Iraqi protesters torch Swedish embassy in Baghdad
Iraqis have been angered by events in Sweden, and Thursday's protest in Baghdad was organised by supporters of the turbulent religious leader Moqtada Sadr.
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Protesters sit on top of a building next to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20, 2023. Iraq condemned the torching of the embassy by demonstrators in the capital. (AFP)
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BAGHDAD - Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in