Former Gadhafi loyalist, Virginia resident, named top general in Libya

By World Tribune on March 9, 2015   BB Middle East, Exclusives, Intel Brief, Libya, Mideast, Stateside, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington  

Special to WorldTribune.com Gen. Khalifa Haftar, a former officer involved in a coup that brought Moammar Gadhafi to power in 1969, has been appointed Libya’s new army chief a week after his nomination by the elected parliament. Hafter is also a former long-time resident of Vienna, Virginia, giving rise to rumors he had ties with […]