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| US says CIA asset in Libya Khlaifa Haftar is no longer America’s silver lining in Libya | |
| 2016-08-20 | |
... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... has left the US and other countries that support him no choice but to break free from him over being adamant in his refusal to support a fragile UN-proposed government, the Washington Post reported Thursday, adding that Haftar, who is a CIA asset and US-trained military figure has jeopardized hopes for stability in Libya. Renegade General, Haftar has for long styled himself as an opponent to gunnies while in fact, he was building his own power base, which finally made him so obstinate to approve the political agreement brokered by the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... , the American newspaper indicated. "Haftar is threatening many of the Western-backed initiatives in Libya and the establishment of a recognized political power," Barak Barfi, a scholar at New America, a Washington think tank told the Washington Post. Barafi added that Haftar is not strong enough on the battlefield to keep his promises to the US and defeat what they described as gunnies or whom he calls "Islamists" because he can act as a spoiler. Haftar has been launching continuous attacks and air strikes on Benghazi and Derna in a bid to control the eastern region. He has formed his own militias and kicked off the so-called Dignity Operation in Benghazi back in 2014. Since then, Haftar militias have destroyed almost the whole city of Benghazi in their aspiration for power. Moreover, Haftar's militias have also attacked Derna city as often as they did in Benghazi only after the IS snuffies were kicked out of the city by the Derna Shura Council revolutionaries to make his alleged war on terrorism and extremism sound far-fetched, laying a siege on the city and the residents and depriving them from the basic living needs like foods and medicines. "A former senior U.S. official said that Haftar’s connections across the Middle East and beyond have made it difficult for the B.O. regime to develop a unified strategy to confront or co-opt him." Reported the newspaper. These comments come as Haftar's militias are launching an offensive on the oil terminal of Zueitina in a bid to control it and to lay hands on the oil production and exportation in Libya in the oil crescent region. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 FYI: The New America Foundation is a George Soros funded operation that reports on "global governance." You are full of useful and interesting information, Glairong Sforza7574. Thank you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-20 16:22 |
| #1 "Haftar is threatening many of the Western-backed initiatives in Libya and the establishment of a recognized political power," Barak Barfi, a scholar at New America, a Washington think tank told the Washington Post. FYI: The New America Foundation is a George Soros funded operation that reports on "global governance." |
| Posted by: Glairong Sforza7574 2016-08-20 12:14 |