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2008-02-05 Iraq

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-05 10:07|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The new flag retains the three colours of the old one - red, white and black. But the stars that represented the ideology of the Baath party - unity, freedom and socialism - have been removed.

In 2004, a line of Arabic script reading "Allahu Akbar", or "God is great", supposedly written in Saddam Hussein's writing, was changed to a different calligraphy.

Protests

The latest change came at the behest of Kurds - but not all Iraqis are impressed with the change.

"This is a disaster ... I am using the old flag in my office and at home," Falluja Mayor Rasheed told Reuters last month.

The news agency reported ordinary Iraqis - who say the flag has little to do with Saddam Hussein - had attached the old flag to their cars in protest.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-02-05 12:22|| 2008-02-05 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 And now they have the seeds for their very equivalent to the Confederate Flag controversy.

Posted by eLarson 2008-02-05 13:25|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2008-02-05 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 have you all run out of shit too worry yourslef about or something

Posted by sinse 2008-02-05 15:23|| 2008-02-05 15:23|| Front Page Top

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