Saddam’s Scrawl To Be Removed From Iraqi Flag
BAGHDAD— Saddam Hussein’s handwritten praise to God will be dropped from the Iraqi flag and the symbolism behind its three green stars will be changed, according to a bill presented to parliament on Saturday.
The Iraqi flag still bears the ousted dictator’s handwritten Allahu Akhbar” (God is Greater) while the three stars officially symbolise unity, freedom and socialism — the slogan of Saddam’s Baath party.
Under the new flag law, given its first reading by parliament on Saturday, the praise to God will be printed — in yellow — in the Kufi form of Arabic script while the stars will now represent peace, tolerance and justice.
Iraqi Flag 1963-1991.
“The Iraqi parliament read the Iraqi flag law for the first time in its session on Saturday,” said Naseer al-Isawi, a Sadrist lawmaker.
“The law will be applied following the second reading in four days’ time,” he added.
Current Iraqi Flag.
The new law would apply for a year, after which it would be looked at again, he added.
Saddam was toppled by the US-led invasion of 2003. He was executed on December 30 2006 for crimes against humanity.
(AFP)
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Great pic Bash. I was rather late for work that morning, watching when they pulled that statue down. Great moment.
Glad they are removing the stain of saddam on the flag and the country.
January 12th, 2008 at 6:36 pmthis is awesome
January 12th, 2008 at 6:38 pmGood! One more small step in the process of the people of Iraq taking back their country and making it their own again.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pmWorks for me. Now Iraqis make the words of the stars a reality.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:56 pmEvery step the Iraqi people take to reclaim their country and unify their people is great progress.
They can rebuild their society as they see fit and be free from the hold that Hussein had on them and all the terrorist groups that have tried to keep them suppressed with brutality.
peace, tolerance and justice
I like the new Iraqi flag.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:41 pmI guess there is not separation of church and state. I’ve read the Iraqi constitution. Let’s just say there are conflicting and mutually exclusive clauses that makes Sharia quite possible.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:20 pmWhat the hell is that slogan still doing on that flag!
I am not going to touch on that PSYWAR OPS moment!
January 13th, 2008 at 8:45 am