Violent Protest Erupts at Swedish Embassy in Baghdad over Koran Burning

Hundreds of protesters stormed and set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden. The demonstration was organized by supporters of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada Sadr, who had called for protests against Sweden after a previous Koran burning incident. Swedish police had granted an application for a public meeting outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, where the Koran burning was planned. The Swedish embassy officials in Baghdad were unharmed, and it remains unclear if anyone was inside the embassy at the time of the storming.