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[edit] Saatchi

Were the Saatchi brothers of Saatchi & Saatchi fame, Iraqi Jews expelled in this event?

[edit] This article

This article has a ridiculous focus on the Mufti of Jerusalem, who in fact played a minor role in this event. It also has plain errors of fact (eg. "charged with terrorism"). Until I can find time to fix it, this article gets a tag. --Zero 01:43, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Moreover, there was no "near complete expulsion" in 1951. --Zero 10:24, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Zero, it's been long time since you have commented out every single mention of al-Husayni from the article. Is this your idea of his "minor role"? ←Humus sapiens←ну? 09:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Actually I didn't edit the article except to add a tag. Some mention of al-Husayni needs to go back, but the myth that he was the major instigator does not. --Zero 09:59, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

You are correct about the tag. Sorry, I should have doublechecked. In addition to Husayni's role, perhaps it makes sense to separate the Golden Square coup into its own article. History of Iraq doesn't mention it (nor British/German engagement there, nor Farhud) at all. ←Humus sapiens←ну? 10:21, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Oops, I'll have to take that back. There is Iraq coup (1941). ←Humus sapiens←ну? 10:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The only pogrom in 2,500 years?

Ian, are you seriously going to argue that Farhud was the only pogrom from 5th century BCE until 1941? ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 20:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

You do understand the difference between "arguing" something and citing a claim in the literature? I reported accurately material published in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. The Daly Telegraph article doesn't say anything about pogroms before this date; indeed it says "persecution was not out-and-out violence until shortly before the Farhud". --Ian Pitchford 20:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)