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April 28, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43438-2004Apr26.html

New Iraqi Flag Won't Fly

(Washington Post) Pamela Constable - It was supposed to be the perfect symbol for a new and unified Iraq: an Islamic crescent on a field of pure white, with two blue stripes representing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and a third yellow stripe to symbolize the country's Kurdish minority. But the new national flag, presented Monday after an artistic competition sponsored by the Iraqi Governing Council, appears to have met with widespread public disapproval. In particular, people objected to the pale blue color of the crescent and stripes, saying it was identical to the dominant color in the flag of Israel.

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