[Translation from the Swedish article below]
Protesters stormed Sweden’s embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, according to several media reports.
According to the news agency AFP, the storming was short-lived, lasting about 15 minutes. The protesters reportedly left the building peacefully when security forces arrived at the scene.
AFP reports that there were several dozen protesters who entered the building in protest of the Quran burning in central Stockholm on Wednesday.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated to SVT that all embassy personnel are safe.
I’m torn on this. Restricting the when and where inherently restricts the extent of free speech. That’s not great.
Nonetheless, the guy burning the book is being an asshat for the sake of being an asshat. Generally speaking, I think we should let the asshats know that nobody likes them.