Thanks for that, I wondered if it was a possibility after reading about a similar case of false flag bombing by israel, maybe in Tunisia? Would be interested to see the detail of Shlaim's evidence, which the article doesn't go into. His over all view supports the above:

'Shlaim states in the book that Iraqi Jews did not face antisemitism until the 1940s, when they were suspected of being complicit in the British invasion of Iraq in 1941 and in the Nakba.

He adds that the Zionist project led to Jews from all across Arab countries going from respected fellow citizens to akin to a fifth column allied with the new Jewish state.'

cheers,
I