Iraq expels Swedish ambassador after desecration of Qur’an in Stockholm
by Associated Press in Baghdad from World news | The Guardian on (#6D46Y)
Prime minister also recalls charge d'affaires from Sweden as protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad
Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador on Thursday in protest at a planned burning of the Qur'an in Stockholm that had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad.
A government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d'affaires in Sweden, and Iraq's state news agency reported that Iraq had suspended the working permit of Sweden's Ericsson on Iraqi soil.
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