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Proposed_flag_of_Iraq_(first_proposal,_2008).png (800 × 533 pixels, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
22 January 2008 [1] – present flag of Iraq (ratio: 2:3) Flag of Iraq being flown alongside the Flag of Kurdistan in Erbil (2011) On 22 January 2008, [1] the Council of Representatives of Iraq approved its new design for the national flag, confirmed by Law 9 of 2008 as the compromising temporary replacement for the Ba'athist Saddam-era flag.
English: Coat of arms of Iraq as adapted to new 2008 form of national flag -- standard pan-Arab "Eagle of Saladin" with shield of the tricolor of national flag (with the "Takbir" الله أكبر in Kufic text, as on the flag), holding a scroll with the words جمهورية العراق; (Jumhuriyat al-`Iraq "The Republic of Iraq").
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Several very small adjustments have been applied to improve symmetry, character alignment, and character spacing. Note that the flag image shown on the government web page (and referenced above) is very likely derived from a previous version of this Wikimedia file. See also Flags of the World - Iraq. Also in use as current Air Force roundel ...
Scheme Textile colour Red : The Hashemite dynasty, bloody struggle for freedom.: White The Umayyad dynasty, bright and peaceful future.: Green : The Fatimid dynasty, three stars represent three tenets of the Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah, Ishtirakiyah - Unity, Freedom, Socialism.
The flag uses the four Pan-Arab colors (in addition to yellow), but was intended to move away from explicit Pan-Arab or Nasserite symbolism. The yellow sun represented the Kurdish minority and the red star of the "Star of Ishtar" symbol was used to represent Iraq's ancient heritage, as well as its minority Assyrian population.