Leadership:  Abu Bakar Bashir, et. all
Activities:  Began developing plans in 1997 to target US interests in Singapore and, in 1999, conducted videotaped casings of potential US targets in preparation for multiple attacks in Singapore. A cell in Singapore acquired four tons of ammonium nitrate (fertilizer bomb material), which has not yet been found.  In December 2001, Singapore authorities arrested 15 Jemaah Islamiyah members, some of whom had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, who planned to attack the US and Israeli Embassies and British and Australian diplomatic buildings in Singapore. Additionally, the Singapore police discovered forged immigration stamps, bombmaking materials, and al-Qaida-related material in several suspects’ homes.

External Aid:  Largely unknown, probably self-financing; possible al-Qaida support.

Strength: Malaysian cells may comprise 200 member, other locations unknown.

Links:  Al-Qaeda training camp in Poso, Indonesia many other run training camps in Indonesia.  May also be linked to other regional terrorist groups such as Laskar Jihad and to the Philippines' Abu Sayyaf..

Detainees in Guantanimo

Detainees in Guantanimo