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Banner o Libie

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The Libie Unthirldom Banner is the current banner o Libie, consistin o three horizontal baunds o reid, black an green, wi a white crescent muin an a starn in its centre. It wis the oreeginal banner o the Kinrick o Libie introducit in 1951 follaein the creation o the Libie state in the post-Warld War II period. It wis oreeginally creatit bi Omar Faiek Shennib an appruivit bi Keeng Idris wha comprised[wrang wird or uiss o Scots] the UN delegation representin the regions o Cyrenaica, Fezzan an Tripolitanie at UN discussions that resultit in a unifee'd Libie in 1951.

This banner wis adoptit bi the Naitional Transitional Cooncil an anti-Gaddafi forces an formally reclaimit as the kintra's naitional banner in the Libie interim Constitutional Declaration issued on 3 August 2011,[1][2] as a result o the Faw o Tripoli frae the Gaddafi govrenment in the Libie ceevil war in August 2011.

Historical banners

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Great Socialist Fowk Libie Arab Jamahiriya

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The banner o the Gaddafi-led Great Socialist Fowk Libie Arab Jamahiriya wis adoptit on 11 November 1977 an consists o a green field. It wis the anerlie naitional banner in the warld wi juist ae colour an nae design, insignia, or ither details.[3] It wis chosen bi Libie leader Muammar Gaddafi tae seembolise his poleetical philosophy (efter his Green Beuk).[4]

The green colour tradeetionally seembolises Islam, reflectin the historical green banners o the Fatimid Caliphate. In Libie, green wis an aw a colour tradeetionally uised tae represent the Tripolitanie region.

Libie (2011-)

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This banner wis oreeginaly the banner o the Kinrick o Libie atween 1951 an 1969. The banner wis first uised bi murmlers durin the Libyan protests o 2011. It is nou uised bi the Naitional Transeetional Cooncil.

References

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  1. "Libya Draft Constitutional Charter" (PDF) (in Arabic). Naitional Transitional Cooncil. 3 August 2011. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  2. "Libya Draft Constitutional Charter". scribd.com. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  3. "Libya Flag". Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  4. "Staff of Libyan consulate in Egypt lower flag". Reuters. 22 Februar 2011. Archived frae the original on 27 Februar 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

Fremmit airtins

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