All colors of the flag have their own meaning, namely: Red indicates the shedding of blood of anyone who is hostile to Iraq; White indicates good intentions and good motives; Black indicates the battles and wars in which Iraq has been involved; Green is the color of green fields. The phrase "Allāhu Akbar" was added by Saddam Hussein to indicate that the state of Iraq belongs to the Islamic religion and is committed to it. The colors of the Iraqi flag come from a poem by poet Safi al-Din Khali: "Our crafts are white, our facts are black, our pastures are green, our pastures are red." (https://flagsdb.com/asia/iq)