Editing Singapore embassies attack plot (section)

==JI branch in Singapore==
The Singapore JI branch was started as early as 1993, when [[Ibrahim Maidin]] underwent military training in Afghanistan and was subsequently appointed leader of JI in Singapore. By conducting religious classes, Maidin began recruiting other members into the JI organisation.<ref name="emergencyNet">{{cite news | title = Major Terrorist Plot in Singapore Discovered; al-Qaeda Believed Well Established in the Asian Region | url = http://www.emergency.com/2002/Singapore_terror02.htm | publisher = EmergencyNet News | author = Jeremy Zakis, and Steve Macko | date = 12 January 2002 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071104160212/http://www.emergency.com/2002/Singapore_terror02.htm | archive-date = 4 November 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

At least eight of the sleeper cell members had received training in Afghanistan. [[Riduan Isamuddin]], the leader of JI who is better known as Hambali, had arranged their travels to Pakistan, using false documents and cover stories that they were accepted by a religious school for religious studies. They stayed in an [[al-Qaeda safe house]] in Pakistan before travelling to Afghanistan, where they received training in the use of [[AK-47]]s, [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]]s, and military tactics.<ref name="emergencyNet"/> Several members also attended a training camp in southern Philippines, known as [[Camp Hudaybiyya]], set up by [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] (MILF) and run by Indonesian JI members.<ref name="whitepaper2003">{{cite news | title = White Paper – The Jemaah Islamiyah Arrests and The Threat of Terrorism | publisher = Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore | date = 9 January 2003 | url = http://www2.mha.gov.sg/mha/detailed.jsp?artid=667&type=4&root=0&parent=0&cat=0 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030119044230/http://www2.mha.gov.sg/mha/detailed.jsp?artid=667&type=4&root=0&parent=0&cat=0 | archive-date = 19 January 2003 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

The Singapore branch of JI was organised into at least three groups. The first cell, which was called "''Fiah Ayub''" (first cell) and the second cell was called "''Fiah Musa''". The Singapore branch was headed by Ibrahim Maidin and [[Faiz bin Abi Bakar Bafana]] was the second in command. The Singapore branch was under the command of a Malaysia-based leadership structure called a regional ''shura'' (consultative council), within the larger network of JI organisation in Southeast Asia. Members of the cell did not attend local mosque or made little contact with other mainstream [[Islam]]ic organisations in the country. The group operated in tight secrecy and were using code words in their communication.