Images show protesters scaling walls of Swedish Embassy in Iraq
Iraq has severed diplomatic ties with Sweden Thursday after a planned anti-Quran demonstration unfolded in Stockholm, during which an individual stepped on and kicked the Islamic holy book and Iraqi flag.
The move came after images emerged of protesters storming the Swedish embassy in Baghdad for the second time in less than a month, lighting a small fire and sending plumes of smoke into the air.
The demonstrator in the Swedish capital Thursday – identified in Swedish media as Salwan Momika, an Iraqi of Christian origin who lives in Sweden as a self-identified atheist – had threatened to burn a copy of the Quran, according to The Associated Press. But he did not do so.
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Update: Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned burning of Qur’an in Stockholm (Reuters)
WNU Editor: Sweden's embassy in Baghdad was lit on fire on Tuesday .... Outrage over man who desecrated Quran prompts protesters to set Swedish Embassy in Iraq on fire (AP). More here .... Swedish Embassy In Baghdad Burned As Iraqis Storm Compound Over Planned Quran-Burning (Zero Hedge).
Update: Sweden is withdrawing its embassy staff .... Sweden temporarily withdraws Iraq embassy staff after storming (AP). More here .... Swedish embassy in Iraq relocates after attack over Quran burning (Al Jazeera).
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Thank you 🤗 saves us money.
I will NEVER understand why Sweden needs to have embassies in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
For all I care it's all a vacation scam for this new noble. They don't know how to do a secure zoom call!?
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