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Iraq Jews End Strike After Government Promises Protection

October 21, 1936
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The Jews of Iraq ended a three-day strike against Arab terrorism today after the Government issued a statement promising to protect the Jews, according to reports from Bagdad.

Arab sources were quoted as stating that fifteen Jews had been killed in Iraq, instead of four mentioned in dispatches from Bagdad.

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