File:Flag of Iraq (1959–1963).svg

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DescriptionFlag of Iraq (1959–1963).svg	العربية: علم العراق 1959-1963 تحت عبد الكريم قاسم עברית: הדגל של עיראק בימי עבד אל-כרים קאסם English: Flag of Iraq under the Qassem regime, 1959-1963. 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. Qasim promoted an "Iraq first" identity, emphasizing the country's historical status as the cradle of great pre-Arab civilizations. He deliberately added the Akkadian eight-point star of Ishtar to the national flag, and likewise incorporated the insignia of the sun god Shamash in Iraq's national emblem. -- http://www.meforum.org/518/requiem-for-arab-nationalism According to [1] and [2], Iraqi Kurds prefer this flag to the 1963-2007 forms of the Iraqi national flag (with their Pan-Arab and Ba`thist associations). For the corresponding state emblem (coat of arms) see File:Iraq state emblem CoA 1959-1965 Qassem.svg . For a flag map, see File:Iraq-flag-map 1959-1963.svg .
Date	2006 (SVG file)
Source	Own work based on: 1959 flag design
Author	Orzetto~commonswiki (first-uploaded file version), AnonMoos, etc.
Other versions
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This flag was created with a text editor.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:14, 13 April 2013	900 × 450 (551 bytes)	AnonMoos	decreasing code
	00:46, 13 April 2013	900 × 450 (2 KB)	Raymond1922A	Star is now a path.
	09:04, 27 February 2012	900 × 450 (981 bytes)	Alkari	code cleanup
	17:44, 17 September 2011	512 × 256 (2 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Corrected colours as in a previous upload, but with reduced size.
	22:35, 23 August 2011	798 × 399 (804 bytes)	AnonMoos	new green had too much blue, filesize was bloated by 400%
	19:56, 13 August 2011	800 × 400 (4 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Redid flag, the Arab colour scheme part of the flag has been redone. The Kurdish yellow sun remains the same.
	01:27, 31 January 2011	798 × 399 (992 bytes)	AnonMoos	de-bloating code, slightly de-oranging sun
	00:06, 31 January 2011	798 × 399 (4 KB)	Fry1989	colours a tad
	14:09, 10 June 2006	798 × 399 (1 KB)	AnonMoos	adding title tags now bug 4388 fixed
	19:17, 25 April 2006	798 × 399 (1 KB)	AnonMoos	exact version with vertically and horizontally aligned star points