FARHUD
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 ...