[BITList] Fwd: The impossible theft, the improbable truth

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John
Would be more inclined to think that the government was involved in 
selling them covertly to Iran with whom they are more than friendly
frank

John Feltham wrote:
> G'day folks,
>
> A bit easier than stealing a Doxford huh?
>
> *
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>
>       http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/48080-the-impossible-theft-the-improbable-truth--the-malaysian-insider
>
>
>     The impossible theft, the improbable truth --- The Malaysian
>     Insider
>     <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/48080-the-impossible-theft-the-improbable-truth--the-malaysian-insider>
>
> DEC 31 2009 --- Fictional Victorian-era private detective Sherlock 
> Holmes, now playing in your nearest cinemas, has said this many times: 
> "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how 
> improbable, must be the truth."
>
> That quote first came out in "The Sign of the Four" written by Arthur 
> Conan Doyle in 1890.
>
> They come to mind when the nation's top cop Tan Sri Musa Hassan 
> yesterday blamed three low-ranking airmen and an agent for the theft 
> of two fighter jet GE J85-21A turbojet engines over the past two years.
>
> "Investigations revealed that this case does not involve any 
> top-ranking officer from the air force as reported earlier. Only three 
> lower rank officers have been detained.
>
> "I hope that certain quarters would not speculate further on the 
> issue," the Inspector-General of Police was quoted as saying by the 
> New Straits Times, Dec 31 edition.
>
> He also added that apart from the three, an agent who assisted in 
> closing the deal was also arrested.
>
> "All four of them have been released on bail. Three other agents have 
> been identified as witnesses to facilitate police investigations," 
> Musa said.
>
> Now seriously, three low-ranking airmen took advantage of lax controls 
> to send out RM100 million worth of engines out of a secure airbase for 
> sale?
>
> No one higher up? A brigadier-general was cashiered for incompetency, 
> an unusual punishment for what passes off as the civil service in 
> Malaysia.
>
> The thing is, it probably takes a lot more brain power and audacity to 
> simply walk out of an airbase with one, let alone two jet engines. The 
> engines are not a small thing, physically and the scale of the theft.
>
> Not that we are looking down on our airmen, especially those in the 
> lower ranks. But it is an impossible theft just for the sheer chutzpah 
> to even think of it, let alone go through with it.
>
> Perhaps they are just simply thieves and just had the opportunity to 
> steal anything, even jet engines. After all, the engines are spares 
> for the F-5Es and only six out of 13 planes are working.
>
> Perhaps this age of conspiracy theories and the two years it took to 
> make the theft public have led Malaysians to be cynical about Musa's 
> statement.
>
> Perhaps the police took all that time to go beyond the three airmen 
> and came up naught.
>
> Perhaps, no matter how improbable, it is the truth.
>
> Perhaps Musa is a fan of Sherlock Holmes.
>
>
>       Related Articles
>
>     * Missing jet engines: Police re-submit papers to A-G's Chambers
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/47992-missing-jet-engines-police-re-submit-papers-to-a-gs-chambers>
>     * The engine of political fraud in Malaysia --- Fahri Azzat
>       (loyarburok.com)
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/47973-the-engine-of-political-fraud-in-malaysia--fahri-azzat-loyarburokcom>
>     * Rasional ganti MiG-29N --- Azmi Hassan
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/47960-rasional-ganti-mig-29n--azmi-hassan>
>     * Missing jet engines issue will be explained to people
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/47946-missing-jet-engines-issue-will-be-explained-to-people>
>     * Sebuah lagi rekod dunia tercipta sebelum 2009 berakhir
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/amin-iskandar/47760-sebuah-lagi-rekod-dunia-tercipta-sebelum-2009-berakhir->
>     * All eyes on Najib to come clean --- Pauline Ng
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/47750-all-eyes-on-najib-to-come-clean--pauline-ng>
>     * Pakatan calls for royal probe into jet engine thefts
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/47677-pakatan-calls-for-royal-probe-into-jet-engine-thefts>
>     * Stolen jet engines found in Argentina
>       <http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/47623-stolen-jet-engines-found-in-argentina->
>
>
> *
>
> ooroo
>
> Bad typists of the word, untie.
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