A while back the #GNC w. US or Euro support formed a national army with Hiftar as its head. Hiftar then became unpopular & one of his sons may have been assassinated. In the last few months information here and there. Personally I don't think Hiftar plans to set up as the new dictator. I think he is a patriot who has been used by the USA in its plans to get rid of Gaddafi, Bay of Pigs style. He is the only one who is leading, acting, fighting against those who chopped off women's heads in Derna for driving and Malian hands. Ideology is what counts least in political alliances. He has a complicated history and a very diverse group of followers. His support is increasing as people tired of GNC support for islamist extremists who were making Libya a base for all sort of Islamic fundamentalist jihad groups. Fundamentalism and democracy cannot coexist.
Juan Cole Do you read Spanish?
A while back the #GNC w. US or Euro support formed a national army with Hiftar as its head. Hiftar then became unpopular & one of his sons may have been assassinated. In the last few months information here and there. Personally I don't think Hiftar plans to set up as the new dictator. I think he is a patriot who has been used by the USA in its plans to get rid of Gaddafi, Bay of Pigs style. He is the only one who is leading, acting, fighting against those who chopped off women's heads in Derna for driving and Malian hands. Ideology is what counts least in political alliances. He has a complicated history and a very diverse group of followers. His support is increasing as people tired of GNC support for islamist extremists who were making Libya a base for all sort of Islamic fundamentalist jihad groups. Fundamentalism and democracy cannot coexist.