Talk:Golden Square (Iraq)

Material from the Amin al-Husseini article more appropriate here
In January 1941, a political crisis within Iraq loomed towards the threat of civil war. Rashid Ali resigned as Prime Minister, and was replaced by Taha al-Hashimi. On 1 April 1941, pro-German Rashid Ali and his "Golden Square" supporters staged a coup d'état.

By May 28, British forces were camped just outside Baghdad and there was no reinforcement of Germans or Italians for Rashid's regime. Less than days later, the Rashid Ali government collapsed, and its members were sentenced for death penalty. Unlike other generals, Rashid Ali and some of his associates succeeded in fleeing to Egypt,. Meanwhile, just before the arrival of British troops, Yunis al-Sabawi (another Iraqi pro-Nazi leader) appointed himself governor of central southern Iraq. He ordered Jews to remain in their homes on Saturday, May 31, and on June 1 and 2 (during the Jewish Shavuoth holiday), apparently intending a pogrom. Despite the British attempt to calm down the situation by deportation of Yunis al-Sabawi, the Farhud pogrom erupted on June 1, initiated by al-Futuwa youth organization and Rashid Ali's soldiers, returning from defeat by the British Army. Official Iraqi reports recorded 187 Jews killed, though higher numbers of 200 casualties were claimed with more than 2,000 injured.

Criticism of the article
This article by no means explains what the Golden Square is and how they were Fascist even. The relevant citation shows that their was no attempt to join the Axis in their war and most of the idea of Fascist propaganda was spread by the British to downplay any nationalist and neutral rhetoric in Iraq.

https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3366/brw.2012.0054 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:E6B (talk) 18:32, 22 August 2022 (UTC)