Pro-Iran protesters storm office of Saudi TV channel in Iraq

W460

Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq stormed and ransacked the offices of a Saudi television channel in Baghdad early Saturday, a security source said, after the broadcaster aired a report referring to Iran-backed commanders as "terrorists."

Between 400 and 500 people attacked the Baghdad studios of Saudi broadcaster MBC after midnight.

"They wrecked the electronic equipment, the computers, and set fire to a part of the building," the interior ministry source told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding the fire had been extinguished and the crowd dispersed by police.

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Thumb abe.linconstein 19 October 2024, 14:47

The spiritual leader of the groups Hajj chrisrushlau told AFP on condition of anonymity, the Saudis are hajis. He added I hate hajis like if they were French or Lebanese "Christian", but I'm not racist.