Baghdad-- Old and New Photos

Old Photos of Baghdad

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New Photos of Baghdad

The Iraqi Museum

Al Mustansiriya School

Al-Rasheed Street

Explosions During Iftaar Time in Baghdad 10\24\2005

Baghdad's Palestine hotel looms over a protective concrete barrier in this December 25, 2003 file photo. Eleven people were killed when three car bombs exploded close to the fortified hotel compound used by foreign journalists in Baghdad on October 24, 2005

A huge explosion rattles central Baghdad, near the Palestine hotel, Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. The Palestine Hotel, which houses many foreign journalists in Iraq, was hit by two rockets and one car bomb Monday, causing considerable damage to rooms and injuring at least one person

At the Court

In Iraqi Voting Centers 10\15\2005

Kurdish referendum officials count votes during a power failure in Irbil, Iraq











Iraqi referendum officials count votes in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Oct. 15 2005






Election workers empty ballot boxes to begin counting the results of the constitutional referendum at a polling station in Baghdad's Green Zone Saturday Oct. 15, 2005

Iraq Flag

Jumhuriyyat al-'Iraq, The Republic of Iraq


Description of the Iraqi Flag

Description: Horizontally divided red-white-black flag with three green stars and the takbir in green placed horizontally in the white strip.


Symbolism of the Flag

Colors
The Iraqi flag has what are known as the pan-Arab colors, black, white, red, and green. For a discussion of the history and symbolism of these colors, see Pan-Arab Colors.


Stars
The three stars represent the aspiration for unification with Egypt and Syria.

The Takbir
The takbir [Allahu Akbar (God is great) in Arabic script] in green was added to the 1963 flag during the Gulf War, 13 January 1991. The Arabic text may be read from right to left on both sides of the flag, which are identical.

Al-Ahwar

Here and There

First Post

This is the first post in this blog. In this blog, I collect photos from different scenes from Iraq.