Libya foreign minister names Khalifa Haftar army chief
5/9/17

Libya's foreign minister has named renegade General Khalifa Haftar, the controversial chief of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), as the head of the country's army - provided that he recognises the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) as the only authority.

Haftar, whose LNA forces control key oil ports, is a dominant figure for factions in eastern Libya that have rejected the GNA, contributing to its failure to expand its power in the capital, Tripoli, and beyond.
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"Many people are angry and are wondering how a general whose forces have committed atrocities in Benghazi, whose aircrafts have been raiding ports and airports all over Libya, can be called by the UN-backed GNA as the commander and chief of the Libyan army," he said.

"There is a contradiction here because Haftar himself does not recognise the UN-backed government."

[link to www.aljazeera.com]

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Look at him go. From obscurity to celebrity, from 'renegade General' to
Libyan Presidential nominee for 2018, nicely chronicled on this here thread. lol