NORTHERN TRIBES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1941, Page 5

NORTHERN TRIBES

SOME RALLYING TO BRITAIN TRANSPORT OF NAZI TROOPS BY AIR. I REPORTED BY GERMANS IN TURKEY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, May 5. It is learned in British circles in Istanbul that some tribes in northern Iraq are rallying to Britain. German circles there say that Nazi troop-carrying planes have landed in Iraq and also that rioting has broken out in Jerusalem. Half the Iraqui air force has been put out of action by the successive British raids. Ankara radio reports that a blackout and the curfew have been ordered in Bagdad. Doctors and nurses have been ordered to be ready for all emergencies. Rashid Ali has proclaimed a general amnesty for rebels now in Iraq prisons and they are to be allowed to return to their units. The Vichy news agency reports from Bagdad that Rashid Ali, in his attempt to rouse the Arab world in a holy war against Britain, alleged that British planes on Saturday bombed the open town of Fallouja on the Euphrates, hitting a mosque and causing casualties among women and children. It is also reported that the Mufti of Jerusalem has appealed to Palestinians to fight against Britain. The Swiss radio quotes an Iraqui military communique declaring that British planes bombed Baloya, between Bagdad and Habbania, killing several people and destroying a number of houses.