Answer: IRAQ

AnswerCrossword Clue
IRAQKirkuk's country
IRAQCountry whose flag bears Kufic script
IRAQDesert Storm target
IRAQIt became independent in 1932
IRAQSaudi Arabia neighbor
IRAQBasra's country
IRAQMesopotamia's locale, today
IRAQNajaf's home
IRAQTurkey toucher
IRAQWhere the Tigris flows
IRAQAsian country slightly larger than California
IRAQModern Babylonia
IRAQMosul's land
IRAQWhere the Tigris and Euphrates meet
IRAQBaghdad's land
IRAQ1990 Kuwait invader
IRAQBig oil exporter
IRAQGreen Zone site
IRAQWhere Al Sharqiya is broadcast
IRAQOPEC founding member
IRAQCountry invaded in 2003
IRAQHome of the Kirkuk oil field
IRAQKuwait neighbor
IRAQCountry in the news
IRAQJordan adjoiner
IRAQMesopotamia, nowadays
IRAQNation bordering Iran
IRAQBasra's nation
IRAQBasra's land
IRAQLand of conflict
IRAQJarhead setting
IRAQBaghdad's country
IRAQKismet locale, today
IRAQ"Three Kings" setting
IRAQMesopotamia, now
IRAQFertile Crescent land
IRAQKirkuk's place
IRAQ"Cobra II" topic
IRAQ2007 Asian Cup champion
IRAQNeighbor of Turkey