with a white band between them with three green stars. During the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, Saddam added the Arabic words “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” to boost the religious credentials ...

“It is a good step toward the new Iraq,” said Nassih ... of makeovers — including the stars added after the Baathist takeover in 1963 and the “Allahu Akbar” inserted after the ill ...

Iraq has a new national flag ... They should have either changed the whole thing, or kept the original. They removed the stars and left what Saddam has already put! The “Allahu Akbar” inscription. The ...

I’ll never forget the day a US army veteran who had fought in Iraq embraced Islam at my ... when he heard the congregation shout “Allahu Akbar” after he uttered the Islamic declaration ...

and a white band in between with three green stars. During the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, Saddam added the words "Allahu akbar" to boost the religious credentials of his secular regime. The new design ...