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Ali Shlah, President of the Commission of the Cultural Affairs at the Iraqi
National Parliament, has announced that the adoption of a new national flag and
of a new national anthem is expected before the end of the year. The two new
emblems will be "a factor of unification" of the country, in the context of the
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in
2003.
The Parliament set up a Commission to study different proposals; according to
the Parliament website, the new flag shall "look towards future with optimism
and gaze upon history with pride".
Some proposed to reestablish the flag adopted after the 1958 Revolution and the
proclamation of the Republic by Abd al-Karim Qasim. Objections were quickly
raised because of the personality of Qasim, who "symbolizes bygone day". This
solution was eventually dismissed and artists were asked to draft flag
proposals. The current flag, however, might be keep as it is. Shlah recalled
that the today's official flag has "nothing to to do with Saddam Hussein's
banner", since it was significantly modified since 2003.
Source:
http://www.liberation.fr/depeches/2012/09/23/en-quete-d-unite-l-irak-se-cherche-un-nouveau-drapeau-et-un-nouvel-hymne_848219
- "Libération", 23 September 2012
Ivan Sache, 25 September 2012
I would like to draw your attention the following article from the Kurdish
newspaper website Rudaw. It explains why, despite a few attempts, there is still
no new Iraqi flag, to follow up the one which was adopted in 2008 and was meant
to be a temporary flag. Please click here for the full article:
http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/18122013.
Jos Poels, 20 December 2013
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