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AFAIK, it did not. That said I have no access to the contract documents. But this was the same route as the French Air Force did with their Caracals.

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The IFR probe and gun mountings are also fitted for but not equipped

Melayu pepatah kata tiada angin masakan pokok bergoyang hahahaha. If its not true fine but if it is true then how the hell did the media here was not alerted. Just need a video phone to mms here or in you tube…hmmm

Anyway even if it is not true, it is a sign that more ISR and combat assets needed to be placed there. I say more operational budget for ESSCOM. Put all the condor, Nuri, allo and F5E there.

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To me if its not true just dismissed it and leave it at that

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Fitted for but not equipped with….

It goes back to Camp David. Why do you think that Egypt is the 2nd largest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel? Camp David was Kissinger’s master plan to further divide the Arabs, take Egypt away from the Soviet orbit, strengthen Israel’s position and make Egypt totally dependent on Uncle Sam for economic survival – it worked perfectly. Like Mubarak, fighting a war with anyone is the last thing on Mursi’s agenda – he wants to strengthen his position, keep the army happy and ensure U.S. aid continues to pour in.

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To some its a curse

Sorry, but as long as Israel enforces a strict blockade on Gaza, imposes strict movement controls on its population and dictates who they should elect as their leaders [we have gone full circle, at one point Israel courted Hamas as an alternative to the corrupt and inept Fatah, now Israel and the West wants the Gazans to bring in Fatah again....], then in my view it is an open air prison. Egypt under Mursi – like when it was under Mubarak – is the 2nd largest recipent of U.S aid [they got that for signing Camp David] and they will not freely open the Rafah crossing and let everything in or out without controls – they don’t want to upset their main benafactor and Israel. The real story off course is that the occupants of Gaza are not originally from Gaza but that’s me going off-topic again.

Let’s just say that when the victorous Mujs entered Kabul that there were no Malaysians with them. Many Malaysian wannabe jihadists found that life in Aghanistan – whilst under fire and being fed bad food – was much harder than protesting in front of the U.S. embassy. A few Malaysians [ones with JI links] are reported to have been in Ambon, during the sectarian violence there and it goes without being said, that individuals who later became Malaysians fought with the MNLF and MILF in Mindanao. If you go to the Philippine market in K.K, you would be hard pressed to find workers there who at some point, did not take up arms under the MNLF or the MILF.

The kind of Malaysians who end up on armed jihad tend to view Shiites as heretics and as such would never end up in Lebanon fighting with the Shiite Hezbollah. Gaza is an open air prison camp and is cordoned off by Israel and Egypt [which needs U.S. dollars to prop up its economy. Not easy to get into Gaza and a Malaysian there would stick out like a sore thumb, especially given that Gaza is not big.

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Gaza is not a prison anymore, after the ascension of Dr Mursi as Egypt’s president. Its now a tourist destination for Malaysians!. I bet even Jeuju Island tour will be hard pressed to compete with it!