Previously the only incidents with possible links to Islamic terrorism have been the detonation of a small bomb in Kuala Lumpur's Puduraya bus station and more significantly the 2000 Sauk raid[REF] by Al-Ma'unah militants, an audacious raid to steal weapons from a military base to arm an Islamic insurrection [REF].
In assessing the tactics, strength, equipment, personnel and abilities as a whole of the Malaysian special forces, they are equal in competence with the special forces teams of Indonesia, Britain and the United States.