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DescriptionNasser Qaddafi Atassi 1969.jpg
English: At an Arab summit in Libya in 1969, shortly after the September Revolution that toppled King Idris I and brought Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi to power. The new Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi sits in military uniform in the middle, surrounded by President Gamal Abd al-Nasser (left) and Syrian President Nur al-Din al-Atasi (right).
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