Singapore terror suspect nabbed

US warships were to be the target of terror attacks at Singapore naval bases

MANILA, Philippines -- A Filipino man has been arrested in connection with a plan to attack U.S., British, Australian and Israeli targets in Singapore.

Philippine army leaders said Hussain Ramos confessed to providing explosives to an Indonesian who was helping plan the terrorist attack.

Officials said Ramos, 35, was helping members of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamic extremist group that authorities say is linked to al Qaeda.

He was arrested Monday in Marawi, in the southern Philippines, an army statement said.

Officials say Jemaah Islamiyah allegedly planned to attack U.S. military personnel and naval vessels as well as the British High Commission, the Israeli Embassy and the Australian High Commission in Singapore.

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The statement said Ramos was implicated by Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, an Indonesian, who told police he helped plan a series of almost simultaneous bombings that killed 22 people in Manila in 2000. He has been in custody since January.

Al-Ghozi, 31, pleaded guilty in April to explosives possession after leading Philippine police earlier this year to a ton of TNT that officials say was to be used for terrorist attacks in Singapore.

Also found were 300 detonators, six 436-yard rolls of detonating cord and 17 M-16 assault rifles.

The army statement said the explosives had been provided by Ramos, also known as Ali Ramos and Abu Ali.

Backyard cache

During interrogation, Ramos "admitted his participation in the procurement of boxes of explosives sometime during the recent Ramadan [November 15 -December 17] to be transported to Singapore," the statement said.

Ramos' arrest is the latest made in connection with planned terrorist activities in Singapore.

Al-Ghozi has been held in custody since January

In January, the Singapore government said it had broken up a network of militants targeting the U.S. embassy and American businesses after arresting 15 people with suspected links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group.

Al-Ghozi, sentenced to 10 to 12 years on the explosives charge, is believed to be a leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah.

He also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining two Philippine passports after the Manila bombings.

He has not been charged for those attacks, but officials said he could face multiple counts of murder.