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Defending Singapore's vital infrastructure against terrorism

Launching the book “The Fight Against Terror Singapore's National Security Strategy,” on 27 August 2004, Dr Tony Tan, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, described Singapore as ‘an iconic target’ for the terrorists. Despite a significant number of arrests of militants belonging to the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network, Singapore remains a prime target for terrorists. This becomes more salient especially in the context of the transnational terrorism, in which the threat has shifted from the groups to a cadre of highly motivated and resourceful individuals, who are capable of conducting terrorist campaigns on their own. Since terrorists always seek to attract attention to their cause, howsoever distorted it may appear to be, a successful strike in Singapore would get the sort of international publicity that they aspire for. In their mind, they would have attacked a well-developed, prosperous, multi-ethnic and US-allied state.