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BAGHDAD -- A new Iraqi flag -- stripped of the three green stars of Saddam Hussein's toppled Baath party -- was hoisted over the Iraqi Cabinet building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the past ...
National Security This American flag famously covered a Saddam statue. Now it’s in a basement. Tim McLaughlin’s flag once stood for victory in Iraq.
Al-Rubaie, who was the national security adviser for Iraq from 2004 to 2009, and was present at the execution of Saddam, told McLaughlin of the incredible meaning his flag had in his world.
Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders have approved a new flag for the country, dumping the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and using symbols of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Iraq's parliament has voted to change the country's flag. The three stars that represented Saddam Hussein's Baath Party will be removed, to address the concerns of Iraqi Kurds. They have refused to ...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘of a fate similar to Saddam ...
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Baghdad - The Iraqi flag will no longer boast Saddam Hussein's handwritten praise to God nor its distinctive three stars, parliament decided on Tuesday. The house passed a new flag law by 110 votes to ...