Actually the story behind Iraq's real new flag is quite funny (and sad at the same time). They had a contest where everyone in Iraq could send in a design. Only 30 people out of 5 million made on. The one that got selected had the same colors as Israel's flag, instead of the traditional green color that all the middle eastern countries have since green represents Islam. Whoever designed that flag is a douchebag, but I'm curious about who was in charge of selecting a winner. Was it an Iraqi or was it BushCo?
The second question I have is why did they need a new flag at all? Change of leadership shouldn't mean new flag. I like to think that if we had a revolution in this country and overthrew the Republicrats one day, we'd keep the flag and anthem we have now.