Iraqi Parliament To Hold Contests For Flag Design, National Anthem

From MEMRI.

The Iraqi parliament has decided to hold a contest for a new design for the flag of the Iraqi Republic, and for an Iraqi national anthem. Proposals are to be submitted to parliament, and will be examined by the parliamentary culture committee.

Not something you would expect from a country suffering from an intense civil war, unless of course, peace and prosperity are really breaking out, and Iraq is not an unmitigated disaster we are led to believe.

Something of note the MEMRI article does not point out, the Kurds have long sought a new flag for Iraq. Talabani himself has stated the following about the current Iraqi flag,

“It's a Saddamist flag,” he said at a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett. “A lot of crimes have been committed under this flag in the south, in the north and against our neighbors.”

Again, we are led to believe that not only are Iraqis at each other's throats, but so are Iraqi politicians to the point of succession, but yet, Iraqi politicians are redesigning their flag and searching for a National Anthem.