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Senussi

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/ sɛˈnuːsɪ /

noun

  1. a member of a zealous and aggressive Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 by Sidi Mohammed ibn Ali al Senussi (?1787–1859)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Senussi Files seem to corroborate several details first mentioned in the cables, including the presence of semtex at Luqa Airport in Malta.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Senussi was sentenced to life but has never spent a single day in a French jail.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

Colonel Gaddafi's brother-in-law, Senussi is in custody in Libya, facing charges over the suppression of the anti-Gaddafi rebellion in 2011.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

Prosecutors said Senussi had been allowed to see relatives, but denied lawyers had been prevented from visiting their clients at the prison.

From Reuters Apr. 14, 2014

The great secret society of the Senussi threatened trouble through a new leader who had arisen, a young man of the far south called the "Deliverer."

From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

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