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New Iraqi Flag Meets With Public Disapproval (ZOT!!! Same for poster.)
The Washington Post ^
| 4.26.04
Posted on 04/26/2004 1:37:55 PM PDT by ICorpVixen
BAGHDAD, April 26 -- 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 here...
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Some of us still believe W when he says that we are there for the betterment of the Iraqi people, rather than securing the oil for our SUVs or protecting the Israelis. But now our hand-picked Governing Council designs and decrees a new flag or Iraq, which looks stupid, ignores history and loudly tells the people there that they are not ever going to be in charge of their own land.
To: ICorpVixen
Zot!
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/">Three Paper Cuts and I'm Out</a>)
To: ICorpVixen
I think the old flag is fine just take off the Saddam inspired inscriptions
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:39:59 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: ICorpVixen
How does it exactly "ignore" history and the flag was DESIGNED by Iraqis themselves.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:40:59 PM PDT
by
freedom44
To: ICorpVixen
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:42:00 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(From each according to his inability, to each according to his misdeeds - DNC Motto)
To: CzarNicky
Sounds good to me.
Like the day they toppled that big Sadman statue, that guy pulled the old flag out of his shirt and handed it up to the soldiers on the ladder.
Perfect image, go back to the old flag.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:42:02 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Fortune for the day: Beware, the dandelions have become carnivorou...........)
To: ICorpVixen
ICorpVixen
Since Apr 26, 2004 Welcome to FR. Enjoy your stay.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:42:03 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
To: ICorpVixen
We should simply give them this flag --
...a US flag with 51 stars.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:42:11 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: ICorpVixen
Would you like the French Flag?
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:43:54 PM PDT
by
woofie
( 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.)
To: MarkeyD
Is that ozone I am smelling?
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:43:54 PM PDT
by
pt17
To: All
I don't want to register at WA POST to read the full article. Could someone explain just who is saying Iraqis are insulted by the new flag and what is the basis of the so-called insult?
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:45:56 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Some things have to be believed to be seen)
To: ICorpVixen
But now our hand-picked Governing Council designs and decrees a new flag or Iraq Israel and SUVs? I bet Halliburton is behind this.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:47:23 PM PDT
by
Shermy
(Phoney newbie with mil lingo -- yaaaaawn.)
To: ICorpVixen
If we are there to get cheap gas, to steal their oil; can you explain why we are presently enjoying the most expensive oil and fuel costs that we have ever known?
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:47:23 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: ICorpVixen
this is taking longer than I would have expected
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:47:40 PM PDT
by
paul51
To: ICorpVixen
Personally, I think this is a very dumb idea...now.
Any changes in the Iraqi flag could and should wait until the changeover to Iraqi sovereignty.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:48:01 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(When the fox gnaws, smile!!)
To: ICorpVixen
By the way welcome to the FR!!! TROLL!
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:48:42 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
That flag needs some green in it. That's probably the problem.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:49:22 PM PDT
by
vollmond
To: ICorpVixen
Some of us still believeYou really need to change your M.O. so it smells less like B.O. and gives away the fact that you're an ass-O.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:49:34 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
To: Hodar
That's a pretty dumb looking flag.
To: lonevoice
Check your FRmail.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:50:02 PM PDT
by
pt17
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