Thursday, March 20, 2003 :::
IHT: No-flags order causes a flap along the front line
They are not, these officials say, an army of conquest, intent on claiming Iraqi land or treasure for the United States, but a liberation force. They are concerned that streams of American flags would be seen as provocative.
One could not unreasonably claim that the American flag is a flag of liberation, but this is probably a reasonable policy. What I wonder, though, is whether there's a pre-Ba'ath Iraqi flag, akin to the Russian tri-color which was illegal and popular before the end of the USSR (and which I believe is now the official Russian flag).
::: posted by Steven at 12:25 AM
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