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Iraq has a new flag… though… it’s actually the 2nd new flag since Saddam was taken out of power… though, strangely enough- no one seems to notice.
(left) From 1991-2004 the flag had three stars and the words God is Great in what is said to be Saddam’s own handwriting. The stars which on the previous flag represented the proposed United Arab Republic between Iraq, Egypt and Syria (which never came into fruition) were changed in meaning to Unity, Freedom, Socialism the three tenents of the Ba’ath Party motto.
(left) In 2004 the script on the flag was changed to move away from ties to Saddam.
(left) In 2008 the stars were removed altogether, though the script remains.So how is the flag sitting with the people of Iraq?
In northern Iraq, the autonomous Kurdish minority rarely allows the Iraqi flag to fly over official buildings, preferring its own national banner with its golden sunburst motif.
But for many Arabs in the rest of Iraq, the traditional national banner, with its stars, had become a rallying point for an often divided people in the difficult and violent years since the US invasion.
The Iraqi football team won the Asian Cup last year under the former flag. It is ubiquitous in Baghdad, where it flies on official buildings, is daubed on shopfronts, flaps on car dashboards and is painted on highway flyovers.
So far, the new banner can only be seen over the prime minister’s office.
Well… that’s promising…
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February 18th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
It's hard to imagine living in a country where the national flag can't even be agreed on.
The latest script on the flag kinda looks like Klingon.
February 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
It’s hard to imagine living in a country where the national flag can’t even be agreed on.
The latest script on the flag kinda looks like Klingon.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
They could always do like Alaska did and let some school kid come up with it! LMAO!!!