Renegade Former Libyan General Says PM Must Go, Vote Must Wait

[Purveyor]

Source: REUTERS


By Ulf Laessing

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A renegade former Libyan general says the country's new prime minister is not capable of restoring stability in the major oil producer and has called for a postponement of parliamentary elections planned for June.

Khalifa Haftar launched a campaign more than a week ago to rid Libya of what he calls "terrorists" and Islamist extremists, who are especially active in the oil-rich east.

Gunmen claiming loyalty to him attacked the parliament building in Tripoli a week ago to demand lawmakers hand over power, triggering the worst clashes in the capital for months. [ID:nL6N0O73SX]

Speaking to Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location in eastern Libya, Haftar did not rule out talking to Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq but dismissed him as illegitimate and not up to the job.

"We are open to talk to anyone who can defend the nation," he said. &quot But) he is a businessman, not a man of war."


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[bvar22]

1. We REALLY f**ked that place.

Who are we going to Freedom Bomb next?

[Jesus Malverde]

2. I can't say I support a CIA stooge...

but anyone who drains the body politic of the cancer of sharia, is ok in my book.

Curious he had air support in his attack on bengazi, I suspect it wasn't Libyans.

[jakeXT]

3. It's a promotion from Colonel Gaddafi to General Hiftar /nt

[Jesus Malverde]

4. From pan arab-africa socialist to corporate globalist enforcer...

Its the new normal...