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

submitted 1 year ago by bossito@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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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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[–] karbotect@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People protest a lot of stuff in Iraq. Just nobody cares about what the Iraqi public thinks.

After the removal of the Iraqi government and army in the Iraq war, Iraq has essentially become a failed state run by Iranian mafias and tribal militias. There is literally nothing useful to do in Iraq.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

removal is a nice euphemism for a foreign invasion and installation of a government hostile to most of the people during a decade of occupation and ressource exploitation.