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Muammar Gaddafi toppled King Idris in 1969 and sought to marginalise the Sanusis with a vengeance.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2011

However hard he tried to crush the Sanusis, Col Gaddafi could never completely erase the family and their followers from Libya and Libyan history.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2011