American Thinker: Iran's 'passports to paradise' found in Iraq
On Sept. 6 and 7, protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra took to the streets to protest against government corruption and its failure to provide basic services. These protesters also stormed Iran's consulate in Iraqi Basra, tearing down the Iranian flag and putting up an Iraqi flag in its place. In addition, they burned Iranian flags and pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the streets while chanting, "Iran out, out!"
Here is a link to an Associated Press photo showing how bad it was: protesters trampling a portrait of Iran's Khamenei during the storming and burning of the Iranian consulate in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, last week.
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WNU Editor: Iraqi Arab Shiites and Iranian Persian Shiites may share the same religion, but ethnically and culturally they are different. This type of discovery is only going to feed the distrust between the two countries.
