Report charts al Qaeda operations in Indonesia

According to the report al Qaeda is involved in training Indonesian militants

(CNN) -- A secret intelligence report from Singapore reveals the existence of al Qaeda training camps in Indonesia.

According to the report, shown to CNN, leaders of al Qaeda-linked groups have found refuge in the Southeast Asian nation.

Despite this neither Indonesia's neighbors nor the United States are putting pressure on Indonesia to take action.

Prior to September 11 last year, bombings and other terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia were seen as largely domestic problems.

Now they are being viewed as the work of operatives from Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

"Al Qaeda has been able to co-opt all these regional elements and movements and give them focus and organization," says Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan.

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The Singapore intelligence report charts the extent of that regional network, pinpointing key leaders like Abu Bakar Ba'asyir who has found refuge in Indonesia.

It also said Al-Qaeda is now training militants in Indonesia -- in the areas of Poso and Ambon, both of which are flashpoints for Muslim-Christian violence.

New battleground

"We have disrupted their network in Singapore," says Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. "But the key leaders are at large in the region."

"They were initially inspired by the war in Afghanistan -- now without Afghanistan, they use Ambon in the Malukus as the new battleground."

In Ambon alone, in the nearly 10,000 people have died since 1999 in clashes between Christians and Muslims.

Intelligence officials in Southeast Asia tell CNN several of the militant groups which have brought Muslim fighters there have been funded by al Qaeda.

Indonesia is asking its neighbors for solid evidence before it takes any action.

With the world's largest Muslim population and a fledgling democracy, Indonesia has become a focal point highlighting the internal battle within Islam which is at the heart of the global war on terror.

"It's a much more complicated problem we are facing," says Indonesian defense analyst Jusuf Wanandi. "Islam, of course, is one of the factors that we have to win on our side, and Indonesia will be playing a critical role in that."

With that in mind U.S. officials say that to win the war on terror they must win the support of the world's moderate Muslims.

It's a delicate balancing act.

U.S. and regional officials are supporting Indonesia publicly while pushing for more action quietly behind the scenes.

Their idea -- that a stable, democratic Indonesia is far more crucial not only for the security of the region but for the global war on terror.