I'm not sure if you have noticed, but the Iraqi flag has recently changed. The original flag, which is above on the left, had three green stars in the white section and arabic wording. During the Saddam era, the Baath party recreated this flag. The three stars represented the Baath party's three tenents. Unity, Socialism and Freedom. The script was believed to be in Saddam's writing saying Allaahu Akbar. That is arabic for "God is Great." In Feburary of this year, the Iraqi parliment voted to change the flag temporarily due to the Kurds from the north refusing to fly the Baath party era flag. Of course from history we know that Saadam gassed over thousands of Kurds, so their showing of hate towards him and the Baath party was represented by them refusing to fly this flag, even though Saadam was executed. So, in a movement to try and bring the three groups together, Sunni, Shia and Kurds, the parliment voted on the new flag, which is on the right. This new flag has no stars and the script has been changed to a generic script. The new flag is contriversial though and many still refuse to accept even this flag. This kind of shows the underlying continuing separation of the three tribes.
Doc
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Joe,
Thanks for the education on the flag. I can only image how the people there must feel, now that they getting a say in so things that they never did before. I am sure that you are loving being a part of that.
We are just glad to hear from you to know that you are safe and working hard at getting them to be self supportive.
I think that Cindy told you we went shopping for the puppies and will be getting that box in the mail to you. If there is anything else that we can send please let us know.
Looking forward to hearing updates from you. Stay safe and we continue to pray for all of your safety.
Love, Kathy
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