The new flag

Posted at 5:04 PM on February 5, 2008 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)

Iraq has a new flag. The AP reports, the flag - without the three green stars of Saddam Hussein's ousted Baath party - was hoisted Tuesday over the Iraqi Cabinet building in Baghdad in a symbolic break with the past.

And it makes a real statement that differentiates it from other Middle East countries.

Like Syria...

Or Egypt:

Or Yemen:

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Comments (3)

isn't this the second new flag for iraq? i think there was a baby blue UN type flag initially hoisted after the invasion.

Posted by Van Dyke Brown | February 6, 2008 9:24 AM

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I'm still learning the alphabet, but it looks like the flag says "Allahu Akhbar."

Posted by Jeff | February 6, 2008 9:40 AM

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vandykebrown- yes. The new flag to which you refer was rejected by Iraqis for its similarity to the Israeli flag.

Jeff- yes. The big change is removing the stars & changing the script of the text. The prior flag used a script that allegedly came from saddam's own hand, the new script is more generic, apparently.

Posted by bsimon | February 6, 2008 11:57 AM

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