...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 command in Sabha, southern Libya, several rustics and elders in the city had issued a statement rejecting the presence of those force.
The elders and rustics in Sabha called in the televised statement on Friday for the release of the kidnapped and the return of the robbed and looted belongings of the residents, adding that they should apologize for the assaulted family in their house.
"The Presidential Council, Attorney General, and international organizations should interfere to save the fabric of the society in the city. In addition, the command of the forces in southern Libya and Sabha should explain under whose command the brigades, which did all the crimes in the city, are." The statement explained.
Social media circulated footage showing the house of Abdelmajid Othman Madi from Sabha being assaulted, meanwhile; Haftar's forces has reportedly begun arrest campaigns of opponents and opposition to Haftar in Sabha.
The house and family of Madi, who is a member of "Libya Tribes Council," were attacked and the family members were verbally assaulted, let alone robbing their belongings.
Madi is a Qadaffy loyalist, and he appeared before in video rejecting the entry of Haftar and his forces to the south.