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The US designated Harkat ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, or HUJI (B), a foreign terrorist organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The US also stated HUJI (B) had signed Osama bin Laden’s February 1998 fatwa that declared war on the US.

Bangladesh executed six top leaders of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including Shaikh Abdur Rahman, JMB’s leader and Bangla Bhai, the military commander. JMB signed Osama bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa that created the International Islamic Front. Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai were captured in the spring of 2006.

Bangladeshi police arrested Mahtab Khamaru, a close aide to Bangla Bhai, the operational commander of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB). Bangla Bhai, Abdur Rahman (the spiritual leader of JMJB) and three other members of the JMJB’s Majlis-e-Shura were arrested in the spring of 2006.

A bomb killed a policeman north of the capital following several weeks of raids that detained over 30 Islamists. Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai and other JMB terrorists sentenced to hang ask for clemency.

Thousands of Awami League opposition supporters surround presidential palace in Dhaka as allegations grow that the pro-Islamist government is preparing to rig upcoming January 21 elections.