McLaughlin typed “Iraq War” into a search engine. Up popped pictures of his flag, the statue and Firdos ... to tear down a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein. The Iraqis’ efforts stalled.

Al-Rubaie, who was the national security adviser for Iraq from 2004 to 2009, and was present at the execution of Saddam, told McLaughlin of the incredible meaning his flag had in his world.

IGC spokesman Hameed al-Kafaei said the flag heralded "a new era" as Iraq could not continue using its flag from the Saddam Hussein era. However, one Council member said Iraq had more pressing issues ...

The script was originally in Saddam’s handwriting but was changed unofficially in 2004 to Kufic, an early form of Arabic calligraphy that originated in Iraq. The new flag will only last for one ...

Cultural heritage has become a cornerstone of Iraq's post-Saddam foreign policy. But that same heritage can be more divisive ...

The new Iraqi flag follows an earlier attempt to replace Saddam’s battle standard in ... and red flags typically used by Arab regimes—the new Iraq was meant to be the first of freedom ...

Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders approved a new flag for the country, making a dramatic change that dumps the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and introduces symbols of the ...

BAGHDAD – A new Iraq flag – stripped of the three green stars of Saddam Hussein’s toppled Baath party – was hoisted over the Iraqi Cabinet building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the ...

Iraq's parliament has voted to change the country's flag. The three stars that represented Saddam Hussein's Baath Party will be removed, to address the concerns of Iraqi Kurds. They have refused to ...

The Iraqi flag will no longer boast Saddam Hussein's handwritten praise to God nor its distinctive three stars, parliament decided on Tuesday. Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt a ...