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Islam Uber Alles: Iraqâs new flag
Hmmm...I like the lack of Hamas green and HizbâAllah black, but Iâm not real happy with the GIANT CRESCENT MOON at the top of the flag. Rantburgers, what do you think?Iraqâs U.S.-picked leaders approved a new flag for the country, making a dramatic change that dumps the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan âGod is greatâ and introduces symbols of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a spokesman said Monday. The new flag is white, with two parallel blue strips across the bottom representing the rivers and a yellow stripe between them representing Iraqâs Kurdish minority. Above the stripes is a blue crescent representing Islam. Council spokesman, Hameed al-Kafaei, said the U.S.-picked council approved the design as the new official flag â though the artist was asked to touch up the color of the crescent, perhaps to a darker blue or a different color. Read the article for some Iraqi comments... Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-26 |
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