...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...’s self-styled army said Derna will not be the final target for their army, but other cities will be on the list.
The media coordinator of Dignity Operation’s "Omer Mukhtar Room for the Liberation of Derna", Abdul-Karim Sabra, told Russia’s Sputnik on Saturday that "the Libyan Armed Forces will not stop in Derna, but they will move on to the southern region, and they will liberate Sabha, Misrata and entire Libya."
He added that the aim of their planned move is to "maintain Libya’s unity and get rid of all forms of terrorism in the east, south and west of Libya."
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Kufra mayor, Muftah Abu Khalil, declared to the Russian news agency that the southern region could be the next target for "they army", confirming that Derna battle will not be the last.
"Liberating Derna will be an important step in the war on terrorism, and then comes the next stage which is eradicating all terrorist groups from Libya." He said.
Dignity Operation launched early in May an assault on Derna to take it over from what it called "terrorist groups."