Iran-backed militia commander made repeated bids to visit Singapore, says ISD新加坡情报局称，一名伊朗支持的民兵指挥官曾多次试图访问新加坡。
SINGAPORE, Sept 10 — A commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who allegedly plotted attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, Canada and the United States tried to enter...
A senior figure in an Iran-backed Iraqi militia allegedly plotting attacks on Jewish targets tried to enter Singapore multiple times, according to the city-state's security agency.
Singapore's Internal Security Department stated that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, in US custody, applied for visas but was denied entry due to terrorism concerns.
Singapore's agency highlighted the threat stemming from Middle East conflicts, impacting South-east Asia, and working with partners to investigate Al-Saadi's regional activities.
SINGAPORE, Sept 10 — A commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who allegedly plotted attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, Canada and the United States tried to enter Singapore on multiple occasions, the city-state’s security agency said Thursday.
Singapore said it would not have allowed Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi to enter the country, but warned the case highlighted how conflicts in the Middle East could raise terrorism risks in South-east Asia.
In an annual terrorism threat assessment report, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said that Al-Saadi, who is in US custody awaiting trial, applied for visas to visit Singapore in 2023 and 2024.
“Baqer had applied for visas to visit Singapore on three separate occasions in 2023 and 2024, but did not eventually travel to Singapore,” the agency said.
The ISD said it believed Al-Saadi had travelled elsewhere in Southeast Asia during that period.
“Had he attempted to enter Singapore, he would have been denied entry,” it added.
“We do not discount the possibility that Baqer’s travel to this region could have been for terrorism purposes, and he could have set his sights on targeting Singapore, including US and Israeli/Jewish interests here.”
The agency said it was working with intelligence partners to investigate his activities.
The ISD cited the case as an example of how overseas conflicts “have heightened the threat of attack against Singapore” and South-east Asia.
Singapore and the region “continue to feel the ripple effects of the geopolitical tensions and instability in the Middle East,” it said.
Activities by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its network of armed proxies “have elevated the threat of terrorism beyond the immediate theatre of conflict in the Middle East,” it added.
US prosecutors identified Al-Saadi in charges filed in May as a senior figure in Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iraqi armed group designated by Washington as a terrorist organisation linked to the IRGC.
According to US authorities, he directed and encouraged attacks on US and Israeli interests, and urged the killing of Americans and Jews in retaliation for the war against Iran.
He was arrested in Turkey before being transferred to the United States, where he remains in custody awaiting trial.
Kataeb Hezbollah has denied that Al-Saadi is a member of the group.
South-east Asia has been a target of militant attacks in the past, including the 2002 nightclub bombings in the Indonesian resort island of Bali that killed 202 people. — AFP
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据新加坡安全机构称，一名伊朗支持的伊拉克民兵组织的高级成员曾多次试图进入新加坡，该组织涉嫌策划袭击犹太目标。
新加坡内部安全部门表示，被美国拘留的穆罕默德·巴格尔·萨阿德·达乌德·萨阿迪申请签证，但因恐怖主义担忧而被拒绝入境。
新加坡的机构强调了中东冲突对东南亚造成的威胁，并与合作伙伴共同调查萨阿迪在该地区的活动。
新加坡，9 月 10 日——新加坡安全机构周四表示，一名据称策划袭击欧洲、加拿大和美国犹太目标的伊朗支持的伊拉克民兵指挥官曾多次试图进入新加坡。
新加坡表示，不会允许穆罕默德·巴格尔·萨阿德·达乌德·萨阿迪入境，但警告说，此案凸显了中东冲突如何增加东南亚的恐怖主义风险。
新加坡内部安全部 (ISD) 在年度恐怖主义威胁评估报告中表示，目前被美国拘留等待审判的萨阿迪已申请在 2023 年和 2024 年访问新加坡的签证。
“巴格尔曾在 2023 年和 2024 年三次申请赴新加坡签证，但最终都没有前往新加坡，”该机构表示。
情报部门表示，他们认为萨阿迪在此期间曾前往东南亚其他地方。
声明还补充说：“如果他试图进入新加坡，将被拒绝入境。”
“我们不排除巴格尔前往该地区是为了实施恐怖主义活动的可能性，他可能将目标锁定在新加坡，包括美国和以色列/犹太人在新加坡的利益。”
该机构表示，他们正在与情报伙伴合作调查他的活动。
新加坡情报局将此案作为海外冲突“加剧新加坡和东南亚遭受袭击的威胁”的例证。
报告称，新加坡和该地区“继续感受到中东地缘政治紧张局势和不稳定局势的连锁反应”。
报告还指出，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队及其武装代理人网络的活动“已将恐怖主义威胁提升到中东冲突地区之外”。
美国检察官在 5 月份提出的指控中认定萨阿迪是伊拉克真主党旅的高级成员，该旅被华盛顿认定为与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队有关联的恐怖组织。
据美国当局称，他指挥并鼓励对美国和以色列利益的袭击，并敦促杀害美国人和犹太人，以报复对伊朗的战争。
他先是在土耳其被捕，之后被移送至美国，目前仍被拘留等待审判。
真主党旅否认萨阿迪是该组织成员。
东南亚过去曾多次遭受恐怖袭击，其中包括2002年发生在印尼度假胜地巴厘岛的夜总会爆炸案，造成202人死亡。——法新社
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