Some photos show how the Islamists in Bangladesh
are reacting to America's attack on Iraq
Their yellow head band reads in Bengali "Let's go to Iraq for a Jihad"
 
 
 
As America makes a war preparation, a whole bunch of Islamists protests in January 2003 in Dhaka
 
 
 
Bangladeshi youths carrying posters showing Saddam Hussein in full piety.  Muslims from other Islamic nations wrongly think that Saddam is a devout Muslim.  On the top of Saddam's face is inscribed "La Ilaha Illal-lah Muhammadar Rasul-ulla," -- the Islamic creedo.
 
 
 
An anti-war placard is seen as Bangladeshi Muslims pray during a demonstration against the U.S.-led war
against Iraq in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday March 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
Bangladeshi Muslims wave black flags outside the Baitul Mokarram National Mosque in Dhaka, March 23, 2003
during a protest to condemn the U.S.-led war on Iraq. Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman.
 
 
 
 
A Bangladeshi demonstrator shouts anti-U.S. slogans as an American flag is set on fire during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday March 25, 2003. Some 3,000 anti-war demonstrators march in Bangladeshs capital Dhaka Tuesday, shouting slogans such as 'Boycott American and British goods.' (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
 
 Bangladeshi police confront anti-war protesters storming through a barricade in Dhaka, March 25, 2003. Nearly 2,000 anti-war protesters on Tuesday scuffled with police who stopped them from marching to the American embassy in Bangladesh capital Dhaka to protest against U.S.-led war on Iraq. Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman
 
 
 
 
Bangladeshi protesters carrying banners protesting the U.S.-led war in Iraq march toward the U.S. and British embassies during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. Some 3,000 demonstrators marched through Dhaka, shouting slogans such as 'Boycott American and British goods.' (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
 
 
 
Bangladeshi Muslim fundamentalists raise toy guns and shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest march in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 28, 2003, against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
 
Bangladeshi Muslims shout anti-U.S. slogans while carrying portraits of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 28, 2003, against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
 
Bangladeshi Muslims shout anti-U.S. slogans while carrying a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 28, 2003, against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims fill the street during a march in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 29, 2003, against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. They also demanded to boycott American and British goods. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman).
 
 
Bangladeshi Muslims offer prayers for peace in Iraq before a march towards the U.S. and British embassies in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 29, 2003. The march was held in protest against the U.S.-led war against Iraq. They also demanded a boycott against American and British goods. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
Schoolteacher Abdul Bari Mridha, white cap, writes the names of volunteers who want to join the Iraqi force and fight against the U.S. and British forces, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
 
 
 
 
A Bangladeshi protester kicks a burning effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a demonstration in Dhaka on April 1, 2003. Anti-war protests continued in Bangladesh on Tuesday as Iraqis battled U.S.-led forces south of Baghdad. Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman
 
 
 
 
Muslim Toupi (cap) clad members of Bangladesh Socialist Party take out a march in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 2, 2003, against the ongoing U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
 
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