Posted on 08/07/2016 7:02:39 PM PDT by djsunzi
Six suspects were arrested in an alleged plot to launch a rocket attack on Singapore's Marina Bay from the Indonesian island of Batam, Indonesian media reported Friday.
Singapore's Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen confirmed in a Facebook post late Friday that one of the alleged plans of the group of suspects was to use rockets to attack targets in Marina Bay from Batam.
"We should assume that there may be more plots, other terror cells on the lookout for ways, and new munitions to penetrate our defenses," Ng said.
Parts of the Batam Island are as little as 20 kilometers away from Singapore, although it wasn't immediately clear where the attackers were based.
Singapore's Marina Bay area is home to both office towers and one of the city-state's casino-resorts, complete with three hotel towers, a convention center, shopping mall, science museum and casino.
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Shall I guess their religion?
The crusaders had the will, we have the way.
What kind of govt does Singapore have? Are they first world, developing nation, third world?
It’s in asia somewhere, i’m pretty sure :)
I get better answers on FR than I do on wikipedia.
What do they have, muslim troubles?
Indonesia
population: 204,847,000
Percent Muslim: 87.2
Saudi Arabia:
population: 25,493,000
Percent Muslim: 97.1
There are probably more muslims in Indonesia than in all the middle east.
Unfortunately, it is a multicultural republic.
Ooh! I am flying through Changi on Saturday to Jakarta.
Be safe Jemian!!
First world, in every way. And they have a reputation for quietly disposing of any Muslim extremists who dare to arise.
But wait, Riot Days? Oh My, Dare I ask "why?"
My question is where did they get rockets that can fly 20 kilometers and hit targets with any precision.
Probably from Obama and Hillary.
Singapore is well developed, strong in high-tech and commerce, but also highly controlled. But it’s a tiny nation off the tip of Malaysia but closely adjacent to Indonesia, which is Muslim. So, conflict is inevitable.
You can drive (as I did) from Singapore to Malaysia, which is a contrast of development and cleanliness like Israel and Egypt.
In Singapore you have the Chinese from the the Tonkean and Fukien provinces of China who emigrated generations ago along with some people from India. Many of the original Maylays intermarried with them.
But when you cross the border into Malaysia, it seemed to me, in the 80’s, it was all Malay and all Muslim.
Remember, the Japanese conquered Singapore by biking in.
These jihadist don’t need fancy transport.
wow. Thanks man. Are there REAL elections. Is there a president or prime minister. Thanks ahead of time!
I finally looked at a map. Didn’t know Indonesia and Singapore were that for south in Asia.
Didn’t know Laos was it’s own country lol.
If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at.
What kind of gov’t does Laos have? Didn’t they let us run operations out of there during Vietnam?
What kind of gov does Indonesia have?
The Japanese reached Singapore?!?!
My history sucks.
What did they just keep going south until the reached the water, the Japanese?
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