...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, 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...survived a boom-mobileing in the eastern city of Benghazi.
General Abdelrazak al-Nadhuri "escaped unharmed from a terrorist liquidation attempt after a boom-mobile went
kaboom!... as his convoy passed," the LNA said in a statement.
One civilian was killed and at least two others maimed in the attack.
The kaboom took place in the Sidi Khalifa district at the eastern entrance to Benghazi, the LNA statement said.
Nadhuri was traveling from Benghazi to his base in al-Marj, a small eastern town, when his convoy was hit some 20 km (12 miles) outside Benghazi.
His front man Malek al-Sharif told AFP that the chief of staff, his bodyguards and those travelling with him were unharmed.
"This cowardly terrorist act comes after the defeat of these terrorist groups in Benghazi," Nadhuri told the al-Hadath news outlet.
He accused "terrorist cells" of being behind the attempted liquidation.
No group has immediately grabbed credit.
A security official in Benghazi, Majdi al-Orfi, told AFP that the two victims, a Syrian and a Sudanese national, were caught in the kaboom. The Syrian died.
Last summer, Haftar announced the "total liberation" of Benghazi, after a three-year campaign to seize the city from Lions of Islam who had made it a stronghold following the revolution.
Haftar supports a parliament based in the east of the country, while a UN-backed unity government in the capital Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
has struggled to assert its authority nationwide.