Jamatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) is a terrorist group dedicated to removing the country's secular government and imposing a Taliban inspired Islamic theocracy in its place. In addition to calling for an Islamic state based on Sharia law, JMB has denounced the American led invasion of Iraq, warning President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair to leave all Muslim countries. While JMB's exact origins are unknown, it is thought to have formed in the late 1990s to protest the Bangladeshi government's secular orientation. JMB perpetrated its first small scale attacks in 2002 and 2003. The group's full time membership has swelled to around 10,000, while part time supporters figure up to another 100,000. <P><br />JMB's activity has risen concomitant with Islamic extremism as a whole in Bangladesh, as have JMB's connections to other Islamist elements in the country.  One such element is Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), a terrorist group that shares JMB's radical philosophy. Though some suspect that JMJB and JMB are merely different aliases for a single operational group, JMB operates more widely than JMJB, which is generally confined to the country's northwestern districts. However, the groups are closely allied, and both derive support from the hard line Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami, in addition to sharing some common leadership. <P><br />In August 2005, JMB successfully coordinated the detonation of over 400 simultaneous explosions throughout Bangladesh. JMB primarily targeted government buildings, detonating mostly non-fatal devices throughout the regional capitals of the country in addition to Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. The attacks killed several people and injured over 100. Aimed at spreading mass panic and fear rather than inflicting mass casualties, most devices were filled with sawdust rather than lethal ball bearings or explosives. JMB is also responsible for several other bombings since August 2005, including the assassination of two judges in November 2005. These attacks featured the use of suicide bombers, the first time the group has used this more lethal tactic. JMB attacks are often littered with leaflets espousing their grievances.  One such leaflet found at a bombing reads: "...the ruler of our country is an opponent of Allah because the... government is made by a completely non-Islamic system...." <br /><br />