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THE Singapore Government disclosed on Thursday that the Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) had plans to mount terrorist attacks on Singapore targets, including key water pipelines and the defence ministry headquarters in Bukit Gombak. Other sites surveyed by members of the group included Jurong Island and Changi Airport. Jurong Island, off the south-western coast of Singapore, is home to several chemical factories. Along with some details of these plans, a Government statement unveiled the identities of the 21 Singaporeans detained under the Internal Security Act on Aug 16. The Government believes that with these 21 now under custody, the Singapore...

INGAPORE, Jan. 25 — Shortly after the United States began bombing Afghanistan on Oct. 7, a 30-year- old Indonesian traveling on a false Filipino passport slipped into this tightly controlled city-state carrying a plan to strike back at America. His mission, investigators say, was to activate a "sleeper cell" of Islamic militants who had long been waiting for a call from Al Qaeda's leaders in Afghanistan. This group, which had been loosely organized for eight years, began planning to blow up the embassies of the United States, Israel, Australia and Britain, the investigators say. The plot was foiled when 13 ...