It would be the equivalent of us hoisting the white flag to Liverpool FC that they can 'have the city'.

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Meanwhile, MBNA announced Friday that it would discontinue its "Spirit of America" MasterCard, which features a photograph of three firefighters hoisting the American flag at Ground Zero.

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It depicts five soldiers hoisting the Sri Lankan flag, looking remarkably like the iconic photograph of five marines and a seaman raising Old Glory over Iwo Jima in 1945.

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