2001 JI Singapore bombing plot
Disrupted Terrorist Plotting| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | Jemaah Islamiya | |
| Possible Target(s) | U.S., Israeli, British, Australian and Singapore targets1 | |
| Center of Gravity | Singapore | |
 | Plot Started | 2001 | |
| Plot Ended | December 20011 | |
| Outcome | Broken up by arrests | ||
| Connected | Hambali (Organizer) 1, Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi (Facilitator) 1 | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | In December 2001, Singapore authorities arrested 13 JI members, eight of whom had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, who planned to bomb the U.S. and Israeli Embassies, British and Australian diplomatic buildings, and U.S. and Singapore defense targets in Singapore. Members of the group had conducted videotaped surveillance of the potential targets, and had already acquired explosives in preparation for the attacks. Singapore police discovered tampered passports, forged immigration stamps, bomb making manuals, and al-Qaida-related material in several suspects? homes. In addition, a copy of a videotape made by certain members of the group and showing intended targets in Singapore was found in the wreckage of an al-Qaida leader?s house in Afghanistan in December 2001.1 | |
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| 1Press release JS-700, U.S. Department of Treasury, Sept. 5, 2003. | |||
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