NEW IRAQI FLAG!!!!

Remember this one?




2004 flag controversy

Proposed flag, 2004 (later abandoned)On 26 April 2004 the Iraq Interim Governing Council announced a new flag for post-Saddam Iraq. The occupied government stated that from around 30 competing entries, it had chosen a design by the distinguished Iraqi artist-cum-architect Rifat al-Chaderchi (aka Rifat Chadirji) .

The flag was white, with parallel blue-yellow-blue bands across the bottom quarter or third; the blue bands represented the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, and the yellow represented Iraq's Kurdish minority (the reason for this symbolism was unclear, but the flag of Kurdistan does feature a yellow sun). In the middle of the white field was a large Islamic crescent which was, unusually, depicted in a shade of blue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iraq

Flag of South Vietnam

Oh, wait, that's the new UAE flag.

I didn't know they abandoned the design...Wonder why?

As an aside, here's a US flag that was once envisioned by the Buxh admin:

Heh heh

Crescent symbolizes sliver of chance that new democracy will succeed.
More here! I did not want to steal bandwidth:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27467

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Thanks to photobucket, no bandwidth is stolen to display this gem!

Not only no islamic colors (red, green, black), but the 2 primary colors used, white and blue, and the colors of the flag of Israel.

DUH!!!

And I'm sure that didn't escape the Iraqis minds either.

the flag plays a big part in their Statue Day celebrations.

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