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Profile: Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar

20/04/2019

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar

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Becky Milligan looks at the life of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

Becky Milligan looks at the man in charge of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

As Libya edges towards civil war, Becky Milligan looks at the life of the man behind the most recent conflict, which began with his military assault on the city of Tripoli.

Known as "The Strongman", Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar comes from a family of soldiers and as a young man admired his fellow army student Muammar Gaddafi, who would later denounce him after their disastrous defeat in a war in Chad. 

He was given refuge by the Americans and ended up living for twenty years in Langley, Virginia, home of the CIA, before returning to Libya, with the self-proclaimed aim of saving the country from extremists.  

Producers Smita Patel & Tural Ahmedzade 
Editor Andrew Smith

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