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| A man who called for UK soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags has been found guilty of inciting murder. | A man who called for UK soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags has been found guilty of inciting murder. |
| Mizanur Rahman, 24, of Palmers Green, north London, made the remarks at a protest over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. | Mizanur Rahman, 24, of Palmers Green, north London, made the remarks at a protest over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| He also called for the beheading of anyone who insulted Islam at the protest near the Danish Embassy in central London in February last year. | He also called for the beheading of anyone who insulted Islam at the protest near the Danish Embassy in central London in February last year. |
| Rahman, a web designer, was convicted at the Old Bailey in London. | |
| At a previous trial in 2006, Rahman was found guilty of inciting racial hatred, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge of inciting murder. | |
| He was filmed at the rally talking over a loudspeaker to a crowd of about 300 people. | |
| He said of British troops and American troops: "We want to see them coming home in body bags. We want to see their blood running in the streets of Baghdad. | |
| "We want to see the Mujahideen shoot down their planes the way we shoot down birds, we want to see their tanks burn in the way we burn their flags." | |
| Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, told the court: "He incited or encouraged others to murder in the name of religion." |