The interpreter waded into the crowd, and soon an Iraqi flag was raised.

Nor did people flood the avenues to parade the Iraqi flag.

Kurdish officials, he said, would fly a new Iraqi flag once the central government changes the design.

He and his friends together carried a 30-foot-long Iraqi flag.

In many places it is impossible to find an Iraqi flag.

Hundreds of residents cheered him along the streets, some waving the old Iraqi flag.

Ahmed said he was still proud of having carried the Iraqi flag during the opening ceremony.

They are given a small car with the coffin draped in an Iraqi flag, strapped to the top.

An Iraqi flag was then placed over the statue.

Grabbing hold of the Iraqi flag next to his desk, he declared he should be president.