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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1963–1991" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1963–1991"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>1963–1991</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1963–1991-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1991–2004" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1991–2004"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>1991–2004</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1991–2004-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004–2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004–2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>2004–2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004–2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>2008–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symbolism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symbolism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Symbolism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Symbolism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Specifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flag_proposals_and_flag_contest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flag_proposals_and_flag_contest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Flag proposals and flag contest</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Flag_proposals_and_flag_contest-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Flag proposals and flag contest subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Flag_proposals_and_flag_contest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2004_flag_proposal_and_controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004_flag_proposal_and_controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>2004 flag proposal and controversy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004_flag_proposal_and_controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_flag_proposal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_flag_proposal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>2008 flag proposal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_flag_proposal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_flag_contest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_flag_contest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>2008 flag contest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_flag_contest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Subnational_flags" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Subnational_flags"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Subnational flags</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Subnational_flags-sublist" 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href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Gallery subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Military_flags" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_flags"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Military flags</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_flags-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political/Rebel_flags" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political/Rebel_flags"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Political/Rebel flags</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political/Rebel_flags-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8A%A2%E1%88%AB%E1%89%85_%E1%88%B0%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B0%E1%89%85_%E1%8B%93%E1%88%8B%E1%88%9B" title="የኢራቅ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የኢራቅ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82" title="علم العراق – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="علم العراق" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0raq_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="İraq bayrağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İraq bayrağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob%C3%A9r_Irak" title="Kobér Irak – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kobér Irak" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ইরাকের জাতীয় পতাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইরাকের জাতীয় পতাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Сцяг Ірака – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Ірака" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Национално знаме на Ирак – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Ирак" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Iraka" title="Zastava Iraka – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Iraka" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_l%27Iraq" title="Bandera de l'Iraq – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera de l'Iraq" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1ck%C3%A1_vlajka" title="Irácká vlajka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Irácká vlajka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Irac" title="Baner Irac – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Irac" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraks_flag" title="Iraks flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Iraks flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_des_Irak" title="Flagge des Irak – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge des Irak" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraagi_lipp" title="Iraagi lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Iraagi lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BA" title="Σημαία του Ιράκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία του Ιράκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Irak" title="Bandera de Irak – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Irak" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Irako" title="Flago de Irako – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Irako" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakeko_bandera" title="Irakeko bandera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Irakeko bandera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82" title="پرچم عراق – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم عراق" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_l%27Irak" title="Drapeau de l'Irak – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau de l'Irak" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_de_Iraq" title="Bandeira de Iraq – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira de Iraq" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%88%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%9C" title="ઈરાકનો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ઈરાકનો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%9D%BC%ED%81%AC%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="이라크의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이라크의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Իրաքի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իրաքի դրոշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="ईराक का ध्वज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ईराक का ध्वज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Iraka" title="Zastava Iraka – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zastava Iraka" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="ইরাকর ফিরালহান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ইরাকর ফিরালহান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Irak" title="Bendera Irak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendera Irak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1ni_%C3%8Draks" title="Fáni Íraks – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fáni Íraks" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_dell%27Iraq" title="Bandiera dell'Iraq – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bandiera dell'Iraq" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A7" title="דגל עיראק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגל עיראק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irako_v%C4%97liava" title="Irako vėliava – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Irako vėliava" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_l%27Iraq" title="Bandera de l'Iraq – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bandera de l'Iraq" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak_z%C3%A1szlaja" title="Irak zászlaja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Irak zászlaja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Знаме на Ирак – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Знаме на Ирак" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="इराकचा ध्वज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इराकचा ध्वज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82" title="علم العراق – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="علم العراق" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Iraq" title="Bendera Iraq – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bendera Iraq" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Irak" title="Vlag van Irak – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Irak" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97" title="イラクの国旗 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イラクの国旗" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraks_flagg" title="Iraks flagg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Iraks flagg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroq_bayrog%CA%BBi" title="Iroq bayrogʻi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Iroq bayrogʻi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaga_Iraku" title="Flaga Iraku – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Flaga Iraku" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_do_Iraque" title="Bandeira do Iraque – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bandeira do Iraque" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapelul_Irakului" title="Drapelul Irakului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Drapelul Irakului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Флаг Ирака – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Флаг Ирака" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_o_Iraq" title="Banner o Iraq – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Banner o Iraq" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">31 July 1963<span class="noprint">; 61 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1963-07-31</span>)</span><br />(original version)<br />22 January 2008<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-01-22</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOTW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOTW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(current version)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A horizontal <a href="/wiki/Tricolour_(flag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tricolour (flag)">tricolour</a> of red, white, and black, charged with the <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Takb%C4%ABr" class="mw-redirect" title="Takbīr">takbīr</a></i></span></i> in green <a href="/wiki/Kufic" title="Kufic">Kufic</a> script, centered on the white stripe.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>flag of Iraq</b> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">علم العراق</span></span>) consists of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black stripes of the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arab_colors" title="Pan-Arab colors">Arab Liberation flag</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Takbir" title="Takbir">takbir</a> written in green in the <a href="/wiki/Kufic" title="Kufic">Kufic script</a> in the centre<i>.</i> </p><p>This basic tricolour has been in use since its adoption on 31 July 1963, with several changes to the green symbols in the central white stripes; the most recent version adopted on 22 January 2008<sup id="cite_ref-FOTW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOTW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bears the <i>takbīr</i> rendered in dark green and removes the three green stars present since 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-fotw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fotw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag was initially meant to be temporary, but the issue was ultimately set aside indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colour_scheme">Colour scheme</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Colour scheme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Valid for Iraqi flags 1963–present</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="background:#cd1125; width:200px"><span style="color:white;">Red</span> </th> <th style="background:#fff; width:200px;"><span style="color:black;">White</span> </th> <th style="background:#017b3d; width:200px"><span style="color:white;">Green</span> </th> <th style="background:#000000ff; width:200px"><span style="color:white;">Black</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/RGB_color_model" title="RGB color model">RGB</a></b> </td> <td><code>205/17/37</code></td> <td><code>255/255/255</code></td> <td><code>1/123/61</code></td> <td><code>0/0/0</code> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/Hexadecimal" title="Hexadecimal">Hexadecimal</a></b> </td> <td><code>#cd1125</code></td> <td><code>#ffffff</code></td> <td><code>#017b3d</code></td> <td><code>#000000</code> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/CMYK_color_model" title="CMYK color model">CMYK</a></b> </td> <td><code>0/92/82/20</code></td> <td><code>0/0/0/0</code></td> <td><code>99/0/50/52</code></td> <td><code>0/0/0/100</code> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mesopotamia_Empire_2334-539_BC">Mesopotamia Empire 2334-539 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mesopotamia Empire 2334-539 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shamash-sun-symbol_(3_rays).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg/220px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg/330px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg/440px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Stylized symbol of the sun-god <a href="/wiki/Shamash" title="Shamash">Shamash</a>, often represented on poles as a standard from the <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian</a> period down to the Neo-<a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Babylonian</a> period.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abbasid_Caliphate_750–1258"><span id="Abbasid_Caliphate_750.E2.80.931258"></span>Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbasid_banner.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Abbasid_banner.svg/220px-Abbasid_banner.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Abbasid_banner.svg/330px-Abbasid_banner.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Abbasid_banner.svg/440px-Abbasid_banner.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The Abbasid Black Standard</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasid Revolution">Abbasid Revolution</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> adopted black for its <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">rāyaʾ</i></span> for which their partisans were called the <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">musawwid</i></span>s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their rivals chose other colours in reaction; among these, forces loyal to <a href="/wiki/Marwan_II" title="Marwan II">Marwan II</a> adopted red.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The choice of black as the colour of the Abbasid Revolution was already motivated by the "black standards out of Khorasan" tradition associated with the <a href="/wiki/Mahdi" title="Mahdi">Mahdi</a>. The contrast of white vs. black as the Fatimid vs. Abbasid dynastic colour over time developed in white as the colour of Shia Islam and black as the colour of Sunni Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the revolution, Islamic apocalyptic circles admitted that the Abbasid banners would be black but asserted that the Mahdi's standard would be black and larger.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECook2002153_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECook2002153-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECook2002125_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECook2002125-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECook2002206_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECook2002206-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anti-Abbasid circles cursed "the black banners from the East", "first and last".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kingdom_of_Iraq_1921–1959"><span id="Kingdom_of_Iraq_1921.E2.80.931959"></span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Kingdom of Iraq</a> 1921–1959</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kingdom of Iraq 1921–1959"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>23 August 1921 – 10 July 1924 (ratio: 1:2)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(1924%E2%80%931959).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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1:2)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_(1930-1958).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg/220px-Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg/330px-Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg/440px-Royal_Standard_of_Iraq_%281930-1958%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Royal standard of the Kingdom of Iraq, 11 January 1930 – 14 July 1958 (ratio: 1:2)</figcaption></figure> <p>The first flag of modern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> was in <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Iraq" title="Mandatory Iraq">Mandatory Iraq</a>, and was adopted in 1921. It was a <a href="/wiki/Black" title="Black">black</a>-<a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a>-<a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a> horizontal flag, with a red triangle extending from the mast side, inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Arab_Revolt" title="Flag of the Arab Revolt">flag of the Arab Revolt</a>. It was soon changed to a new version with a red trapezoid replacing the triangle and two seven-point white stars on denoting the <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a> River, and the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> River. Both designs also reflected the newly installed <a href="/wiki/Hashemite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashemite">Hashemite</a> Dynasty in Iraq (originally from <a href="/wiki/Hejaz" title="Hejaz">Hejaz</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>), who had played a leading role in the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Revolt" title="Arab Revolt">Arab Revolt</a>. As such, it was similar to the flags of Hashemite <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Jordan" title="Flag of Jordan">Jordan</a>, and the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hejaz" title="Kingdom of Hejaz">Kingdom of Hejaz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new flag continued to be used in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Kingdom of Iraq</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1958">1958</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1958"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation" title="Flag of the Arab Federation">Flag of the Arab Federation</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Arab_Federation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Flag of the Arab Federation, of which Iraq was part, January 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958 (ratio: 1:2)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1958, in response to the merger of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">United Arab Republic</a>, the two Hashemite kingdoms of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Federation" title="Arab Federation">Arab Federation</a>, a confederation of the two states. The flag of the union was essentially that of <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> but without seven pointed star in the red chevron.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This flag is identical to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Palestine" title="Flag of Palestine">flag of Palestine</a> adopted in 1964, and almost identical to the flag of the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party" title="Ba'ath Party">Ba'ath Party</a>. The union lasted less than six months, being terminated by the <a href="/wiki/14_July_Revolution" title="14 July Revolution">Iraqi Revolution of 1958</a> in July. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1959–1963"><span id="1959.E2.80.931963"></span>1959–1963</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1959–1963"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(1959%E2%80%931963).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> January 1, 1959 – July 31, 1963 (ratio: 1:2)</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/14_July_Revolution" title="14 July Revolution">Revolution of 14 July 1958</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Karim_Qasim" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Karim Qasim">Abd al-Karim Qasim</a>, which abolished the <a href="/wiki/Hashemite_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashemite monarchy">Hashemite monarchy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and turned the country into a <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Republic_(1958%E2%80%931968)" title="Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)">Iraq</a> adopted a new flag (Law 102 of 1959) that consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Black" title="Black">black</a>-<a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a>-<a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a> vertical tricolour, with a red eight-pointed star with a yellow circle at its centre. The black, white, green, and red are the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arab_colors" title="Pan-Arab colors">Pan-Arab colors</a>, representing <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arabism" title="Pan-Arabism">pan-Arabism</a>, with the yellow <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Sun" title="Kurdish Sun">Kurdish Sun</a> in the middle to represent the <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq" title="Kurds in Iraq">Iraqi Kurds</a>, surrounded by the red <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Ishtar" title="Star of Ishtar">Star of Ishtar</a> to represent the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Assyrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrians">Assyrians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1963–1991"><span id="1963.E2.80.931991"></span>1963–1991</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1963–1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(1963%E2%80%931991).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> 31 July 1963 – 13 January 1991 (ratio: 2:3)</figcaption></figure> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Karim_Qasim" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Karim Qasim">Qassim</a> was <a href="/wiki/Ramadan_Revolution" title="Ramadan Revolution">overthrown</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Ba'ath Party</a> in 1963, the new Ba'athist government adopted a modified version of the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arab_colors" title="Pan-Arab colors">Arab Liberation flag</a> as the new flag of <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> on 31 July 1963 (Law 28 of 1963). This horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black bands (a subset of the Pan-Arab colours, first used in the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Revolution of 1952">Egyptian Revolution of 1952</a>) formed the basis of the flag of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">United Arab Republic (UAR)</a>. Though the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">UAR</a> broke up in 1961, hopes for <a href="/wiki/Arab_unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab unity">Arab unity</a> persisted. As such, whereas the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">UAR flag</a> had two green stars in the white band, signifying its two members (<a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>), the new Iraqi flag had three stars, symbolising the aspiration that <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> would join with <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> in a new union. Sharing this goal, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> adopted the new Iraqi flag as its own later that same year. This remained the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Syria" title="Flag of Syria">flag of Syria</a> until 1971, when the green stars were replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Hawk_of_Quraish" title="Hawk of Quraish">Hawk of Quraish</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Syria" title="Coat of arms of Syria">Coat of arms of Syria</a>. </p><p> During the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>, the Iraqi Flag Law No. 28 of 1963 was replaced by Flag Law No. 33 of 1986, which did not alter the flag but changed the meaning of the three stars from their original geographic meaning to representations of the three tenets of the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party" title="Ba'ath Party">Ba'ath Party</a> motto: <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">wahda, hurriyah, ishtirakiyah</i></span></i> (unity, freedom and socialism).</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991–2004"><span id="1991.E2.80.932004"></span>1991–2004</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1991–2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(1991%E2%80%932004).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_sinister.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Obverse side meant to be hoisted with pole to the observer's right"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/FIAV_sinister.svg/23px-FIAV_sinister.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/FIAV_sinister.svg/36px-FIAV_sinister.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/FIAV_sinister.svg/46px-FIAV_sinister.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> 13 January 1991 – 15 August 2004 (ratio: 2:3)</figcaption></figure> <p>On 13 January 1991, the flag was modified by Flag Law No. 6 of 1991. At the instigation of President <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>, the <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Takb%C4%ABr" class="mw-redirect" title="Takbīr">takbīr</a></i></span></i> (the phrase <i>Allahu akbar</i>, meaning "God is the greatest" in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a>) was added in green between the stars. The form of the <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">takbīr</i></span></i> was said to be Saddam's own handwriting.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (March 2011)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> interpreted the addition of the sacred Islamic text as an attempt to garner wartime support from previously outlawed religious Iraqi leaders, to stop the disrespect of the Iraqi flag in <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_invasion_of_Kuwait" title="Iraqi invasion of Kuwait">Iraqi-occupied Kuwait</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Faith_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Faith campaign">bolster the Iraqi government's Islamist credentials</a> in the period immediately preceding the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a>. </p><p>As with other flags inscribed with <a href="/wiki/Arabic_script" title="Arabic script">Arabic script</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_vexillology" title="Glossary of vexillology">hoist</a> is to the right of the obverse (front) of the flag. The <i><a href="/wiki/Hamza" title="Hamza">hamza</a></i> over the <i><a href="/wiki/Aleph" title="Aleph">alif</a></i> of <i><a href="/wiki/Allah" title="Allah">Allah</a></i> in the main variant seems to be a spelling mistake, according to formal rules, but it is a common mistake which appears in many texts.<sup id="cite_ref-fotw_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fotw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2008"><span id="2004.E2.80.932008"></span>2004–2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2004–2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(2004%E2%80%932008).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932008%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> 15 August 2004 – 22 January 2008 flag of Iraq with stylized <a href="/wiki/Kufic" title="Kufic">Kufic</a> script (ratio: 2:3)</figcaption></figure> <p>Owing to differing views on <a href="#2004_flag_proposal_and_controversy">a flag proposed by the United States-appointed administration</a>, and the prevailing opposition to an outright abandonment of the current Iraqi flag, a compromise measure was adopted by the U.S.-appointed Iraqi interim administration in 2004. The basic form of the existing <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a> was retained;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the <i>takbīr</i> was rendered in traditional stylized <a href="/wiki/Kufic" title="Kufic">Kufic</a> script, as opposed to the handwriting of <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>. </p><p>The modified flag was unveiled at the ceremony marking the technical "handover" of power from the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Provisional_Authority" title="Coalition Provisional Authority">Coalition Provisional Authority</a> occupation forces to the U.S.-appointed administration on 28 July 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite this measure, the Kurdish population still opposed the flag, as it contained the three stars associated with the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Ba'athist regime</a> of Saddam Hussein, and thus, the <a href="/wiki/Anfal_campaign" title="Anfal campaign">atrocities</a> that were committed upon the Kurds by the Ba'athists.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This eventually led to the removal of the three stars in 2008, which also provoked some criticism among non-Kurdish Iraqis, who flew it in protest.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–present"><span id="2008.E2.80.93present"></span>2008–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2008–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> 22 January 2008<sup id="cite_ref-FOTW_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOTW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – present flag of Iraq (ratio: 2:3)</figcaption></figure> <p>On 22 January 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-FOTW_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOTW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq" title="Council of Representatives of Iraq">Council of Representatives of Iraq</a> approved its new design for the national flag, confirmed by Law 9 of 2008 as the compromising temporary replacement for the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Ba'athist</a> Saddam-era flag. In this current version, the three stars were removed, with the two words of the <i>takbīr</i> being brought closer together and rendered in bold, and corrected the previous spelling of <i>Allah</i> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ألله</span></span> to <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الله</span></span>). The removal of the three stars was demanded by the Kurdish population of Iraq, who associated the three stars with the <a href="/wiki/Anfal_campaign" title="Anfal campaign">Al-Anfal genocide</a>. But their removal provoked criticism among non-Kurdish Iraqis, mainly Iraqi Arabs, who argued that the stars did not represent the Ba'athist regime, and the city of <a href="/wiki/Fallujah" title="Fallujah">Fallujah</a> refused to fly the temporary flag that year unless instructed otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq" title="Council of Representatives of Iraq">parliament</a> intended for the new design to last one year, after which a final decision on the flag would be made. However, the flag law was reviewed in parliament on 30 August 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, there was an effort to replace the flag with a new design.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbolism">Symbolism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Symbolism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Iraqi flag consists of <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arab_colors" title="Pan-Arab colors">four colours</a>: red, white, green and black, inspired by the poetic verse of <a href="/wiki/Safi_al-Din_al-Hilli" title="Safi al-Din al-Hilli">Safi al-Din al-Hilli</a>: "Our actions are bright, our battlefields are dark, our lands are green, and our swords are red with the blood of our enemies".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iraq_(construction_sheet).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Iraq_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> 22:January 2008 – present flag of Iraq (ratio: 2:3)</figcaption></figure> <p>The flag is in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Rectangle" title="Rectangle">rectangle</a>, the width of which is two-thirds of its length, and it consists of three horizontal bands of equal dimensions, the top in red, the middle in white, and the bottom in black, and the green word <a href="/wiki/Takbir" title="Takbir">ʾAllāhu ʾakbar</a> "الله اكبر" in <a href="/wiki/Kufic_Script" class="mw-redirect" title="Kufic Script">Kufic script</a> is in the middle of the middle white rectangle. The ratio of flag is 2:3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag_proposals_and_flag_contest">Flag proposals and flag contest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Flag proposals and flag contest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_flag_proposal_and_controversy">2004 flag proposal and controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2004 flag proposal and controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_(Coalition_Provisional_Authority,_2004).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg/220px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg/330px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg/440px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28Coalition_Provisional_Authority%2C_2004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1119" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_proposal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design was proposed in the past, but never officially adopted"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/FIAV_proposal.svg/23px-FIAV_proposal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/FIAV_proposal.svg/36px-FIAV_proposal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/FIAV_proposal.svg/46px-FIAV_proposal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Proposed flag, 2004 (later abandoned) during <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)">American occupation</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MiddleEastFlags.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MiddleEastFlags.svg/220px-MiddleEastFlags.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="409" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MiddleEastFlags.svg/330px-MiddleEastFlags.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MiddleEastFlags.svg/440px-MiddleEastFlags.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>A comparison of the flags of some of Iraq's neighbours, Iraq's older flags, and the proposed flag.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the military invasion of Iraq by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in 2003, the Iraqi government was overthrown, and the Ba'ath party was outlawed. Strong speculation followed that the U.S. government would press for a change in the Iraqi flag to remove its pan-Arab symbolism, and to make a definitive break with the period of Ba'athist rule. To a degree, this view was shared by some groups in Iraq. In addition to some displeasure among Iraqis who had suffered under Saddam Hussein to retaining national symbols used by his government, there was also strong aversion to the flag from Iraq's Kurdish minority, who resented its evocation of pan-Arabism. However, Iraqi opponents of changing the flag argued that since the flag had been used since 1963, long before Saddam Hussein's presidency, it was unfair to characterise it as a "Saddamist" flag. They also stressed that pan-Arabism has been a dominant popular principle among Iraqi's majority population for decades prior to Iraqi independence in 1932. </p><p>On 14 August 2004 the U.S.-appointed <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Governing_Council" title="Iraqi Governing Council">Iraqi Governing Council</a> (IGC) announced a new flag during Saddam's Iraq. The IGC stated that, from around 30 competing entries, it had chosen a design by the distinguished Iraqi artist-architect <a href="/wiki/Rifat_Chadirji" title="Rifat Chadirji">Rifat Chadirji</a>, who lived in London, and is a brother of a member of the IGC. Chadirji commented that the guidelines stipulated that Iraq should be portrayed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, with historical elements included. His design was inspired by the flags of <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Canada" title="Flag of Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland" title="Flag of Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt29apr_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt29apr-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proposed flag had several meanings:<sup id="cite_ref-nyt29apr_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt29apr-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Symbol </th> <th>Meaning </th></tr> <tr> <td>White background </td> <td>Purity </td></tr> <tr> <td>Two blue bands </td> <td>The blue bands represent the <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> rivers. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yellow band </td> <td>Kurdish minority. The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kurdistan" title="Flag of Kurdistan">flag of Kurdistan</a> features a yellow sun. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blue crescent </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Star_and_crescent" title="Star and crescent">crescent</a> represents <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<br />The shade of blue represents <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmens" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Turkmens">Iraqi Turkmens</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The design marked a notable break with the three flags of modern Iraqi history (namely the Arab Revolt-inspired flag of the Kingdom, the flag introduced by Abd al-Karim Qasim, and the Arab Liberation inspired flag of 1963), all of which were based on the four <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arab_colors" title="Pan-Arab colors">Pan-Arab colours</a>. Indeed, of these colours, only white was represented in the IGC design. Moreover, Islamic crescents are usually depicted in green or red in Arab heraldry. The proposed change provoked an intensely negative reaction across groups of Iraq's Arab majority, including those vehemently opposed to Saddam Hussein. Those opposed to the U.S. occupation, including <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a">Shi'a</a> cleric <a href="/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr" title="Muqtada al-Sadr">Muqtada al-Sadr</a>, decried the design as an attempt by the U.S. government to strip Iraq of its identity, and its historically prominent role in the <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab world</a>. In particular, critics lamented the proposed abandonment of the Arab Liberation Flag, the omission of the traditional colours of <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arabism" title="Pan-Arabism">pan-Arabism</a>, and the removal of the <i>takbīr</i>. </p><p>Additionally, the new flag's predominantly blue-on-white appearance immediately antagonized many in Iraq because of the claim that it was similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Israel" title="Flag of Israel">flag of Israel</a>. Israel was considered <a href="/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93Israel_relations" title="Iraq–Israel relations">hostile to Iraq</a> since its establishment in 1948. </p><p>The new flag was reported to have been <a href="/wiki/Flag_desecration#Iraq" title="Flag desecration">burned by insurgents</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fallujah" title="Fallujah">Fallujah</a> on 27 April 2004, the day before its planned official adoption. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 28 April 2004, IGC President <a href="/wiki/Masoud_Barzani" title="Masoud Barzani">Masoud Barzani</a> formally presented a modified version of the flag in which the originally very light shade of blue as reported by the press on 26 April 2004 had been changed to a darker tone. It was unclear whether this was a change made because of the protests made against the original design or, as the Council claimed, a rectification of printing errors in the earlier news reports. Barzani also explained that the flag was a temporary design, to be used over the ensuing months until the adoption of a definitive flag. </p><p> In the face of the overwhelming public outcry, adoption of the blue crescent flag was abandoned entirely.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_flag_proposal">2008 flag proposal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2008 flag proposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_(first_proposal,_2008).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/220px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/330px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/440px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28first_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> First proposal, 2008</figcaption></figure><p> Despite the compromise in 2004, opposition to the flag persisted from Kurdish groups. In January 2008, a new design was proposed, removing the three green stars, instead placing a green eight pointed star around a yellow circle in the middle of the <i>takbīr</i>, which is written in the Kufic script and prized as a Mesopotamian Arabic style, having originated in Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_flag_contest">2008 flag contest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2008 flag contest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_(second_proposal,_2008).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/220px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/330px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg/440px-Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_%28second_proposal%2C_2008%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> Second proposal, 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2008, the Iraqi parliament launched a contest to design a new Iraqi flag. The contest ran until September 2008, with 50 designs submitted. Six designs were chosen and sent to the parliament which was to choose a new flag before the end of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another proposed design was also similar to the 2004–2008 flag, but the script was changed to yellow to represent the Kurdish people in northern Iraq. The meaning of the three stars would be changed to symbolize peace, tolerance and justice.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subnational_flags">Subnational flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Subnational flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions">Regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Flag</th> <th style="width:100px;">Date </th> <th>Ratio</th> <th style="width:250px;">Use</th> <th style="width:250px;">Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/150px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/225px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/300px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td> <td>2005–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kurdistan" title="Flag of Kurdistan">Flag of Kurdistan</a>, used in <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governorates">Governorates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Governorates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq" title="Governorates of Iraq">Governorates of Iraq</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Flag </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Ratio</th> <th style="width:250px;">Use</th> <th style="width:250px;">Description </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Al_Anbar_Governorate" title="Al Anbar Governorate">Al Anbar Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Babil_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1032" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Babil_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Babil Governorate">Babil Governorate</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Baghdad_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Governorate" title="Baghdad Governorate">Baghdad Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/150px-Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/225px-Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/300px-Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="285" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Basra_Governorate" title="Basra Governorate">Basra Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/150px-Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/225px-Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg/300px-Old_Flag_of_Basra_Governorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–? </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Former flag of Basra Governorate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Diyala_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Diyala_Governorate" title="Diyala Governorate">Diyala Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:White_flag_of_surrender.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/White_flag_of_surrender.svg/150px-White_flag_of_surrender.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/White_flag_of_surrender.svg/225px-White_flag_of_surrender.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/White_flag_of_surrender.svg/300px-White_flag_of_surrender.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Halabja_Governorate" title="Halabja Governorate">Halabja Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Muthanna_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="265" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Muthanna_Governorate" title="Muthanna Governorate">Muthanna Governorate</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Nineveh_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="397" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Nineveh_Governorate" title="Nineveh Governorate">Nineveh Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>White flag charged with the emblem of the governorate. The emblem depicts the leaning minaret of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_al-Nuri,_Mosul" title="Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul">Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul</a> surrounded by olive branches. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate,_Iraq.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg/150px-Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg/225px-Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg/300px-Flag_of_Saladin_Governorate%2C_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Saladin_Governorate" title="Saladin Governorate">Saladin Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Kirkuk_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="1844" data-file-height="1230" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk_Governorate" title="Kirkuk Governorate">Kirkuk Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png/150px-Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png/225px-Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png/300px-Flag_of_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>1:2</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Sulaymaniyah_Governorate" title="Sulaymaniyah Governorate">Sulaymaniyah Governorate</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Wasit_Governorate" title="Wasit Governorate">Wasit Governorate</a></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_flags">Military flags</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Military flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Flag </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Ratio</th> <th style="width:250px;">Use</th> <th style="width:250px;">Description </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Current </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3</td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Ground_Forces" title="Iraqi Ground Forces">Iraqi Ground Forces</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" title="Iraqi Air Force">Iraqi Air Force</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>2003–present </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Navy" title="Iraqi Navy">Iraqi Navy</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Bureau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>2007–present </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Counter_Terrorism_Service" title="Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service">Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg/150px-Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg/225px-Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg/300px-Special_Operations_Iraq_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–present </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Special Operations Iraq Flag </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg/150px-Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg/225px-Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg/300px-Flag_of_Shabak_Democratic_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Shabak_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabak Militia">Shabak Militia</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Former </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_(pre-2003).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Navy_%28pre-2003%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–2003 </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Ba'athist-era flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Navy" title="Iraqi Navy">Iraqi Navy</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Fedayeen_Saddam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td>?–2003 </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Fedayeen_Saddam" title="Fedayeen Saddam">Fedayeen Saddam</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png/150px-Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png/225px-Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Flag_of_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png 2x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="196" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 May 2004–31 December 2009 </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td rowspan="2">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="Multi-National Force – Iraq">Multi-National Force – Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png/150px-Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png/225px-Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png/300px-Flag_of_United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq.png 2x" data-file-width="2645" data-file-height="1700" /></a></span> </td> <td>January 1, 2010–December 15, 2011 </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Forces_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="United States Forces – Iraq">United States Forces – Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political/Rebel_flags"><span id="Political.2FRebel_flags"></span>Political/Rebel flags</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Political/Rebel flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Flag </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Ratio</th> <th style="width:250px;">Use</th> <th style="width:250px;">Description </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Current </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_KDP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_the_KDP.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_KDP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_the_KDP.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_KDP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_the_KDP.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_KDP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party" title="Kurdistan Democratic Party">Kurdistan Democratic Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaldean_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chaldean_flag.svg/150px-Chaldean_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chaldean_flag.svg/225px-Chaldean_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chaldean_flag.svg/300px-Chaldean_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Babylon_Movement" title="Babylon Movement">Babylon Movement</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Assyrian_Democratic_Movement.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Democratic_Movement" title="Assyrian Democratic Movement">Assyrian Democratic Movement</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Assyrians_(no_Assur).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Assyrians_%28no_Assur%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Nineveh_Plain_Protection_Units" title="Nineveh Plain Protection Units">Nineveh Plain Protection Units</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Communist_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Communist_Party" title="Iraqi Communist Party">Iraqi Communist Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg/150px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg/225px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg/300px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td rowspan="2">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_National_Congress" title="Iraqi National Congress">Iraqi National Congress</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_(2003).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg/150px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg/225px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg/300px-Iraqi_National_Congress_flag_%282003%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg/150px-Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg/225px-Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg/300px-Islamic_Dawa_Party_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Dawa_Party" title="Islamic Dawa Party">Islamic Dawa Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_PUK.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_PUK.png/150px-Flag_of_PUK.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_PUK.png/225px-Flag_of_PUK.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_PUK.png/300px-Flag_of_PUK.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="237" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan" title="Patriotic Union of Kurdistan">Patriotic Union of Kurdistan</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg/150px-Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg/225px-Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg/300px-Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Yazidi_Movement_for_Reform_and_Progress" title="Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress">Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>1:2 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Islamic_Movement" title="Kurdistan Islamic Movement">Kurdistan Islamic Movement</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Hezbollah_Movement_in_Iraq.svg" title="File:Flag of the Hezbollah Movement in Iraq.svg">Link to file</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah_Movement_in_Iraq" title="Hezbollah Movement in Iraq">Hezbollah Movement in Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ISCI_flag.svg" title="File:ISCI flag.svg">Link to file</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Supreme_Council_of_Iraq" title="Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq">Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces" title="Popular Mobilization Forces">Popular Mobilization Forces</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG/150px-Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG/225px-Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG/300px-Kata%27ib_Hezbollah_sans_logo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="385" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah" title="Kata'ib Hezbollah">Kata'ib Hezbollah</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Turkmen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1376" data-file-height="916" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen_Front" title="Iraqi Turkmen Front">Iraqi Turkmen Front</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Kurdistan_Islamic_Group.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Justice_Group" title="Kurdistan Justice Group">Kurdistan Justice Group</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_State_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/150px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/225px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/300px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg/150px-Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg/225px-Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg/300px-Flag_of_Islamic_Army_In_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Army_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Army of Iraq">Islamic Army of Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Former </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg/150px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg/225px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg/300px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda%27s_Kurdish_Brigades.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Brigades" title="Kurdistan Brigades">Kurdistan Brigades</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_(2004%E2%80%932005).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq_%282004%E2%80%932005%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al-Qaeda in Iraq">Al-Qaeda in Iraq</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Iraq_Awakening_Conference.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Iraq" title="Sons of Iraq">Sons of Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_JTJ.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_JTJ.svg/150px-Flag_of_JTJ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_JTJ.svg/225px-Flag_of_JTJ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_JTJ.svg/300px-Flag_of_JTJ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="499" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Jama%27at_al-Tawhid_wal-Jihad" title="Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad">Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Mahdi_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3465" data-file-height="2310" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Mahdi_Army" title="Mahdi Army">Mahdi Army</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg/150px-Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg/225px-Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg/300px-Flag_of_Ansar_al-Islam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam_in_Kurdistan" title="Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan">Ansar al-Islam</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_(variant).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg/150px-Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg/225px-Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg/300px-Flag_of_the_Kurdish_White_Flags_%28variant%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3465" data-file-height="2310" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/White_Flags" title="White Flags">White Flags</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg/150px-Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg/225px-Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg/300px-Iraqi_Islamic_Resistance_Army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="636" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Army </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_State_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/150px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/225px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/300px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg/150px-Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg/225px-Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg/300px-Flag_of_Jama%27at_Ansar_al-Sunnah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="346" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sunnah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansar al-Sunnah">Ansar al-Sunnah</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg/150px-Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg/225px-Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg/300px-Flag_of_Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="174" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Al-Salafi_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Bakr Al-Salafi Army">Abu Bakr Al-Salafi Army</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hamas.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Hamas.svg/150px-Flag_of_Hamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Hamas.svg/225px-Flag_of_Hamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Hamas.svg/300px-Flag_of_Hamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Hamas_of_Iraq" title="Hamas of Iraq">Hamas of Iraq</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg/150px-Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg/225px-Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg/300px-Flag_of_Promised_Day_Brigades.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>2:3 </td> <td>Flag of <a href="/wiki/Promised_Day_Brigade" title="Promised Day Brigade">Promised Day Brigade</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Revolutionary_Tribal_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Revolutionary_Tribal_Council.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Revolutionary_Tribal_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Revolutionary_Tribal_Council.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Revolutionary_Tribal_Council.svg.png 1.5x, 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Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Jordan" title="Flag of Jordan">Flag of Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kuwait" title="Flag of Kuwait">Flag of Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Palestine" title="Flag of Palestine">Flag of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sudan" title="Flag of Sudan">Flag of Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Syria" title="Flag of Syria">Flag of Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Flag of the United Arab Emirates">Flag of the United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Yemen" title="Flag of Yemen">Flag of Yemen</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Even after the ʿAbbasids had triumphed over the Umayyads in 750, they continued to deploy black as their dynastic colour; not only the banners but the headdresses and garments of the ʿAbbasid caliphs were black [...] The ubiquitous black created a striking contrast with the banners and dynastic color of the Umayyads, which had been white [...] The Ismaili Shiʿite counter-caliphate founded by the Fatimids took white as its dynastic color, creating a visual contrast to the ʿAbbasid enemy [...] white became the Shiʿite color, in deliberate opposition to the black of the ʿAbbasid 'establishment'." 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title="History of Iraq">Chronology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ubaid_period" title="Ubaid period">Ubaid period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassuna_culture" title="Hassuna culture">Hassuna culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halaf_culture" title="Halaf culture">Halaf culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halaf-Ubaid_Transitional_period" title="Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period">Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarra_culture" title="Samarra culture">Samarra culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruk_period" title="Uruk period">Uruk period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemdet_Nasr_period" title="Jemdet Nasr period">Jemdet Nasr period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subartu" title="Subartu">Subartu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian Empire</a></li> <li><a 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Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Neo-Babylonian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian captivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Babylon" title="Fall of Babylon">Fall of Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Assyria" title="Achaemenid Assyria">Achaemenid Assyria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Babylonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Babylonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoristan" title="Asoristan">Sassanid Asorestan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">638–1958</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia" title="Muslim conquest of Persia">Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buyid_dynasty" title="Buyid dynasty">Buyid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qara_Qoyunlu" title="Qara Qoyunlu">Qara Qoyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Qoyunlu" title="Aq Qoyunlu">Aq Qoyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Iraq" title="Ottoman Iraq">Ottoman Iraq</a> (incl. <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Iraq)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Iraq)">Mamluk dynasty</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Mesopotamia" title="Mandate for Mesopotamia">Mandate for Mesopotamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Iraq" title="Mandatory Iraq">Mandatory Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Kingdom of Iraq</a> <ul><li><a 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Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)">National Command</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi%E2%80%93Kurdish_conflict" title="Iraqi–Kurdish conflict">Iraqi–Kurdish conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Shatt_al-Arab_conflict" title="1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict">1974–1975 Shatt al-Arab clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Shia_uprising_in_Iraq" title="1977 Shia uprising in Iraq">1977 Shia uprising in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%931980_Shia_uprising_in_Iraq" title="1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq">1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Iraq and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Opera" title="Operation Opera">Operation Opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Kuwait">Invasion of Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings" title="1991 Iraqi uprisings">1991 uprisings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iraq">Sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">U.S. invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)">Iraqi insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">U.S. troop withdrawal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2011%E2%80%932013)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)">Insurgency (2011–2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Iraq_(2013%E2%80%932017)" title="War in Iraq (2013–2017)">War (2014–2017)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Mosul" title="Fall of Mosul">Fall of Mosul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)">Mosul liberation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Iraq_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)">Insurgency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932021_Iraqi_protests" title="2019–2021 Iraqi protests">2019–2021 protests</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Iraqi_political_crisis" title="2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis">2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Iraq" title="Geography of Iraq">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Faw_peninsula" title="Al-Faw peninsula">Faw peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mesopotamia" title="Upper Mesopotamia">Upper Mesopotamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Mesopotamia" title="Lower Mesopotamia">Lower Mesopotamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_Iraq" title="Template:Borders of Iraq">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates river</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamrin_Mountains" title="Hamrin Mountains">Hamrin Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Iraq" title="Category:Lakes of Iraq">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Iraq" title="List of islands of Iraq">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_Marshes" title="Mesopotamian Marshes">Mesopotamian Marshes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Iraq" title="List of places in Iraq">Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatt_al-Arab" title="Shatt al-Arab">Shatt al-Arab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Desert" title="Syrian Desert">Syrian Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris river</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Qasr" title="Umm Qasr">Umm Qasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zagros_Mountains" title="Zagros Mountains">Zagros Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Iraq" title="Wildlife of Iraq">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinjar_Mountains" title="Sinjar Mountains">Sinjar Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Iraq" title="Politics of Iraq">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq" title="Governorates of Iraq">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iraq" title="Constitution of Iraq">Constitution</a></li> <li><a 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