The man said to be behind a plot to blow up the United States Embassy in Singapore was also the business partner of an Afghan terrorist. He helped the terrorist to finance a 1995 plot to blow up 12 US jetliners over the Pacific Ocean, according to documents and officials in Malaysia and the Philippines. Indonesian cleric Riduan Isamuddin, 37 - better known as Hambali - has also been linked to two Sept 11 hijackers. He has emerged in recent weeks as the South-east Asia operations director for Al-Qaeda.
Excerpted from a more detailed article in Straits Times. Good reading. |