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Note: "Fann Ashuri" is written in arabic in this book to describe the winged sun-disc
Note: "Assur" is written to describe the tablets and the winged sun-disc in Andre Parrot's
book 1961
Note: The Guardian wrote an article in 2004 about Gilgamesh and showing the winged sundisc where Gilgamesh is holding it up with two Bull-Men calling it "Assyrian"
Note: Another Assyrian winged sun-disc also with two Bull-Men holding it up similar to the
sun-disc from Tell Halaf, in Ankara museum
Note: The Assyrian symbol of Sanharib Al-Riyadi (King Sanharib's Athletic club) in Beirut
Lebanon 1936 with the flame
Note: Different Aramean eagles without the flame, one sun-disc has also been replaced by the
Lebanese cedar tree instead of the burning torch exactly like the logo of the Assyrian
association in Lebanon, see picture further below
Note: The symbol of Nadi Al-Rafidain Al-Riyadi ([Bet-Nahrin] Mesopotamia Athletic Club) in
Qamishly Syria 1934 with the flame and torch
Arameanist hijacked the red and yellow colors from the Assyrian movement
Sure the red and yellow colors are being used by Syrianska football team now, but they had
hijacked them from Assyrians who have been using these colors earlier, see photo of King
Sanharib Festival in 1970 in Beirut Lebanon, and notice the Assyrian star and the symbol of
Ashur at the center of the red and yellow flag. Furthermore those same colors were the colors
of the Assyrian 8th Batallion flag in AlJazeera Syria during the French mandate. The football
team Assyriska FF in Sweden also used the red and yellow colours in the early 70 before even
Syrianska was established.
Note: 1. Assyrian basketball club from Syria on visit to Iran during the Assyrian Tammuz
festival 2004. Note the red and yellow addresses and Ashurs winged sun disk on the stomach,
2. Another version of Ashurs winged sun disk. From Assyrian Youth Association of America.
The red and yellow colors are clearly reflected in the symbol, 3. The Assyrian winged bull,
Lamassu. This painting hung inside the Assyrian eighth battalion headquarters before the
French left over Syria to the Arabs. Note the colors red on the body and yellow on the wings,
4. Al-Nadi As-Syriani Al-Lubnany, Assyrian Association in Beirut. Ashurs winged sun disk
has been replaced by the Lebanese cedar tree instead of the burning torch.
Conclusion: