Editing Singapore embassies attack plot (section)

==Embassies attack plot==
In early October 2001, [[Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi]], also known as Mike, and [[Mohammed Jabarah]], also known as Sammy, flew to Singapore and directed the sleeper cell to conduct "final reconnaissance" and video recordings of potential targets. The two operatives gave instructions to the cell to prepare for attacks in Singapore. Among the targets were U.S. and Israeli Embassies, British and Australian High Commissions, the Singapore American School, and commercial buildings housing US firms. They planned to launch the attacks in December 2001/January 2002 or April/May 2002.<ref name="whitepaper2003"/>

Philippine authorities said that al-Ghozi, a bombmaker, had three Philippine passports and an Indonesian passport. Investigators later revealed al-Ghozi's ties with [[Abu Bakar Bashir]], the alleged spiritual head of [[Jemaah Islamiyah]]. al-Ghozi had studied in Bashir's religious school in Indonesia for six years.<ref name="FinancialTimes26012002"/> The other man, Sammy, was later identified as [[Mohd Mansour Jabarah]], a Canadian national of Arab descent, who was in US custody (as of 2003) and sentenced to life in prison in 2008.

The cell members then set off to procure 17 tons of explosives, especially that of precursor [[ammonium nitrate]], along with trucks and [[chemical]]s. JI has close ties with [[Kumpulan Militan Malaysia]] (KMM), a militant group in Malaysia. [[Yazid Sufaat]], a KMM member, had purchased 4 tons of ammonium nitrate which were already made available to the Singapore cell for the bombings. In an interview on PBS, [[Lee Kuan Yew]] pointed out that each bomb would be twice the size of the [[Oklahoma City bombing|one detonated]] by [[Timothy McVeigh]] at the [[Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building|Alfred P. Murrah building]] in [[Oklahoma City]].