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  Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Al-Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyah planned to bomb the embassies of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel in Singapore and several other targets in Singapore.
On 7 October, 2001, a 30-year old Indonesian using a false Filipino passport and a Kuwaiti on a false Canadian passport were sent to Singapore to activate a sleeper cell.
According to the Singaporean government, at least eight of sleeper cell members were trained in Afghanistan, and none of them went to the local mosque or even made contact with any local Islamic organizations.
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 Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On 7 October, 2001, a 30-year old Indonesia n using a false Filipino passport and a Kuwait i on a false Canadian passport were sent to Singapore to activate a sleeper cell.
Singapore Consulate of the Republic of Singapore in Dhaka, with information on visas and applying for one, and links to Singapore websites.
Korean Anti-Americanism and 9-11 Terrorist Memorial Excerpts from Koreans protesting American involvement in other countries with an emphasis on the World Trace Center terrorist attack.
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 Malaysia arrests 'suicide bombers in Singapore attack plot'
ALAYSIA has arrested three members of a terrorist suicide bomb squad involved in a thwarted plot to attack Western embassies in Singapore, officials said.
The plot was smashed in December and January when Singaporean and Malaysian police arrested scores of suspects.
Jemaah Islamiah is blamed for a string of attacks and plots in the region, culminating in the bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali last month, killing nearly 200 people.
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 List of terrorist incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 31: * JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait.
February 25: Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian civilians in an attack in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
July 26: Israeli Embassy Attack in London and a Jewish charity are car-bombed, wounding 20.
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 Arrests in Singapore linked to al-Qaida
Authorities in Singapore say that the arrest of fifteen Islamic militants may have foiled a plot to bomb foreign targets on the island.
A day before Singapore announced the breakup of the cell, the government of Malaysia had announced the arrest of 13 suspects linked to al-Qaida and to three men accused of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
Singapore's Muslim leaders have thrown their support behind the government, pointing out that those arrested were not mainstream Muslims.
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 Militant Provides Details of Singapore Bomb Plot
A videotape was also found which contained footage of embassies, a subway station, and other potential targets, along with details of where bombs could be planted in Singapore to attack Americans.
The actual attacks would be carried out by suicide bombers brought in by Sammy, by which time, the local cell members were to have left the country.
Singapore government sources said the arrest of the local members of the cell thwarted "a serious effort to launch attacks." However, the two al-Qaida experts managed to slip out of the country sometime in late December.
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 Al-Qaida - dKosopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The largest attacks for which al-Qaida is believed to have been responsible were the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Washington DC.
The first terrorist attack that al-Qaida allegedly carried out consisted of three bombings which were targeted at U.S. troops in Aden, Yemen, in December 1992.
The most destructive terrorist act ascribed to al-Qaida was the series of attacks in the U.S.A. on September 11th, 2001, an attack the group's spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith defended on widely-distributed videos in October 2001.
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 List of terrorist incidents - Simple English Wikipedia
1997 A terrorist opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself.
A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine".
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 Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Al-Qaida and JemaahIslamiyah planned to bomb the embassies of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel in Singapore and several other targets in Singapore.
On 7 October 2001, a 30-year old Indonesian using a false Filipino passport and a Kuwaiti on a false Canadian passport were sent to Singapore to activate asleeper cell.
According to the Singaporean government, at least eight of sleeper cell members were trained in Afghanistan, and none of them went to the local mosque or evenmade contact with any local Islamic organizations.
www.therfcc.org /singapore-embassies-terrorist-attack-plot-195671.html   (277 words)

  
 CNN.com - Australia plans 'fortress' embassies - Dec. 25, 2002
The embassy, which is currently located in Manila's Makati financial distict, has been the scene recently of protests by Filipinos angry at what they say is Australia's "arrogant" attitude towards its Southeast Asian neighbors and its decision to upgrade travel alerts concerning the Philippines.
The embassies will be set well back from the street, fenced off and blocked by structures such as concrete bollards to prevent car or truck bomb attacks, the newspaper says.
The Australian embassy in Singapore was also included in part of a thwarted terrorist bomb plot earlier this year.
www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/12/25/australia.embassies/index.html   (529 words)

  
 Singapore releases details of suspected terrorist plot
The disclosures came just days after Singapore announced the December arrests of 15 suspected Islamic militants who the government said were involved in an attack plan in the Southeast Asian city-state.
The Singapore government said the suspects had planned to blow up a shuttle bus ferrying U.S. military personnel between a naval base and a subway station - in addition to U.S. naval vessels in the waters northeast of Singapore.
The videotape and handwritten notes, which detailed plans to attack Americans in Singapore, were "found in the rubble of an al-Qaida leader's house in Afghanistan," the ministry said.
www.dailypress.com /features/bal-te.singapore12jan12,0,7636747.story   (738 words)

  
 NewsMine.org - alqaeda singapore plot.txt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One of the ringleaders of the Singapore embassy-bombing plot is a man code-named "Sammy," Singaporean authorities have said.
Singapore said it arrested six suspects by the time an incriminating videotape and handwritten notes were found in the rubble of an al-Qaeda leader's home in Afghanistan.
NBC said U.S. and Singapore authorities last December exposed the plot to blow up the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Singapore, as well as the offices of the British and Australian governments and commercial buildings housing American companies there.
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 Plot to blow up four embassies revealed on Afghan video: SINGAPORE BOMB CONSPIRACY
All three were to have been reduced to rubble last December, in a plot that revealed the extensive crossborder organisation of a key affiliate of al-Qaeda.
A copy of the videotape showing the terrorists' targets was found in an al-Qaeda safehouse in Afghanistan and passed on to the Singaporeans in late December.
Based on information provided by Singapore, al-Ghozi was arrested in Manila in mid-January, though not before he had bought a ton of Anzomex explosive, 300 detonators, six 400m rolls of detonating cord and 17 M16 assault rifles and hidden them on Mindanao.
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 Singapore Airlines Flight 6 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Singapore Airlines Flight 6
Singapore Airlines Flight 6 is not available in the Hutchinson encyclopedia.
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 iafrica.com | news | terrorism | world reaction Singapore discloses terrorist plans
Goh yesterday cautioned Singaporeans against blaming the country's significant Malay community, most of whom are Muslim, saying that the 13 people arrested for allegedly plotting to attack US targets do not represent the majority.
On Friday, the government disclosed details of their plans, among them an alleged plot to attack a bus carrying US military personnel and bomb US naval ships on Singapore's northeast coast.
Bin Laden is wanted by the United States for allegedly masterminding the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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 Database of Events from October 1998 - December 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks it was reported that the Taliban had placed bin Laden under house arrest, and publicly ordered him to cease terrorist activities on Afghan soil.
CIA officers at the embassy remained in contact with him for nearly a month before deciding that he was too unreliable to be a useful agent inside Egypt, officials said.
Two sons of an Egyptian cleric convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in New York City have joined the terrorist organization of Osama bin Laden, which is suspected of carrying out deadly bombings against two U.S. embassies in east Africa, CNN has learned.
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 VOANews.com - Thailand Thwarts Plot to Attack Foreign Embassies During ASEAN Meeting
JI is accused of a number of terrorist bombings in the region, including the bombing last October on the Indonesian resort island of Bali that killed more than 200 people.
Arifin is said to have fled to Thailand from Singapore in January 2002, during a police crackdown on a group allegedly preparing to bomb embassies and key buildings.
Such material could be used by terrorists to produce a so-called "dirty bomb," which can contaminate an area with radioactive fall-out when it explodes.
globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2003/06/sec-030614-voa01.htm   (369 words)

  
 Singapore embassies attack plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan by the Al-Qaida-affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the embassies of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel in Singapore and several other targets in Singapore.
Besides the embassies, the targets the plotters were believed to have been scouted included a United States Navy bus, US warplanes at an air base, US warships, and US companies and businesses.
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 Encyclopedia: Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot
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 Singapore sees Islamist plot / Officials say militant forged five-nation alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Among the projects contemplated by the groups, officials said, were attacks on pipelines in Singapore that transport water from the island's northern neighbor, Malaysia.
Isamuddin's strategy was to foment ethnic strife between Singapore's majority Chinese community and the majority Muslim population of Malaysia, creating "a situation which would make Muslims respond to calls for jihad," the officials said.
For this particular plot, Isamuddin drew upon members of the Jemaah Islamiah organization in Singapore and Malaysia, which he headed and had steered increasingly toward armed activities and away from traditional Islamic proselytizing, officials said.
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 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Asked whether he approved of terrorism and of attacks on civilians, he replied: "We believe that the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists are the Americans.
In this period, other prominent attacks in which Bin Ladin's involvement is at best cloudy are the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, a plot that same year to destroy landmarks in New York, and the 1995 Manila air plot to blow up a dozen U.S. airliners over the Pacific.
The attacks on the U.S. embassies in East Africa in the summer of 1998 would take a different form-planned, directed, and executed by al Qaeda, under the direct supervision of Bin Ladin and his chief aides.
www.9-11commission.gov /report/911Report_Ch2.htm   (10118 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Singapore foils plot by militants
Apart from American targets, military installations were to have been attacked by the terrorist gang.
The 13 were said to be linked to Zacarias Moussaoui, who has appeared in court in America over his alleged role in the September 11 attacks.
There are no signs of rising racial tension in Singapore, but there have been calls for restraint and calm among the Chinese, Malay and Indian communities.
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 Bomb plot shows terrorist resolve | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Since Sept. 11, terrorist plots have been thwarted both in the United States and overseas – in Singapore, Spain, and France – according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.
For example, in January plots to blow up the US Embassy and attack American military interests in Singapore were foiled by the arrests in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines of alleged members of Al Qaeda terrorist cells.
Other information on potential attacks has come from Al Qaeda detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as from top Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah, who was captured in Pakistan in March and is being held by US officials in an undisclosed location.
www.csmonitor.com /2002/0611/p01s01-usju.html   (863 words)

  
 Singapore releases details of suspected terrorist plot - OrlandoSentinel.com:
SINGAPORE - Singapore released details yesterday of what it said was an elaborate plot by al-Qaida terrorists to blow up Western embassies, U.S. naval vessels and a bus carrying American soldiers.
It said the 13 will be held for two years under the Internal Security Act, which allows detention without trial for anyone deemed a national security threat.
Also found "was a list of over 200 U.S. companies in Singapore," it said.
www.orlandosentinel.com /bal-te.singapore12jan12,0,2409723.story   (839 words)

  
 List of terrorist incidents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
January 31: * JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell Oil facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait.
February 24: An armed man opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself.
November 17: Islamic gunmen attack tourists in Luxor, Egypt, killing 71 people, most of them European and Japanese vacationers.
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 Terrorist Attack _______________ Information Only   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The group is accused of plotting to blow up Western embassies and U.S. naval vessels in Singapore and of aiding two of the Sept. 11 hijackers during a trip they made to Malaysia in 2000.
If that is correct, it raises tantalizing questions about whether suspects in Italy had advance knowledge of the plot by the Sept. 11 hijackers, an elite group whose operation appears to have been tightly compartmentalized for maximum secrecy.
The comments about major attacks could conceivably refer to other plots, such as a foiled one to use an airplane against world leaders assembled for a summit in Genoa, Italy, in July 2001.
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 Terrorist Attack _______________ Information Only   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One of the suicide attacks launched by the group on the Kashmir headquarters of the Indian Army on the eve of Chrismas in 2000 involved a British Muslim - Mohammad Bilal.
However, federal prosecutors argued in the embassy bombing trial that Bin Laden's 1998 edict, issued under the banner "International Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders," had its roots in the 1993 attacks on U.S. troops in Somalia.
During the embassy bombing trial, federal prosecutors argued that Al Qaeda was involved in the Somalian conflict.
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