Jakarta – With war looming in Iraq, Quds Production garment workshop owner Syahrul Arief mass produces tee-shirts supporting Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Should war break out, sales of the shirts bearing the Iraqi leader's face and the words "Ready for War" and "We Support You", could take off, Arief hoped.

Workers finished the first batch of 50 on Thursday, and a few orders have begun coming in.

Indeed, the buildup to a possible war in Iraq is increasingly worrying moderate Muslim leaders and foreign security experts in Indonesia who fear it would radicalize Muslim opinion and raise the chance of fresh attacks on Western targets.

"I'm responding to Saddam Hussein's fight as his country and people are being attacked by an unjust power," said Arief, as several veiled women hunched over sowing machines nearby.

He claimed his were the first T-shirts of Saddam for sale in Indonesia.

While not everyone supports Saddam in Indonesia, there is genuine concern for the Iraqi people and a perception the United States will attack Baghdad with or without UN backing over allegations the country has weapons of mass destruction.

Diplomats and moderate Muslims expect large-scale protests in the event of any US-led attack on Iraq. Even UN backing for a raid would go down poorly on the streets, they have said.