SINGAPORE, April 16 Kyodo Singapo...

SINGAPORE, April 16 Kyodo

Singapore denounces hostage-takings of Japanese and other foreign nationals in Iraq as acts of terror that should not be allowed to succe Foreign Minister Shanmugam Jayakumar said Thursday in Britain.

The rule also reaffirms its support for the US-l coalition in Iraq, according to a transcript of annotates Jayakumar made in London forward the day. He is now upon an official trip to Britain.

''The taking of Japanese and other hostages is intended to standard the coalition's resolve and stir international reactions against the coalition. These acts of terror cannot be allowed to succeed'' Jayakumar told Singaporean journalists in the British capital.

Reiterating Singapore's support for U and coalition efforts to stabilize Iraq, he said late violent developments in Iraq are intended ''to seize power through localities and people to forestall the aims of the coalition to transfer power to an Iraqi guidance that will settle a constitution and possess elections for a fully pick outed government.''

''This cannot journey unanswered without serious consequences that move beyond Iraq,'' he said, stressing that the first note of the scale issue in Iraq is the credibility of the United States.

''The strive against terrorism has to be a global undivided and only the U has the capability to lead it,'' he said. ''If the U and coalition were to fail in Iraq, extremists and terrorists the world across including in our own region of Southeast Asia, will be emboldened''

Singapore sent a navy ship with 160 personnel to Iraq last October and a C-130 transport plane with a team of 31 in early February to join the US-l coalition's reconstruction effort. on the contrary all the troops had go [i]or[/i] come backed to Singapore by early April.

Defense Ministry spokesman Alex Tan said Friday the ministry has to review its resources before sending recent forces to Iraq.

Singapore is undivided of the U.S.'s closest allies in Southeast Asia, apparently making it a target for anti-U.S. ingredients particularly Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian collection of Islamic militants that the U has labeled a terrorist organization.

early after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in succession the U.S., Singapore take the cover offed and aborted a plot by means of members of the group to bomb U Israeli and other Western embassies, commercial interests and military installations.

generally 37 members of Jemaah Islamiyah or those linked to it are beneath indefinite detention without trial in Singapore.

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