10] Weinberger. Ibid
Our big gap and the capability we most need can only come from human intelligence – information gathered from human resources on the ground in enemy territory. In short, we need spies.” [1]Boleh lah disimpulkan bahawa keberkesanan sesuatu projek risikan tidak akan mencapai tahap maksima jikalau tanpa bantuan perisik insani (human intelligence), dan Cuma mengharap sumber risikan elektronik atau satelit. Trend organisasi perisikan dunia sekarang seperti CIA, dan lain-lain lebih cenderung menggunakan system moden seperti satelit perisikan, radar dan juga UAV [2]. Kecenderungan ini jelas dinyatakan oleh seorang penyelidik di Virginia, John Pike, katanya;
“They are not going to conduct any operations without using satellite imagery to understanding where every house and hill in the area.” [3]Pasca 11 September menyaksikan operasi menyeluruh CIA untuk memburu Osama bin Ladin. Atas arahan President Bush, CIA diarah untuk menyerang sasaran – sasaran milik al – Qaeda seperti infrastruktur komuniksasi dan pemerintahnya. [4] Sejak itu CIA telah mengoperasikan UAV dari jenis Predator RQ – 1 dan disenjataai dengan Hellfire anti – tank missiles. [5] Pada Nov. 3, 2002, sebuah Predator milik CIA telah berjaya menyerang sebuah konvoi kereta dan membunuh enam orang yang di syakki anggota al – Qaeda di Yaman. [6] Tetapi apabila President Bush melantik Porter Goss menjadi Pengarah CIA yang baru menggantikan Tenet, Goss beranggapan;
“The core business of intelligence is spying.” [7]Oleh itu Goss telah mengumumkan bahawa CIA “… to launch a much more aggressive espionage campaign …” [8] Bagi Goss penggunaan ejen insani (HUMINT) untuk mencari maklumat lebih effective dari menggunakan alatan moden. Katanya; “It needed clandestine officer who know how to run agents into hard targets area…” [9] Saranan ini disokong oleh Congressmen Lee Hamilton, bekas Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Congress mengenai Perisikan, katanya;
“You have to have spies on the ground to get location in real time, to know where he sleep that night. You have to penetrate their language, their culture.”[10]
End Note
[1] Weinberger, Casper W. Human Factor: Weinberger says electronic intelligence is important, but there’s no substitute for old – fashioned spies. Women’s Quarterly, Auntum, 2001.
[2] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Seperti Global Hawk atau Predator.
[3] Wahab. Zaharin A. Operasi Perisikan dan Sejarahnya. Unpublicized Articles. See also: “War and Technology in the 21st century.” The Star. In Tech ed. Oct. 16, 2001. page 11
[4] “CIA Gets New Powers to Eliminate bin Ladin as UAVs get armed.” Internet: www.spacedaily.com
[5] Ibid
[6] The World Almanac & Book of Fact 2004. CD: Selectsoft Publishing.
[7] “How deep are the CIA’s divisions?” Gordon Corera. Ana. BBC News, Internet: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk
[8] “CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage.” John Diamond. US Today. Internet: http://news.yahoo.com
[9] Corera, Ibid.
[10] Weinberger. Ibid
Money vs. Policy
In 1561 Queen Elizabeth I issued a decree prohibiting the export of armors to Russia.[1] Tetapi kadangkala arahan seperti itu sukar di patuhi. Antara factor penghalang ialah duit, kerana duit ramai yang terpaksa menidakkan factor – factor lain seperti keselamatan. Sebagai contoh semasa perang Dunia ke dua, Perdana Menteri British kala itu, Neville Chamberlain, masih lagi membenarkan firma –firma pertahanan British menjual enjin pesawat pejuang bermutu tinggi kepada Negara Jerman walaupun mereka ketika itu sedang menjajah Poland. Menurut kata Chamberlain; Trade like religion, should recognize no frontiers.” [2] Tetapi kadangkala motto sebegitu mengundang musibah, ini terjadi kepada President Pompidou dari Perancis, apabila beliau menjual jet – jet pejuang buatan Perancis kepada Libya, ianya di boikot oleh komuniti Yahudi seluruh dunia. Lawatannya ke Amerika Syarikat pada tahun 1970 diboikot oleh kesemua komuniti Yahudi di sana termasuk Governor Rockefeller.[3] Mengikut sejarah, Perancis menjual hampir 100 buah pesawat pejuang Mirage kepada Libya. [4]
End Note
[1] Timperlake, E. and William C. Triplett II. Year of the Rat. Washington: Regnery Publishing, 1993. Page 143
[2] Ibid.
[3] Haldeman, H.R. The Haldeman Diaries. New York: Berkley, 1995. page 2
[4] Ibid. Page 155
End Note
[1] Timperlake, E. and William C. Triplett II. Year of the Rat. Washington: Regnery Publishing, 1993. Page 143
[2] Ibid.
[3] Haldeman, H.R. The Haldeman Diaries. New York: Berkley, 1995. page 2
[4] Ibid. Page 155
SULTAN MEHMED II FATEH (THE QONQUEROR)
Dilahirkan di Edirne pada March 30, 1432, merupakan anak kepada Sultan Murad II. Dihantar untuk menjalankan latihan di Manisa pada tahun 1444. Pada Feb. 18, 1451, Sultan Mehmed II Fatih dilantik menjadi Sultan kepada Empayar Othmaniah (Ottoman), menggantikan ayahandanya yang mangkat. Antara pekara pertama yang di laksanakan nya ialah mengambil alih secara sepenuhnya kawalan terhadap Unit Janissaries. Pada tahun 1452, antara usahanya untuk menawan Constantinople, Mahmed II telah menandatangani perjanjian damai dengan Venice dan Hungary, ini membuatkan terikat tidak dapat menyerang Turki buat sementara waktu. Sultan Mehmed II juga memulakan projek pembinaan kubu tentera di Bagazkesen, bagi menguatkan kawalan beliau pada laluan Selat Bosphorus. Pembinaan kapal – kapal perang dan meriam juga giat di laksanakan. April 6, 1453, Kempen penawanan Constantinople bermula. Tentera Mehmed II terdiri dari campuran beberapa bangsa eropah seperti Hungary, Yahudi dan Greek. Menurut Kennedy dalam bukunya The Rise & Fall of the Great Power; “Tolerance of other races had brought many a talented Greek, Jew, and Gentile into the Sultan (Mehmed II) service – a Hungarians was Mehmed’s chief gun – caster in the siege of Constantinople.” Menjelang 29 dan 30 May 1453, Sultan Mehmed II berjaya menakluki Constantinople. Antara program utama Sultan Mehmed II di sana ialah mengawal keamanan di sana, menukar Hagia Sophia menjadi masjid, dan menukar nama Constantinople menjadi Istanbul. Beliau juga mengalakkan usaha perdangangan di sana. Ramai pedagang dari Greek dan Genoese kembali berdagang di sana. Kejayaan pihak Islam menawan Constantinople sangat mengejutkan pihak barat, Kennedy mengulas lagi dalam bukunya, katanya; “Over much of the western world there still hung the shock of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, an event which seemed the more pregnant because it by no means marked the limits of the Ottoman Turks’ advance. By the end of the century they had taken Greece and Ionian island, Bosnia, Albania, and much of the rest of the Balkans; and worse was to come in the 1520s when their formidable janissary armies pressed toward Budapest and Vienna. In the south, where Ottoman galley raided Italian ports, the popes were coming to fear that Rome’s fate would soon match that of Constantinople.”
KEAGUNGAN ISLAM MASA SILAM (BOLEHKAH IA KEMBALI?)
For centuries before 1500 the world of Islam had been culturally and technologically ahead of Europe. Its cities were large, well-lit, and drained, and some of them possessed universities and libraries and stunning beautiful mosques, In mathematics, cartography, medicine, and many other aspects of science and industry - in mills, gun-casting, lighthouse, horse breeding - the Muslims had enjoyed a lead [1] … renungkan lah. Maka tercetus lah ilham hamba yang kurang cerdik ini tentang penubuhan Institut Kajian Sains Al-Quran (IKRAQ), yang fungsi utamanya mentelaah dan mengambil segala intipati sains dan teknologi dalam Al-Quran untuk diaplikasikan dalam kehidupan hari ini semoga ia akan mengembalikan semula kegemilangan Islam di mata dunia. Sebagai contoh, dalam surah Al-Baqarah ayat 164 [2]Allah swt telah berfirman yang maksudnya:
Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi, silih berganti malam dan siang, bahtera yang belayar di laut membawa apa yang berguna pada manusia dan apa yang Allah turunkan dari langit berupa air, lalu air itu Dia hidupkan bumi sesudah mati (kering) – nya dan Dia sebarkan di bumi itu segala haiwan, dan pengisaran angin dan awan yang dikendalikan antara langit dan bumi; sesungguhnya (terdapat) tanda-tanda (keesaan dan kebesaran Allah) bagi kaum yang memikirkan. [3]
Pada ayat di atas terdapat pelbagai ilmu pengetahuan yang menjadi intipati ayat tersebut bagi kita untuk memikirkanya, antaramya:
1. Ilmu kejadian siang dan malam
2. Ilmu pelayaran
3. Ilmu perdagangan menggunakan system perkapalan
4. Ilmu cuaca (hujan, angin, awan)
5. Ilmu tumbuh – tumbuhan di bumi
6. Ilmu tentang haiwan
Bayangkan lah dengan Cuma satu ayat sahaja, terdapat pelbagai ilmu di dalamnya sebagai sumber rujukan untuk umat Islam yang di bekalkan olah Allah melalui Rasulnya, Nabi Muhammad SAW. Jika kita semak lagi dalam Al-Quran pada surah Adz Dzariyaat ayat 1 – 3, Allah berfirman maksudnya:
Demi (angin) yang menerbkan debu dengan sekuat-kuatnya, dan awan yang mengandungi hujan dan kapal-kapal yang berlayar dengan mudah.
Dalam ayat ini pula beberapa pelajaran yang dapat kita kutip, antaranya:
1. Ilmu kesihatan, yang mana kita mengetahui bahawa debu-debu atau hama dan kuman boleh diterbangkan oleh angin (airborne).
2. Ilmu cuaca, yang mana system terjadinya hujan yang dibawa oleh awan.
3. Sistem perkapalan yang boleh bergerak menggunakan bantuan angin dan layar bagi memudahkan lagi pergerakan kapal tersebut.
Seharusnya umat Islam merupakan umat yang terdahulu menjadi pelayar dan saudagar pembinaan kapal (ship builder) dari bangsa-bangsa lain. Tetapi menurut Kennedy dalam bukunya The Rise and fall of the Great Power, in 1420, the Ming (China) navy was recorded as possessing 1,350 combat vessel, including 400 large floating fortress and 250 ships designed for long-range cruising. [4]
Sejarah silam juga membuktikan Islam boleh menjadi pelupor industri perkapalan, antaranya ;
Salahuddin (Al-Ayubbi) melihat Mesir adalah tempat yang sesuai untuk membina angkatan laut dan darat. Kerana itu beliau telah membina kapal-kapal perang dan armada perang yang besar. Sebuah dewan yang bertanggungjawab terhadap armada ini ditubuhkan. Dewan ini diberi nama "Dewan Armada" diserahkan urusannya kepada saudara nya sendiri Al-Adil. Iskandariyah dan Dimyat antara perlabuhan laut yang penting di Mesir. [5]
End Note
[1] Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and fall of the Great Power. London: Fontana Press, 1989, page 12
[2] Baiquni, Syawaqi and Azis R.A. Indeks Al-Quran. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Indonesia, 1996.
[3] Al-Quran
[4] Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and Fall of the Great Power. London: Fontana Press, 1989.
[5] Ulwan, A. Nasih. Pejuang Pembaharuan: Salahuddin Al-Ayubbi. Kuala Lumpur: Darul Numan, 1999.
Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi, silih berganti malam dan siang, bahtera yang belayar di laut membawa apa yang berguna pada manusia dan apa yang Allah turunkan dari langit berupa air, lalu air itu Dia hidupkan bumi sesudah mati (kering) – nya dan Dia sebarkan di bumi itu segala haiwan, dan pengisaran angin dan awan yang dikendalikan antara langit dan bumi; sesungguhnya (terdapat) tanda-tanda (keesaan dan kebesaran Allah) bagi kaum yang memikirkan. [3]
Pada ayat di atas terdapat pelbagai ilmu pengetahuan yang menjadi intipati ayat tersebut bagi kita untuk memikirkanya, antaramya:
1. Ilmu kejadian siang dan malam
2. Ilmu pelayaran
3. Ilmu perdagangan menggunakan system perkapalan
4. Ilmu cuaca (hujan, angin, awan)
5. Ilmu tumbuh – tumbuhan di bumi
6. Ilmu tentang haiwan
Bayangkan lah dengan Cuma satu ayat sahaja, terdapat pelbagai ilmu di dalamnya sebagai sumber rujukan untuk umat Islam yang di bekalkan olah Allah melalui Rasulnya, Nabi Muhammad SAW. Jika kita semak lagi dalam Al-Quran pada surah Adz Dzariyaat ayat 1 – 3, Allah berfirman maksudnya:
Demi (angin) yang menerbkan debu dengan sekuat-kuatnya, dan awan yang mengandungi hujan dan kapal-kapal yang berlayar dengan mudah.
Dalam ayat ini pula beberapa pelajaran yang dapat kita kutip, antaranya:
1. Ilmu kesihatan, yang mana kita mengetahui bahawa debu-debu atau hama dan kuman boleh diterbangkan oleh angin (airborne).
2. Ilmu cuaca, yang mana system terjadinya hujan yang dibawa oleh awan.
3. Sistem perkapalan yang boleh bergerak menggunakan bantuan angin dan layar bagi memudahkan lagi pergerakan kapal tersebut.
Seharusnya umat Islam merupakan umat yang terdahulu menjadi pelayar dan saudagar pembinaan kapal (ship builder) dari bangsa-bangsa lain. Tetapi menurut Kennedy dalam bukunya The Rise and fall of the Great Power, in 1420, the Ming (China) navy was recorded as possessing 1,350 combat vessel, including 400 large floating fortress and 250 ships designed for long-range cruising. [4]
Sejarah silam juga membuktikan Islam boleh menjadi pelupor industri perkapalan, antaranya ;
Salahuddin (Al-Ayubbi) melihat Mesir adalah tempat yang sesuai untuk membina angkatan laut dan darat. Kerana itu beliau telah membina kapal-kapal perang dan armada perang yang besar. Sebuah dewan yang bertanggungjawab terhadap armada ini ditubuhkan. Dewan ini diberi nama "Dewan Armada" diserahkan urusannya kepada saudara nya sendiri Al-Adil. Iskandariyah dan Dimyat antara perlabuhan laut yang penting di Mesir. [5]
End Note
[1] Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and fall of the Great Power. London: Fontana Press, 1989, page 12
[2] Baiquni, Syawaqi and Azis R.A. Indeks Al-Quran. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Indonesia, 1996.
[3] Al-Quran
[4] Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and Fall of the Great Power. London: Fontana Press, 1989.
[5] Ulwan, A. Nasih. Pejuang Pembaharuan: Salahuddin Al-Ayubbi. Kuala Lumpur: Darul Numan, 1999.
Boss vs. Pekerja
“He believes a soldier should ready to obey an order instantly and without question.” [1] Nampaknya bos – bos sekarang dah banyak jadi Hitler, baca buku ni kot. Buku ini menulis lagi; “… there could no excuse or arguing with direct order and questioning of the objective to be gain.” [2]… emm sah la dah jadi Hitler diaorang ni. Rerspond dari cerita Hitler di atas, aku teringat kata – kata CEO OTICON bernama Lars Kolind; “worker will be liberated to grow personally and professionally and to become more creative, action oriented and efficient.” [3] Bagi Kolind, dia mahu “…Each of dozen of ongoing project to operate like an inderpendence company, and the leaders to feel like a CEO.” [4] Maka benarlah kata Marcinko; “Too many leader today talk about teamwork, but they define the team as their subordinates – with themselves, as the leader set apart. If you’re the leader, but you aren’t part of the team, then you’ve got no team. What you have is a bureaucracy.” [5]
End Note
[1] Matthews, Rupert. Hitler: Military Commander. London: Capella, 2003. Page 70
[2] Ibid
[3] Fradette, Michael and Steve Michaud. The Power of Corporate Kinatics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. page 92 – 93.
[4] Ibid
[5] Marcinko, Richard. Leadership Secret of the Rouge Warrior: A Commando’s Guide to Success. New York: Pocket Book, 1996. page 47 – 48.
End Note
[1] Matthews, Rupert. Hitler: Military Commander. London: Capella, 2003. Page 70
[2] Ibid
[3] Fradette, Michael and Steve Michaud. The Power of Corporate Kinatics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. page 92 – 93.
[4] Ibid
[5] Marcinko, Richard. Leadership Secret of the Rouge Warrior: A Commando’s Guide to Success. New York: Pocket Book, 1996. page 47 – 48.
Resign
Resign bermaksud; “to give up a job, office, or position.” [1] mengikut sejarah terdapat beberapa peristiwa yang melibatkan tokoh – tokoh besar yang meletak jawatan di sebabkan beberapa hal yang mereka tidak setuju atau atas kesalahan yang di lakukan mereka, atau orang bawahan mereka, antaranya:
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994), was the only president of the United States ever to resign from office. He left the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974, while facing almost certain impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal.[2]
Agnew, Spiro Theodore (1918-1996), became the only vice president of the United States to resign his office while under criminal investigation.[3]
Aberdeen, Earl of (1784-1860), was prime minister of the United Kingdom when the country entered the Crimean War in 1854. In the early months of the war, people were shocked to learn that the country was not prepared for the war. Aberdeen was forced to resign early in 1855 because of public reaction to the news.[4]
British Minister of Agriculture, Sir Thomas Dugdale. He resign because some senior civil servants in his department had acted improperly over the sale of land on Crichel Down in Dorset. Although they had proceeded without his knowledge or authority, the minister accepted full responsibility. [5]
British Foreign Minister, Lord Carrington resign because he allowed the dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands to drift into war. [6]
End Note
[1] World Book Encyclopedia 2002, Deluxe Premier Edition. CD. World Book
[2] World Book, Ibid.
[3] World Book, Ibid.
[4] World Book, Ibid.
[5] Derbyshire, J. Denis. The Business of Government. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1987. Page 130
[6] Derbyshire. Ibid.
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994), was the only president of the United States ever to resign from office. He left the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974, while facing almost certain impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal.[2]
Agnew, Spiro Theodore (1918-1996), became the only vice president of the United States to resign his office while under criminal investigation.[3]
Aberdeen, Earl of (1784-1860), was prime minister of the United Kingdom when the country entered the Crimean War in 1854. In the early months of the war, people were shocked to learn that the country was not prepared for the war. Aberdeen was forced to resign early in 1855 because of public reaction to the news.[4]
British Minister of Agriculture, Sir Thomas Dugdale. He resign because some senior civil servants in his department had acted improperly over the sale of land on Crichel Down in Dorset. Although they had proceeded without his knowledge or authority, the minister accepted full responsibility. [5]
British Foreign Minister, Lord Carrington resign because he allowed the dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands to drift into war. [6]
End Note
[1] World Book Encyclopedia 2002, Deluxe Premier Edition. CD. World Book
[2] World Book, Ibid.
[3] World Book, Ibid.
[4] World Book, Ibid.
[5] Derbyshire, J. Denis. The Business of Government. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1987. Page 130
[6] Derbyshire. Ibid.
Konsert vs. Amal
Bacalah petikan artikel di bawah dan pertimbangkan lah dengan akal yang waras.
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Dis (Hrkh) - Dalam konsep Islam sesuatu amal kebajikan yang dilakukan orang Muslim perlu mendapat keredaan Allah termasuk bantuan tsunami.
Menurut Ahli Dewan Negara, Senator Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff,tujuan amalan tersebut selain membantu ia juga bagi mendapat manfaat di dunia dan akhirat.
Bagaimanapun katanya, apa yang berlaku pada hari ini, ada amalan tersebut seolah-olah bertentangan dengan syariah.
"Contohnya di kalangan artis-artis, mereka berlumba-lumba membuat amal untuk membantu mangsa tsunami tetapi dalam masa yang sama aurat didedahkan dan persembahan mereka menggalakkan pergaulan lelaki dan perempuan," katanya.
Katanya, ini disebabkan matlamat tidak menghalalkan cara, justeru itu tambahnya jika mahu membuat pahala caranya mesti selari dengan tuntutan Islam.
"Walaupun matlamatnya baik tetapi caranya perlu ada akhlak dan sumbangan yang disalurkan itu wajar suci dan tidak subahat, dengan perkara yang tidak menimbulkan kemungkaran," katanya.
Malah katanya, sekalipun usaha artis-artis untuk membantu mangsa tsunami cukup bagus tetapi program yang dilaksanakan kadangkala boleh melalaikan dan tidak bermaruah.
Sehubungan itu katanya, para ulama wajar memberi penjelasan mengenai konsep sebenar untuk beramal kerana pandangan tersebut amat penting supaya masyarakat tidak terkeliru terhadap erti amal yang diredai Allah SWT.
"Kita lihat di sini para ulama dan kerajaan perlu memberi penjelasan contohnya konsep hiburan yang dibolehkan dalam Islam dan mereka sepatutnya membuat teguran secara terbuka di atas pesta hiburan meskipun untuk ke jalan amal.
"Sekiranya mahu tampil menderma janganlah seolah-olah kita lupakan kiblat," katanya lagi.
Di samping itu beliau berkata, masyarakat juga seharusnya peka dan sentiasa berusaha mencegah segala kemungkaran yang berada di sekeliling mereka
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KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Dis (Hrkh) - Dalam konsep Islam sesuatu amal kebajikan yang dilakukan orang Muslim perlu mendapat keredaan Allah termasuk bantuan tsunami.
Menurut Ahli Dewan Negara, Senator Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff,tujuan amalan tersebut selain membantu ia juga bagi mendapat manfaat di dunia dan akhirat.
Bagaimanapun katanya, apa yang berlaku pada hari ini, ada amalan tersebut seolah-olah bertentangan dengan syariah.
"Contohnya di kalangan artis-artis, mereka berlumba-lumba membuat amal untuk membantu mangsa tsunami tetapi dalam masa yang sama aurat didedahkan dan persembahan mereka menggalakkan pergaulan lelaki dan perempuan," katanya.
Katanya, ini disebabkan matlamat tidak menghalalkan cara, justeru itu tambahnya jika mahu membuat pahala caranya mesti selari dengan tuntutan Islam.
"Walaupun matlamatnya baik tetapi caranya perlu ada akhlak dan sumbangan yang disalurkan itu wajar suci dan tidak subahat, dengan perkara yang tidak menimbulkan kemungkaran," katanya.
Malah katanya, sekalipun usaha artis-artis untuk membantu mangsa tsunami cukup bagus tetapi program yang dilaksanakan kadangkala boleh melalaikan dan tidak bermaruah.
Sehubungan itu katanya, para ulama wajar memberi penjelasan mengenai konsep sebenar untuk beramal kerana pandangan tersebut amat penting supaya masyarakat tidak terkeliru terhadap erti amal yang diredai Allah SWT.
"Kita lihat di sini para ulama dan kerajaan perlu memberi penjelasan contohnya konsep hiburan yang dibolehkan dalam Islam dan mereka sepatutnya membuat teguran secara terbuka di atas pesta hiburan meskipun untuk ke jalan amal.
"Sekiranya mahu tampil menderma janganlah seolah-olah kita lupakan kiblat," katanya lagi.
Di samping itu beliau berkata, masyarakat juga seharusnya peka dan sentiasa berusaha mencegah segala kemungkaran yang berada di sekeliling mereka
sumber: www.harakahdaily.net
Abu Gharaib = Cheerleader's ?
Gus Womack, peguam bela kepada Charles Graner dan Lynndie England, tertuduh dalam kes penderaan Penjara Abu Gharaib, Iraq, mengatakan tindakan mereka berdua tak lebih dari perbuatan gadis pom - pom (cheerleader) dalam setiap pertunjukan. Don't cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year. Is that torture?" katanya. Untuk berita selanjutnya sila ke laman ini.
Polis Luar Biasa ?
Polis luar biasa? emmm... Tak pernah pulak aku dengar, tetapi pekara ini berlaku di Belanda. Pasukan Polis Sukarela St. Maarten telah menganugerahkan seramai 13 orang anggota nya sebagai Polis Luar Biasa. Berikut adalah petikan dari akhbar The Daily Herald bertarikh 10 Jan. 2005.
PHILIPSBURG--Thirteen members of the St. Maarten Voluntary Corps VKS will be sworn in as extraordinary police officers this week, announced Commander Jean Illidge at Saturday’s ceremony during which the organisation honoured nineteen of its first batch of members for 7½ years of service.
The 13 members who will take the oath of extraordinary police officers Wednesday morning have been working with police since 2003.
Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards had requested the status of extraordinary police officer for the men since the inception of the project. However, the Ministerial Decree didn’t come in until recently, explained Commander Illidge.
The 13 men will now have more authority when carrying out their duties working along with police to patrol the streets and fight crime.
Commander Illidge also announced that a sergeants’ course would start on February 16. The course ends in June. In addition, there will be a big bivouac June 10-12 and the fourth batch of VKS soldiers will be installed on July 2. At that ceremony, a few officers will be sworn in and a few corporals will be promoted to sergeant.
The VKS might also participate in the four-day walk around the Dutch city of Nijmegen in July this year. There are also plans to start a corporals’ course in August.
The 19 volunteers honoured during Saturday’s event at Sundial School were singled out for 7½ years of “dedicated service.” The 18 men and one woman were installed in June 1997 and were part of the first batch of 33 when VKS was revived.
Some critics said at that time that VKS wouldn’t live long, Illidge stated in his speech. “The VKS is here to stay, it is built on a solid foundation,” he said. To the 19 honoured members, he said: “You are the showcase of VKS, you are the foundation on which VKS is built.” Today VKS has 74 volunteers.
The persons honoured were George Adamus, Welton Baker, Louis Benders, Charles Delaney, Jerville Heyliger, François Hickinson, Rutilio Hughes, Jean Illidge, Robert James, Benjamin Kelly, Albert Kemper, Rudsel Kemper, Paul Martens, Nelson Rombley, Louis Scatliffe, Marina Serrant, Lloyd Webster, Martin Wilson and Pablo Wilson.
PHILIPSBURG--Thirteen members of the St. Maarten Voluntary Corps VKS will be sworn in as extraordinary police officers this week, announced Commander Jean Illidge at Saturday’s ceremony during which the organisation honoured nineteen of its first batch of members for 7½ years of service.
The 13 members who will take the oath of extraordinary police officers Wednesday morning have been working with police since 2003.
Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards had requested the status of extraordinary police officer for the men since the inception of the project. However, the Ministerial Decree didn’t come in until recently, explained Commander Illidge.
The 13 men will now have more authority when carrying out their duties working along with police to patrol the streets and fight crime.
Commander Illidge also announced that a sergeants’ course would start on February 16. The course ends in June. In addition, there will be a big bivouac June 10-12 and the fourth batch of VKS soldiers will be installed on July 2. At that ceremony, a few officers will be sworn in and a few corporals will be promoted to sergeant.
The VKS might also participate in the four-day walk around the Dutch city of Nijmegen in July this year. There are also plans to start a corporals’ course in August.
The 19 volunteers honoured during Saturday’s event at Sundial School were singled out for 7½ years of “dedicated service.” The 18 men and one woman were installed in June 1997 and were part of the first batch of 33 when VKS was revived.
Some critics said at that time that VKS wouldn’t live long, Illidge stated in his speech. “The VKS is here to stay, it is built on a solid foundation,” he said. To the 19 honoured members, he said: “You are the showcase of VKS, you are the foundation on which VKS is built.” Today VKS has 74 volunteers.
The persons honoured were George Adamus, Welton Baker, Louis Benders, Charles Delaney, Jerville Heyliger, François Hickinson, Rutilio Hughes, Jean Illidge, Robert James, Benjamin Kelly, Albert Kemper, Rudsel Kemper, Paul Martens, Nelson Rombley, Louis Scatliffe, Marina Serrant, Lloyd Webster, Martin Wilson and Pablo Wilson.
Ops: Fardu Kifayah
Gambar ehsan: www.harakahdaily.net
SETELAH 16 HARI... Masih banyak mayat-mayat bergelimpangan yang belum diuruskan sepanjang perjalanan di kawasan pantai Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh. Pasukan AMAL misi kedua antara yang pertama tiba di kawasan ini. Kelihatan mayat seorang wanita sedang diangkat oleh Dr Rayney Azmi (tengah), Ketua Misi Perubatan Kemanusiaan PAS/Yayasan AMAL dan dibantu oleh Shahrul pada hari ini (10 Januari, 2005) jam 9 pagi. Foto Wan Zahari
Hanya gambar dapat di tatap, belum pasti apa yang akan aku buat kalau aku di sana. Mampukah atau tidak, wallahualam.
Oleh itu, mereka pun dibinasakan oleh gempa bumi, lalu menjadilah mereka mayat-mayat yang tersungkur di tempat tinggal masing-masing.
- Al - A'raaf, ayat 78
Dan orang-orang yang zalim itu, dibinasakan oleh satu letusan suara yang menggempakan bumi, lalu menjadilah mereka mayat-mayat yang tersungkur di tempat tinggal masing-masing.
- Hud, ayat 67
Kerja selepas bercuti
Setelah bercuti satu hari semalam (10 Jan '05), hari ini aku start kerja balik. Bertolak dari rumah awal hari ini, selepas subuh (bukan sebelum subuh!) sebab takut jem. Maklumlah duduk Keramat sekarang ni. Tak pasal - pasal 7.15 pagi aku dah tercongok kat opis. Orang rumah pun sampai awal kat opis dia.
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Memandu ni kadang - kadang lebih menguji keimanan dan kesabaran seseorang daripada hal - hal lain. Aku yang penyabar ni pun (pehh...) boleh jadi panas baran bila memandu especially kat KL ni.
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Memandu ni kadang - kadang lebih menguji keimanan dan kesabaran seseorang daripada hal - hal lain. Aku yang penyabar ni pun (pehh...) boleh jadi panas baran bila memandu especially kat KL ni.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Terima kasih
Terima kasih aku kepada mereka kerana menjayakan Projek Pindah Rumah aku pada 8 - 1 - 2005;
- Azhar
- En. Hood (boss aku)
- Abg. Hasli
- Abg. Man
- Komeng & Su
- Abg. Ramli Che Mat
- Tuan Rumah sekeluarga kerana very understanding selama aku menginap di rumahnya dari tahun 1996 - 2005 (9 tahun)
- Hashim
- Abg. Ipin
- Narayanan
Tip - tip berpindah (dari pengalaman sendiri)
Alhamdullilah, semalam (9 - 1 - 2005) merupakan hari pertama aku duduk di rumah sewa baru. Pada hari sabtu, 8 - 1 - 2005 aku berpindah ke sana. Pindah rumah bukan satu pekara yang mudah walaupun tak susah. Dari pengalaman itu aku dapat beberapa tip-tip berguna untuk dipraktikkan, antaranya:
- stand - by air mineral untuk kengkawan yang menolong (aku beli sekatun = 25 botol)
- spare duit saguhati untuk driver lori & kelindan
- masak untuk makan t/hari di rumah baru, barang sampai, lepas angkat naik boleh terus makan t/hari
- stand - by duct tape & guni gula
- barang - barang berat letakkan dlm kotak kecil, jgn packing sekaligus dalam kotak besar, berat nak anggkat, especially barang kaca
- handphone OK, bateri full - charge & list no. HP yang berkenaan supaya mudah berhubung
- jangan letak buku-buku dalam satu kotak besar - berat
- peti ice offkan sekurang2nya sehari semalam sebelum tarikh pindah - supaya bau dan aisnya cair
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Seruan fardu kifayah
Bila nyawa pergi, tubuh kita langsung hilang perkasa, terbuang macam sampah. Hanya gambaran sahaja yang dapat kita lihat, bagi yang ke sana mungkin lebih lagi, kita yang melihat pun sudang berbayang pelbagai. Ketika itu segala keburukan ditolak ketepi demi fardu kifayah, jasad - jasad ini perlu diuruskan, jika tidak kita semua akan berdosa. Kepada yang berupaya dan berkesempatan, sambut lah seruan amal jariah yang di hulur, bantu lah jiran tetangga kita yang ditimpa musibah, saya doakan agar selamat pergi dan selamat kembali.
Ops Pindah - ad hoc plan
7 Jan '05 (Petang)
- Ke TC Permata, Sentul - beli barangan rumah seperti beras, teh dll.
- Basuh kereta di sebelah TC Permata (Parking & Basuh)
- Cari Duct Tape (TC Permata)
7 Jan '05 (Malam)
- Hantar sedikit barangan ke KMT
- Hantar mak & Izzatul untuk tidur di KMT
8 Jan '05 (Pagi)
- Ke pasar Sentul, cari lauk makan t/hari
- Hantar ibu & gas memasak ke KMT
- OTW balik ambil Azhar - Bt. Caves
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