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  FARHUD -  June-1941 pogrom on Jews in Iraq, only for being Jews:  The guilty : - Hitler's F. Grobba;  - Nazi propaganda over the airwaves;  - Ex-Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini;  - Rashid 'Ali;  - Syrian/Palestinisn teachers;  - Arab-Nazi [Hitleryouth modelled] al-Futuwwa, Kataib gang;  - Iraqi police/army. Victims : 180, 780 or 1,000 died and 1,000 to 2,000 injured. At locations near river or wells, kids were thrown into the water in front of their parents eyes.  Scenes included smashed babies organs, mass rape. Patients and medical sraff were targeted at the attack on the Jewish hospital.  (Iraqi Jews were not Zionists at the time). ____   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 ...

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...