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| What happened to Haftar’s Libya plan? |
| 2017-03-14 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar ... 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... ’s plans for Libya took an abrupt turn for the worse marking yet again another stage of the Libyan Civil War. Tripoli |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "What happened to Haftar’s Libya plan?" Short summary of the article: The plan meet reality and didn't survive! |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-03-14 12:03 |
| #1 Has anyone noticed that Libya's natural wealth is declining in importance rapidly? There is an oil glut, prices are low if not falling and technology is improving to push oil even harder. This is no longer the time of oil equals instant wealth for the oligarchs. Good luck guys. Obama did you a real solid. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-14 08:27 |