Debating the Iraqi flag: A country's symbol - 21 Jan 08

Away from the violence, Iraq's political scene is also far from stable.




The squabbles between politicians and different ethnic groups have trickled down to even the one symbol that's supposed to represent the country: the flag.

Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports

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[sirwallaby]

how about da american flag with one extra star?lol

[tina1988x]

hey i have a good suggestion.....keep the colours....

Red is for Blood

White is for Purity

Green is for Peace

but....in the middle you should use the Babylonians lion symbol, and with some arabic writing.....hows that?

[Ansar3raq]

Bring the old flag with the three stars back. This new flag is a symbol of shame curruption and occiupation. Our parents grow up with the real Iraqi flag and thats what we want too.

[dusakibu]

we want the old flaq not the new one its a shit flaq

[MrAssyrianPride]

@kurdishezidi

Why would any Iraqi support the Kurdistan flag? The Kurdistan Flag is for the "Kurdish" people only. And anyways Kurdistan exists on Iraqi soil, Mesopotamians soil, ASSYRIAN-BABYLONIAN soil. So get over it you land eating scum.

[MrAssyrianPride]

@ChaldeanIraq

I pity you, people like you are the reason why your fellow Chaldeans are bombed in Iraq. And for your information, no Assyrian would want their unique flag to be an "Iraqi" flag. It's an Assyrian flag and only Assyrian. You really do make a mockery of the Mesopotamian name, you are an insult to Christianity and a shame on the Chaldo-Assyrian name. Long live Iraq, down with seperatist uneducated pricks like you.

[Ellipser]

1:13 the US proposed Iraqi flag wasn't used, not because the citizens of Iraq hated it, just that it was too damn obvious (blue crescent) who the main player was.

But, it still proves they planned the lie in New York, thanks to the UN, and use Iraq as the jumping-off point.

[Assyrian103]

@kurdishezidi fuck you bitch ass nigga

[WordsWontWork]

God bless Chaldeans, Iraqis, Assyrians, Christians, Muslims, and Jews.

[EnnoATdrd]

"god is great"? we should remove it cuz if we dont, iraq will forever be trapped in war. Saddam as we know worked for the CIA before he became iraqs poison. the idiea is that all muslim countrys will in the future be like slaves to christians. Iraq is not a religious country, it's 100% free. fuck religion, we are the free people and just want the 3 stars and no texture between'em.

[TakiyahYeira]

I agree with you. Remove the sacred text "Allahu Akbar" Most people and countries print their flags on shirts and soccer balls (etc.) and most people wouldn't want to wear that shirt in the bathroom neither kick around a soccer ball with Allah's (swt) name on it.

[kurdishezidi]

Only Kurdistan flagg...fuck Assyrian´s flagg, you don´t have any flagg