New JI Leaders Plotting Attacks Says Minister
From Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/05/1091557981733.html
August 5, 2004 - 4:06PM
Regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah has replenished its leadership and there are indications the al-Qaeda linked organisation is planning fresh attacks, Singapore's home affairs minister said today.
The stark message from Wong Kan Seng echoes recent warnings from other ministers in Singapore that despite action by anti-terror forces around the region, the terror network, which intends to create a Pan-Islamic state across South-East Asia, has yet to be broken.
"Though some of the Jemaah Islamiah leaders have been caught, younger ones have risen to take their place and sleepers may have been roused to prepare for activation," Wong said at a ceremony to mark Singapore's National Day, which is on August 9.
Wong said key JI plotters - Malaysians Azahari Husin, Noordin Mohamed Top, Dulmatin, and Indonesian Zulkarnaen - were still at large and "are said to be planning the next attack".
He did not elaborate.
The first three are explosives experts, and each is said to have played a key role in the preparation and execution of the Bali bombings in October 2002. Zulkarnaen has been named as the organisation's operations chief, replacing Hambali who was arrested last year.
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