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  • New Iraqi Flag Meets With Public Disapproval (ZOT!!! Same for poster.)

    04/26/2004 1:37:55 PM PDT · by ICorpVixen · 83 replies · 492+ views
    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...