The Iraqi flag- old and new

[underpants]

I thought the yellow stripe was for all the chickenhawks who created this war.

:shrug:

[Goldmund]

1. Pale blue crescent???

Was that a better compromise than a green Star of David?

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. The Star of David has six points

... just so people reading this know the green stars are not really Stars of David.

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[Goldmund]

8. What I meant was

The Islamic crescent is most often green, sometimes red -- this is the first time I've ever seen it light-blue. The only other middle-eastern country which has blue in its flag is Israel, with a light-blue Star of David.

[BurtWorm]

12. I had a similar thought.

It looks like an Islamic variation on the flag of Israel.

[underpants]

16. Oh a crescent -I thought it was a "C" for Cronyism

Thanks for straightening me out on that.

:bounce::evilgrin:

[TahitiNut]

18. Well, there is another flag in the ME with light-blue ...

Azerbaijan ...


A light blue flag is also associated with an ethnic political movement in northeast Iraq, iirc.

Light blue is also prevalent in the flags of the Central Asian Khanates.

Kazakhstan ...

Uzbekistan ...

[fryguy]

2. well I guess we can go home now...

they have a new flag - country must be headed in the right direction now.....

[meegbear]

3. As one report pointed out ...

The arabic nations try to use red, green and black in their flags to show arab nationalism, as noted above.

Only one other country in the area has blue in their flag - Israel. That's gonna help win the arab world over to the new Iraq.

[arcane1]

4. call me crazy...

but isn't this the kind of thing the IRAQI PEOPLE should decide upon?

This is still the same country, right? Why do they even NEED a new flag??

Though I suppose Iraq really is no longer a country, it's a neocon corporate privatized money-maker now, and the citizens are mere employees

[Streetdoc270]

5. white background a slap to the Baathists?

The flag of Surrender? :shrug:

[qb]

6. Kurds get their own stripe... Are the other ethnic groups okay with this?

Who whipped this up, anyway... Bremer?

[Devils Advocate NZ]

10. As I understand it...

The blue stripes have a double meaning (at least it was decribed this way on NZ TV news) - the blue stripes represent the rivers, but also represent the Sunni and Shiite faiths.

What I think is going to piss everyone off is the removal of "Allah Akbar", after all the Sunni's Shiite's AND Kurds are Muslim. They will ALL be a little pissed at that.

How come they can take "Allah Akbar" off the Iraqi flag, but can't take "Under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance? Is that not going to signal an anti-Islam attitude to Muslims all around the world?

[BurtWorm]

13. The Israeli blue is already an issue.

The governing council has asked the designer to make the crescent darker. The lack of Arab greens and reds will also be an issue.

[underpants]

14. Funny how they want to take all religion out of the equation there

and put it IN everything here. I have noticed the same type of thing with regard to guns over there-Shouldn't an "American style democracy" inlcude the second amendment?

[fryguy]

9. Just don't confuse it with Aruba....

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/flags/aa-flag.html

[stellanoir]

11. winning the hearts and minds AGAIN

Could we screw this any worse. Not only do we try to cram propaganda down a weary propoganda pummelled population by we remind them that they are occupied with a symbol reminiscant of Israel. The ingenious stupidity continues. Well at least the folks in charge are consistent in their incompetancy!

[G_j]

15. Iraq's U.S.-picked leaders approved

http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/141650-8968-010.html

<snip>BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's U.S.-picked leaders approved a new flag for the country, dumping Saddam Hussein's red-and-black standard.

<snip>

[underpants]

17. Uh-huh...You like this one DON'T YOU!?!?!?

Yes now can you let go of my arm?

[G_j]

19. I seriously doubt there is a better symbol

for the Imperial Arrogance that Bush calls "liberation".

If Iraq ever does become a sovereign nation I bet they will can this flag in a NY minute!

[Th1onein]

20. We are so arrogant to change their flag.

[underpants]

21. We have Focus group results on the new flag

Iraqis burn a homemade flag with the design of their country's new flag in the besieged city of Falluja, April 27, 2004. U.N. senior adviser Lakhdar Brahimi warned Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S.-led administration that an armed confrontation with insurgents in Falluja would lead to major bloodshed and long-lasting consequences. (Akram Saleh/Reuters)

[rocktivity]

22. But what do the focus groups think?

:headbang:
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