
Context: In July 1977, Libya and Egypt fought a border war after years of tensions over Egypt giving up war with Israel. Libya at the time used a red-white-black pan-Arab flag symbolizing unity with Egypt and Syria. After the conflict ended with a truce, Gaddafi broke with Egypt politically and ideologically. A few months later, he scrapped the shared Arab-union flag and replaced it with a green one — no symbols, no text, just solid green.
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Gaddafi some time later: “Surely the US will not bomb us if we give up our nukes?”
Green stands for bombing civilian aircrafts
Easiest flag to draw for Kids’ school projects.