The report said:
Singapore’s Orchard train station was circled on a map of the city-state’s rail network found at the home of Ahmad Sayid Maulana, who was shot during a raid in East Jakarta on May 12, the newspaper said, citing the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Singapore’s Internal Security Department sent a team to Jakarta to discuss the findings with Indonesia’s police, the nation’s Home Affairs Ministry said in an e-mailed statement.
“We are aware of the items recovered and the speculations and possibilities that the terrorists could have been planning an attack against Singapore, and we are investigating,” the ministry said. “We should also keep in mind that Singapore has been and remains a target for terrorists and we must always maintain our vigilance.”
Police also found a map of the General Santos International Airport in Mindanao, southern Philippines, and 11,517 Malaysian ringgit ($3,550) at Maulana’s house, the report said.
In sharp contrast, The Star reported HERE today:
Three suspected Islamic militants were arrested Thursday as Indonesian counterterrorism police continued raids against alleged members of a new terrorist group.Read both reports carefully (or even the many other reports HERE or even the TAIPEH TIMES or AFP report HERE) and you may notice a startling fact.
National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Zainuri Lubis said the men arrested Thursday in the Central Java town of Sukoharjo are suspected of belonging to al-Qaida in Aceh, a terrorist group whose training camp was raided in February.
"We suspect that they are linked to several bombings in Indonesia," Lubis said.
The men were flown to the national police detention center in the capital, Jakarta, for further investigation.
Police seized two assault rifles, a revolver, a pistol disguised as a pen, thousands of bullets, bulletproof vests and several books about jihad from their home.
At least 19 suspects have been arrested in the last week in an anti-terrorism crackdown that comes ahead of the anticipated June visit by President Barack Obama.
Those killed Wednesday included Saptono, who goes by a single name, a suspect in the 2004 attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and Ahmad Maulana, who is said to have received militant training in the southern Philippines.
Police are still identifying the three others.
Indonesia, which has the world's biggest Muslim population, has been engaged in a long battle against militant extremist groups.
In February it broke up a paramilitary training camp in western Indonesia run by the previously unknown al-Qaida in Aceh, a splinter of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian terror group blamed for deadly bombings here in recent years.
I find the news very disturbing and pray that peace will prevail and that there will be no more terrorist attacks anywhere.
I called my former student in Bangkok last night and she was in tears as she told me what she saw and how she escaped safely. I pray that Thais will be able to find a peaceful solution to their conflict.
May we always treasure peace, safety and security in our nation and may we work towards bridging the divide and not worsening it.
Catherine Peace is my greatest treasure!