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An article in the Independent contains a slide show with several flags with
Shia connections:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-mosul-liberation-is-not-what-it-seems-a7398521.html#
David Phillips, 11 June 2016
The images below were seen at the attack on Mosul:
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
This set of pictures takes place during the Battle of Mosul (2016), which was
preceded by the Mosul Offensive (2016) in which multiple parties take place
(Sunni, Shiite, Kurds, Turkmen and Christians) as well as a multi national
coalition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Joint_Task_Force_%E2%80%93_Operation_Inherent_Resolve
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_intervention_against_ISIL#3_December_2014).
Esteban Rivera, 8 November 2016
There are many different Shia-religious flags that are paraded around by
Shia/Shiite-Muslims. Today there are hundreds of them, usually with just
slightly different images of their main imam/saint: Imam Hussein ibn Ali. The
artwork of these flags is limited only by the creativity and imagination of Shia
artists. Hence, I am somewhat reluctant to submit any more of their religious
flags, but their artistry is interesting.
William Garrison, 12
September 2022
image located by William Garrison, 12 September 2022
From
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/iran-shuts-borders-iraq-millions-shiite-pilgrims-arrive-arbaeen#ixzz7eacEXHSn,
a black-field flag bearing an image of the Shia-Muslim Imam Hussein bin Ali
[with the Arabic slogan "Yalatharat al-Hussein" ("Those who want to avenge the
blood of Hussein")] carried while en route to Karbala, Iraq from Nasiriyah in
Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on Sept. 5, 2022, ahead of the religious
holiday of "Arbaeen". The holy day commemorates the 40th day after the "Day of
Ashura": the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson
of the Prophet Muhammad. 2022 is the first year since the outbreak of the
coronavirus pandemic that Shiite pilgrims can enter Iraq in large numbers and
without restrictions. Its impact/importance: About 5 million pilgrims have
entered Iraq so far [early Sept. 2022], and the number is rising significantly.
The Iranian Interior Ministry announced that all borders with Iraq were closed
today [9 Sept 2022] and called on Iranians to refrain from traveling to Iraq due
to Iraq's inability to receive any more pilgrims. It also called on all Iranian
pilgrims inside Iraq to return to Iran as soon as they finish the ceremony to
open space for others to attend.
William Garrison, 12 September 2022