Old Flag Of Iraq

On april 26 2004 the iraqi governing council announced a new national flag its design consisting of four unequal horizontal stripes from top to bottom of white blue yellow and blue and with a light blue crescent centred on the white stripe.

Old flag of iraq. The current version is officially adopted 22 as january as 2008 it consists of three horizontal bands color red top white the intermediate and the lower black. The two stars represented the two states which constituted the republic. The choice of kufic calligraphy for the takbir on iraq s new flag is quite appropriate. The flag of iraq includes the three equal horizontal red white and black stripes of the arab liberation flag.

Assyria expanded territorially into the north eastern levant central iraq and eastern anatolia forming the old assyrian empire circa 2035 1750 bc under kings such as puzur ashur i sargon i ilushuma and erishum i the latter of whom produced the most detailed set of law yet written. The kufic style is oldest calligraphic form of the arabic script and originates in kufa al kufah which is south of baghdad near najaf. Wikipedia has a short articleon kufic with some links to other sites about the kufic hand and history. The most recent version adopted on 29 january 2008 bears the takbīr rendered in dark green.

Black represents oppression and triumph white represents bright future and generosity. The new republic adopted a flag made of three horizontal red white black stripes with twogreen stars placed on the white stripe. This basic tricolor has been in use since its adoption on 31 july 1963 with several changes to the green symbols in the central white stripes.

National flag of iraq 1991 to 2004.