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Farhud: Futuwwa; Mufti; Hitler's F. Grobba; Rashid 'Ali

Farhud -  June-1941 pogrom on Jews in Iraq, only for being Jews:  Hitler's F. Grobba; Nazi propaganda over the airwaves; ex-Mufti al-Husseini; Rashid 'Ali; Syrian/Palestinisn teachers; Arab-Nazi Futuwwa gang; Iraqi police/army  Between 180 - 780 died and 1,000 injured   ____ Carole L. Basri: ' The Jews of Iraq: A Forgotten Case of Ethnic Cleansing ,' 2003, p.12  The official Iraqi Government report concerning the Farhud laid the blame for the slaughter on six sources. First  , the report noted the responsibility of the German Legation , for spreading sustained anti - Jewish  Nazi propaganda  under the direction of Dr . Fritz  Grobba . A  second  source of incitement was the  Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseni  and his entourage, which accompanied him to Iraq in 1940 . As the report stated: "Once he was firmly established , he began disseminating Nazi propaganda with great cunning, while decrying the injustice done to Pale...