1969 Baghdad hangings

1969 Baghdad hangings
1969 Baghdad hangings
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Attack type	Mass hanging
Victims	14 dead
Perpetrators	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

On 27 January 1969, Iraqi authorities hanged 14 Iraqis for allegedly spying for Israel during a public execution in Baghdad; nine were Jewish, three were Muslim and two were Christian.^[1]^[2]

^ "This Day in Jewish History / Nine Jewish 'spies' are hanged in Baghdad". Haaretz. 27 January 2014.
^ Filkins, Dexter (7 October 2007). "Regrets Only?". The New York Times Magazine. New York: The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 15 April 2012. In January 1969, in one of the Baath Party's first displays of public brutality, 13 Iraqi Jews and 4 other men were hanged in a public ceremony in Baghdad before a crowd of about a half million people. Iraqis were bussed in from around the country to witness the event.

[haaretz-1] "This Day in Jewish History / Nine Jewish 'spies' are hanged in Baghdad". Haaretz. 27 January 2014.

[nytm-2] Filkins, Dexter (7 October 2007). "Regrets Only?". The New York Times Magazine. New York: The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 15 April 2012. In January 1969, in one of the Baath Party's first displays of public brutality, 13 Iraqi Jews and 4 other men were hanged in a public ceremony in Baghdad before a crowd of about a half million people. Iraqis were bussed in from around the country to witness the event.

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