-->Hallo dottore!

Was wollen Sie uns denn damit sagen?

In dieser neuen Fahne sind alle alten Farben (rot, schwarz, weiß und drei grüne Sterne) absolut getilgt worden.
Das ist wirklich sehr erstaunlich.
Der Halbmond ist wohl eine Referenz an die"getreuen" Kurden.

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Die Ähnlichkeit (zumindest die Farben) dürfte kein Zufall mehr sein.
Und was schließen wir nun daraus?

mfG
nereus

-->Hi,
das hat was:

Das obere soll die neue Staatsflagge des Irak werden.
Gruß!

... jedes neue Kälbchen kriegt halt das Brandzeichen seines Eigentümers... [img][/img]

Gruß bernor

-->Der blaue Mond symbolisiert das Datum an dem der Irak, nach den
Vorstellungen der US-Regierung, wirkliche Souveränität erlangen soll:

"Once under a blue moon" bedeutet in etwa"am Sankt Nimmerleinstag".

-roland

-->>Hi,
>das hat was:
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dieser Designvorschlag scheint den Irakis aber ganz und gar nicht zu schmecken:



Burning with anger: Iraqis infuriated by new flag that was designed in London

For many Iraqis it was the final insult. Again and again they expressed outrage yesterday that Iraq's United States-appointed and unelected leaders had, overnight, abolished the old Iraqi flag, seen by most Iraqis as the symbol of their nation, and chosen a new one.

"What gives these people the right to throw away our flag, to change the symbol of Iraq?" asked Salah, a building contractor of normally moderate political opinions."It makes me very angry because these people were appointed by the Americans. I will not regard the new flag as representing me but only traitors and collaborators."


The outburst of fury over the flag highlights the extraordinary ability of US leaders and the Iraqi Governing Council to alienate ordinary Iraqis, already angered by the bloody sieges of Fallujah and Karbala. And yesterday, in the hotbed of Iraqi rebellion, the flag was burnt in public in a demonstration of public anger....

But in Iraq greater problems loom where insurgents will be able to strengthen their patriotic credentials by sticking with the old and popular Iraqi flag and portraying the new one as a sign of subservience to foreign occupiers.

Already anti-US guerrillas are adopting the old red, white and black banner as their battle flag, tying it to their trucks and sticking it in the ground where they have their positions. This blend of nationalism and religion has proved highly successful in spreading resistance to the occupation....

A further reason for popular anger is that many Iraqis are convinced that their new flag is modelled on the Israeli flag.... Iraqis say the blue stripes are suspiciously like those on the Israeli flag. They also ask why the Kurds have a stripe in the new flag but not the 80 per cent of Iraqis who are Arabs. Could it be because the Kurds are the only Iraqi community fully supporting the US?



<ul> ~ Volltext gibts beim Guardian</ul>