Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad, set it on fire over planned Koran burning (www.france24.com)

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Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said, in a protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden.

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[-] Zpiritual@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure why he's doing it but he's not a nazi.

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

If you are not sure, how do you know?

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