Saturday, February 21, 2026
The Tragic Death of Caliph Uthman (Part 2)
Here is a video that may be of some interest: The Tragic Death of Caliph Uthman (Part 2)
Click here for the video: https://youtu.be/jKriJbbV43Q?si=Jvjq0WSeErHSR0Gv
Source: The History by Al-Tabari, Volume 15: The Crisis of the Early Caliphate: The Reign of 'Uthman A.D. 644-656 / A.H. 24-35 (translated by R. Stephen Humphreys).
Here is a brief (AI generated) of the video:
The video, "The Tragic Death of Caliph Uthman (Part 2)," details the escalating conflict and eventual assassination of Caliph Uthman.
It begins with the rebels besieging Uthman's house in Medina, cutting off food and water supplies (0:03).
The video highlights a controversial letter, allegedly bearing Uthman's seal, that ordered harsh measures against dissenters, though Uthman denied writing it and some historians suggest Marwan Iban al-Hakam may have forged it (0:31-1:12).
The narrative then covers attempts by Ali (2:20) and Habiba (3:03) to provide aid, both of whom were met with disrespect by the rebels.
Aisha's departure for Mecca and her brother Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr's refusal to join her in supporting Uthman is also discussed (4:07). Uthman's desperate plea for help from Muawia Ibn Abi Sufyan in Syria is mentioned, as is the Syrian army's delayed arrival (5:37-6:55).
The video culminates in the rebels' final assault on Uthman's house, his defenders' valiant but ultimately futile efforts, and Uthman's assassination led by Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr and others (8:58-12:01).
The tragic aftermath includes Uthman's body lying unburied for three days, the family's appeal to Ali for burial permission, the community's initial rejection of his burial in the Muslim cemetery, and his eventual interment in a Jewish cemetery (12:26-13:15).
Years later, Muawia Ibn Abi Sufyan ordered Uthman's body transferred to the main Muslim cemetery (13:24-13:45).
The creator of the video used "The History by Al-Tabari, Volume 15: The Crisis of the Early Caliphate: The Reign of 'Uthman A.D. 644-656 / A.H. 24-35 (translated by R. Stephen Humphreys)" as a primary source for the information presented.
You can also watch Part 1 here :
https://youtu.be/By85QvcAfY4?si=Sa780ss47tYJOIuM
AGE OF BIG NAVAL GUNS IS BACK
Leisure reading on a Saturday. Well its not the 15 inch guns of the Bismarck or the 18 inch guns of the Yamato which could fire up to 40 kilometers away. The shells they fired was about the weight of a Volkswagen. That was over 80 years ago during the Second World War.
Today radar and computerised fire control provides much higher accuracy. Plus new artillery-shell technologies can hit a target up to 100 km away. Today's naval gun turrets are fully automated and do not need sailors to load, aim and fire the gun. The rate of fire is also rapid and a 6 inch naval gun can be fired at the speed of a hand bolted rifle.
Both the US and Russian navies are refurbishing some of their old battle-wagons to fire naval guns again. Firing naval guns is much cheaper than shooting missiles (over the same distances) because missiles can cost millions of US Dollars a piece whereas naval shells cost tens of thousands of Dollars. Longer range shells can cost more but they are still much cheaper than a missile.
Now the Chinese have come in with the improved, more efficient and much cheaper version. They have developed a naval gun that fires standard 155 mm (6.1 inch) artillery shells - used by land armies all over the world. The standard Chinese 155 mm artillery shell costs between US1,000 - US3,000 each.
Here is some copy paste:
155 mm artillery shells are the NATO and Western standard because they offer an optimal balance between range, destructive power, and portability, weighing roughly 45 kg or 100 pounds. Originating from a 19th-century French design, this caliber is highly versatile, easy to manufacture via hot forging, and compatible with widely used, mobile, long-range howitzers
The 155 mm artillery shell is the established 'gold standard'. The Chinese have decided to fire the 155 mm shell (6.1 inch) from naval guns. This is super cost efficient because they can use their standards stocks of 155 mm artillery shells.
This video here says the Chinese can fire this shell up to 100 km away. That would be rocket assisted shells or packed with higher explosive charges. Here is a brief video.
Friday, February 20, 2026
DAP MCA ELECTION PACT - CHINESE OPERA KAH?
It looks like it is now the turn of the PH to start cracking up.
First here is a strange piece of news:
Special Congress Review: DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook has announced that approximately 4,000 delegates will vote at a special congress on July 12, 2026, to decide whether party leaders should resign from their government and GLC positions while continuing to support the unity government in Parliament.
But why waste time with special congress?
And why wait until July 12, 2026?
So far away.
If you want to resign, then go ahead and resign today.
Do it now.
No one is going to believe you when you say you will resign in July or December. Why not just postpone until July 12, 2037?
to decide whether party leaders should resign from their government and GLC positions ??
So basically you are telling the Type M fellows, 'We are giving you six months notice. Maybe ah, just maybe, possibly, if the wind is blowing from the right direction, if the lalang is bending in the right direction, then maybe only lah - we will resign from our gomen and GLC positions in July'.
Do you seriously think the Type M fellows care about this type of 'no cojones' behaviour ka? If you want to quit from gomen positions, quit from GLC position, quit from PH just go ahead and do it now. Otherwise nobody is going to believe you. They will know you are just bullshitting.
No need to bullshit about wait until July lah, wait until 4,000 members come for Congress lah.
The Type M fellows are really laughing at this type of strange behaviour.
You really have no cojones. Telur Saiz D pun tak ada.
From what I hear the Chinese people are even more upset with the DAP. They really dont like all this gangster and mafia stories about Iceberg, Hamburg and Bloomberg. Not only the victims are Chinese businessmen but the mafia also are Type C gangsters.
Last time the Fei Low Kuey Teow seller used Bossku to steal our money - public funds.
Now the Type C gangsters are using the Type M to extort money from Chinese businessmen.
Well according to Bloomberg - 'allegedly'.
Ini macam pun boleh kah?
The Chinese people are really upset.
DAP lost 8-0 in the Sabah elections.
Now you are going to lose 40-0 in the General Elections
(which now people are saying will likely be in November this year).
Just last week the PH were crowing that PN is weakening because Bersatu has broken up into pieces. Well it looks like now the PH is also cracking up. Otherwise why did Anthony Loke make this strange announcement?
Other stories floating around say that Anthony Loke recently had a meeting with the MCA seniors. (Who is the fellow wearing the red shirt?). Anthony wants the MCA and DAP to 'cooperate' in the general elections. Election pact? From what I hear the MCA senior told Anthony Loke to go and talk to Wee Ka Siong.
Actually the PH is weaker than ever before. Ok lah the US Dollar came down to RM3.89. Now it is at RM3.90. The stock market is nothing to shout about. 'Index counters' are moving around.
Other than that nothing much is happening in the economy.
But all these corruption accusations and 'allegations' are going quite crazy. The Chegubard allegations about the army and navy corruption, the Agong's disappointment at all these allegations, now this iceberg, hamburg and Bloomberg stories all have one thing in common - they all started after 2022.
And just like Abdullah Badawi 2003 - 2009, Najib 2009 - 2018, Dr M 2.0 2018 - 2020 and until today TIME IS NOT ON THEIR SIDE. TIME IS THEIR WORST ENEMY.
Because the more time passes, the more they are screwing up. This screwing up started going bad from 2008 - eighteen years ago. It has not stopped.
2008 - they lost the 2/3 majority.
2018 they got kicked out.
2022 all of them lost. Hung Parliament.
2023 - they got their butts kicked in SIX state polls.
2025 they got their butts kicked in Sabah. DAP lost 8-0.
So you see TIME IS THEIR ENEMY.
Bcause they never asked you or me (Syed Akbar Ali)
What is it that you are unhappy about?
What can we do for you?
Instead I was listening to one of these dunggus saying he wants to widen the tax base. Collect more taxes. Burden the people more.
WHY? To fund more corruption, fund more Type C mafia gangsters, to fund more generals and admirals siphoning public funds. That is how I see it. So do 34 million other people.
So my advise to Anthony Loke is go ahead and 'cooperate' with the MCA.
Do a Chinese unity 'opera'.
My view is unity is always good for the country.
I would rather see the Chinese people united than divided into factions.
I would rather see the Indians united than being divided into factions.
I would rather see the Malays united than being divided into factions.
The same for the Dayaks and the Kadazan folks.
The less division in the country the less tensions and unhappiness.
The less division in the country the better chance of something good happening.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
USA SERIOUS MILITARY BUILD UP FOR IRAN STRIKE
- JPost Updated: FEBRUARY 18, 2026
- US military moved over 50 fighter jets to the Middle East in last 24 hours
- F-16, F-22, and F-35 jets observed heading to Middle East
- From The War Zone: https://www.twz.com/news-features
- large wave of American airpower heading toward Middle East
- F-22 Raptors, F-16, E-3 Sentry and U-2 spy plane in transit or arrived in Europe
- 36× F-16 (12 Aviano, 12 Spangdahlem, 12 McEntire JNGB)
- 12× F-22 from Langley, supported by multiple tanker waves
- Two E-3 AWACS landed at Mildenhall Air Base in the U.K.
- 18 F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters left Lakenheath for Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan
- seventh Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, deployed
- these movements in advance of sustained operation
- hundreds of aircraft enough for major operation for weeks not days
- likely see additional assets deploy in the coming days
- dozen F-22s left Langley Air Force Base in Virginia
- first destination Lakenheath Air Base in the U.K.
- F-22s Raptors protected B-2A stealth bombers last June’s attack on nuclear sites
- 4 days before Midnight Hammer, F-22s made similar transit across the Atlantic
- these jets played a key role in Midnight Hammer last June
- they don’t forward deploy F-22s to leave them hanging around for ages.
- Midnight Hammer saw 4 day gap between F-22s arriving and the strike ops
My Comments:
It costs billions of US Dollars to move that many air and naval assets thousands of kilometers from the US, Europe and Asia into position around Iran. Two aircraft carrier groups (USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald Ford) are also being deployed in the region - at full combat readiness.
The entire Israeli Defence Forces, especially the Israeli Airforce and all their air bases are also at full combat readiness for any strike against Iran.
The Americans have forward air base support in Jordan (Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan - picture above) and I am guessing the Israelis already have secret naval and air bases in the new Somaliland.
Will they strike Iran? President Trump said most recently that they already have the people to take over a new leadership in Iran. Lets see what happens.
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