Singapore Arrests 21 Terror Suspects Linked to Al-Qaeda

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Singapore Arrests 21 Terror Suspects Linked to Al-Qaeda

Singapore authorities have arrested 21 people on suspicion most of them belong to an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that was plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy, the government said Monday.

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Singapore authorities have arrested 21 people on suspicion most of them belong to an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that was plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy, the government said Monday.

All the suspects were Singaporean citizens, the Ministry of Home Affairs said without releasing details of their arrests last month. None of them have been charged with any crimes, although they remain detained as allowed by the Internal Security Act.

The ministry said 19 of the suspects belong to Jemaah Islamiyah, a hardline Islamic group that authorities here say has cells throughout Southeast Asia �� a region increasingly regarded as a second front in the global war on terror.

That fact was highlighted last week when U.S. embassies in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam shut down because of security threats preceding the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States.

Singapore, a key U.S. regional ally, last year arrested 13 alleged Jemaah Islamiyah members, claiming they planned to attack the U.S. Embassy and other Western interests in the wealthy city state.

Source: Agencies

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