Monday, September 04, 2006
al-Maliki tells Barzani to await new flag design
Politics
Following Kurdistan’s President’s action of lowering the Iraqi flag and replacing it with the Kurdish flag, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued an order that Iraq’s national flag shall continue to fly until Iraq’s parliament meets on Tuesday after a recess, when a new symbol can be decided on with which the whole country can agree. Barzani refused this, saying, “when a dictatorial regime is abolished, all that is related to it should also be abolished." Iraq’s Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, supported Barzani’s opposition to the Iraqi flag but called for patience until a new one is adopted.
Following Kurdistan’s President’s action of lowering the Iraqi flag and replacing it with the Kurdish flag, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued an order that Iraq’s national flag shall continue to fly until Iraq’s parliament meets on Tuesday after a recess, when a new symbol can be decided on with which the whole country can agree. Barzani refused this, saying, “when a dictatorial regime is abolished, all that is related to it should also be abolished." Iraq’s Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, supported Barzani’s opposition to the Iraqi flag but called for patience until a new one is adopted.
