Al Ummah of Tamil Nadu, which was responsible for the Coimbatore blasts of February,1998, had not come tonotice for any contacts with the International Islamic Front, but there were grounds for suspicion that itprobably had contacts with the Islamic fundamentalist elements in Malaysia through Tamil Muslim migrants toMalaysia. With the recent detection by the authorities of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippinesof the existence of the cells of the International Islamic Front in their countries, which led to the arrestof a number of locals who had been to Pakistan and Afghanistan for training, including reportedly some localcitizens of Indian (Tamil Nadu) origin, the danger of the Front spreading its tentacles to Tamil Nadu and theEastern Province of Sri Lanks from its bases in S-E. Asia has increased.