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Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm
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0:45Now PlayingProtesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.
Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr ahead of a planned burning of the Islamic holy book Thursday in Stockholm.
The videos showed dozens of men climbing over the fence at the complex, with the sound of them trying to break down a front door.
Another showed what appeared to be a small fire being set.
Other footage showed men, some shirtless in the summer heat, inside what appeared to be a room at the embassy, an alarm audible in the background.
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