Government1 (Iraq)
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       US:
         no US representative in Baghdad since mid-January 1991; Embassy in Masbah
         Quarter (opposite the Foreign Ministry Club), Baghdad (mailing address is P.
         O. Box 2447 Alwiyah, Baghdad); telephone [964] (1) 719-6138 or 719-6139,
         718-1840, 719-3791
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three green
         five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the
         phrase Allahu Akbar (God is Great) in green Arabic script - Allahu to the
         right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the middle star - was
         added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of
         Syria that has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen that has a
         plain white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt that has a symbolic
         eagle centered in the white band