Downing Protested by Bangladeshis
From Reuters
DHAKA, Bangladesh —
Nearly 200 chanting Bangladeshi demonstrators burned President Reagan in effigy Tuesday to protest the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by a U.S. warship.
Police said the demonstrators were members of Bangladesh’s Islamic Constitution Movement, a pro-Iran fundamentalist group.
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