Three Asian Countries Sign Antiterrorism Pact

Military leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore today signed an “immediate execution order” for patrolling the Malacca Strait, a waterway through which half the world’s oil shipments pass, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 7).

The three countries bordering the strait would provide 15-20 ships to guard the 500-mile waterway year-round against terrorism and piracy, according to AFP.

Some international terrorism experts have played down the maritime terrorism threat. However, Singapore military chief Ng Yat Chung said pirates and terrorists could collaborate.

“The marrying of terrorism and piracy is of course a very bleak scenario for us and that is something we should not rule out,” Ng said (Victor Tjahjadi, Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, July 20).

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