Lebanon Turkey Iraq Egypt Syria Kuwait Libya Bahrain Qatar TRNC Saudi Arabia Algeria Morocco Yemen Iran Tunisia Oman Jordan UAE Israel Afghanistan
Lebanon Turkey Iraq Egypt Syria Kuwait Libya Bahrain Qatar TRNC Saudi Arabia Algeria Morocco Yemen Iran Tunisia Oman Jordan UAE Israel Afghanistan Iraq
Iraq’s New Flag- 2004 “ The current flag is the only  one we have known all our lives… it should not be changed yet,  until we have a free elected government and parliament, and Iraq is free from foreign occupation.”  “ This flag represents all the coalition wants in the  country, unity. Maybe people will now see the  coalition is not at war with Islam but with people  against unity, democracy and peace.”
Saddam Huessein Era Flag 2008 New Flag (temporary) Proposed Flag-2004
Iran 1964-1979 1980-present

Middle East Flags

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    Lebanon Turkey IraqEgypt Syria Kuwait Libya Bahrain Qatar TRNC Saudi Arabia Algeria Morocco Yemen Iran Tunisia Oman Jordan UAE Israel Afghanistan
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    Lebanon Turkey IraqEgypt Syria Kuwait Libya Bahrain Qatar TRNC Saudi Arabia Algeria Morocco Yemen Iran Tunisia Oman Jordan UAE Israel Afghanistan Iraq
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    Iraq’s New Flag-2004 “ The current flag is the only one we have known all our lives… it should not be changed yet, until we have a free elected government and parliament, and Iraq is free from foreign occupation.” “ This flag represents all the coalition wants in the country, unity. Maybe people will now see the coalition is not at war with Islam but with people against unity, democracy and peace.”
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    Saddam Huessein EraFlag 2008 New Flag (temporary) Proposed Flag-2004
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Editor's Notes

  • #2 Black=Determination, power and authority/Oil (Abaysid Dynasty) White=Virtue and Purity (Umayad Dynasty) Green=Islam Red=Blood spilled, Arab nationalism Crescent Moon and Star-Ottoman Empire 1911-conference
  • #3 Black=Determination, power and authority/Oil (Abaysid Dynasty) White=Virtue and Purity (Umayad Dynasty) Green=Islam Red=Blood spilled, Arab nationalism Crescent Moon and Star-Ottoman Empire 1911-conference
  • #4 Black=Determination, power and authority/Oil (Abaysid Dynasty) White=Virtue and Purity (Umayad Dynasty) Green=Islam Red=Blood spilled, Arab nationalism Crescent Moon and Star-Ottoman Empire 1911-conference
  • #5 Crescent=Islam, Blue Lines=Tigris and Euphrates, Yellow strip=Kurdish minority.
  • #6 Aluha Akbar was in Saddam’s handwriting in 1991---1)Stop Kuwaiti desecration of the flag. 2) get support from Clerics Stars were a symbol of the Sunnis.
  • #7 composite of various elements representing different facets of Islamic life: Allah, the Book, the Sword, the five principles of Islam , balance, unity, neutrality, and the universal government of the downtrodden. "There is no god but God"