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Update (0826 EST): Iraqi pro-militia outlet Sabereen has announced that the names and addresses of Swedish companies operating in Iraq will be published and targeted by Shia groups. The Iraqi government has already suspended the license for Swedish company Ericsson to operate in Iraqi territory. The Iraqi Media and Communications Commissions may opt to suspend more licenses such as...

For the second time in less than a month, supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. This appears to be a direct response to Swedish authorities granting the permit of a protest set to be outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm for tomorrow, which would involve burning the Quran. https://twitter.com/mobiledeath88/status/1681808428954443776?s=20 The first storming happened on...

Over the past week, Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups and other pro-Iranian organizations increased messaging about demonstrations that would take place against the American embassy in Baghdad on July 14. Among this messaging was calls to besiege the complex, prompting security advisories by the embassy. https://twitter.com/quds_int/status/1679848545610788866?s=20 Demonstrations began today shortly before 5pm local time, with Iraqi security forces deploying in large numbers...

Dozens of pro-Iranian militant groups have either called for or spread the call for mass protests and a "siege" against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on July 14th at 1700L. These announcements began at 1433 EST today and have been picking up speed since. The announcement from Ashab al-Kahf read: "The honorable Iraqi resistance groups announce their intention to besiege...

Update (0914 EST): Iraqi protestors have entered the Swedish embassy. https://twitter.com/Shakwmakw/status/1674405265049894912?s=20 Update (0909 EST): Iraqi protestors have breached the central gate of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. On Wednesday, Salwan Momika, an Iraqi living in Sweden set fire to a Quran in front of Stockholm's central mosque. This demonstration, now a reoccurring theme in Swedish politics, has sparked a fervor of outrage...