Ghadafi was a solider in the Libyan army. At the time it was a constituional monarchy and this was the flag:



Ghadafi did a coop and kicked the king out. He became Libya's leader.
He changed the flag to:



He ruled for 42 years (till he got killed today).

A revolution started and it ended killing him because of his stupidty. And now the flag is once again:

It's spelled "coup"

Ghaddafi's flag is so boring.