Iraq Flag

ABOUT IRAQ FLAG:

THREE EQUAL HORIZONTAL BANDS OF RED (TOP), WHITE, AND BLACK WITH THREE GREEN FIVE-POINTED STARS IN A HORIZONTAL LINE CENTERED IN THE WHITE BAND; THE PHRASE ALLAHU AKBAR (GOD IS GREAT) IN GREEN ARABIC SCRIPT - ALLAHU TO THE RIGHT OF THE MIDDLE STAR AND AKBAR TO THE LEFT OF THE MIDDLE STAR - WAS ADDED IN JANUARY 1991 DURING THE PERSIAN GULF CRISIS; SIMILAR TO THE FLAG OF SYRIA, WHICH HAS TWO STARS BUT NO SCRIPT, YEMEN, WHICH HAS A PLAIN WHITE BAND, AND THAT OF EGYPT WHICH HAS A GOLD EAGLE OF SALADIN CENTERED IN THE WHITE BAND; DESIGN IS BASED UPON THE ARAB LIBERATION COLORS