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1941, there was a brief Arab Pro-Nazi coup, by the four Iraqi nationalist army generals, known as "the Golden Square, the Mufti, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini [محمد أمين الحسيني] and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani [رشيد عالي الگيلاني] assisted by al-Muthanna / Futuwwa (modeled on Hitler-Youth) fascist groups. The coup was later repelled by the Brits.

Farhoud The Mufti incited to the infamous Farhud ([الفرهود] Farhoud) pogrom against Iraqi Jews on Shavuot, June 1-2, (just before the new government settled in) , carried out by Futuwwa and others including policemen. It came after months of instigation, includinh bybthe Mufti and hus assuvuates Darwush al-Mikdadi and Akram Zuaiter portions of Mein Kampf in Arabic publications and Younis Bahri's Berlin 'voice of Hitler in Arabic' radio broadcasts. It was brutal: "Hundreds of Jews were cut down by sword and rifle, some decapitated. Babies were sliced in half and thrown into the Tigris river. Girls were raped in front of their parents. Parents were mercilessly killed in front of their children." Some estimate Jewish fatalities victims to be up to a 1,000. With Yunis al-Sabawi planning a greater massacre, foiled.

1 posted on 05/28/2024 1:13:06 PM PDT by Freeleesy
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To: Freeleesy

Perhaps a shout against the European nations demanding that Israel accept a “two-state solution” with an adversary multi-generationally taught to destroy all Jews.


2 posted on 05/28/2024 1:18:18 PM PDT by Tell It Right (A1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Freeleesy

At that time, wasn’t Baghdad over 40% Jewish?


3 posted on 05/28/2024 1:22:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Freeleesy

Related:

Photographic Evidence Shows Palestinian Leader Amin al-Husseini at a Nazi Concentration Camp
An analysis of photographs sold at a Jerusalem auction house offers new insight into the role of foreign accomplices in Hitler’s Final Solution
BY
WOLFGANG G. SCHWANITZ
APRIL 07, 2021

Excerpt:
“Grobba and the two Arab leaders pictured had supported the anti-British coup in Iraq, which was followed by the al-Farhud pogrom in mid-1941. In it, 179 Jews were killed and many stores looted. Masterminds like al-Kailani and al-Husseini wanted to signal, there in a 2,500-year-old community, how Arabia’s Jews should be treated.”

Source:
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/amin-al-husseini-nazi-concentration-camp


4 posted on 05/28/2024 1:24:49 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Freeleesy

Yup, just do it!


8 posted on 05/28/2024 1:57:31 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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