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July 20, 2023

Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur'an Burning in Stockholm
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In Iraq, protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in central Baghdad on
Wednesday, starting a small fire before they were driven away by Iraqi
police armed with electric batons. No embassy staff members were injured
in the protest, which was condemned by the foreign ministries of both
Sweden and Iraq. Protesters were angered over the burning of a Qur'an
outside a mosque in Stockholm last month. 


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