Khalifa Haftar is increasingly becoming the source of conflict in Libya Opinion | SyedIbrahim1137
The rebels’ triumphalism was epitomised in a sweeping 2013 law that disqualified former officials from; like the notorious “de-Baathification” law in Iraq a decade earlier. The law starved Libya of much-needed professional technocrats and officers, many of whom had had no attachment to the Jamahiriya dictatorship.
No less than militias affiliated with Tripoli, they also include self-serving fronts who change sides as suits their immediate convenience. In an indication of Tripoli’s ability to learn from former errors, Sarraj managed to win over former Jamahiriya commander Ali Kanna, who now leads the opposition to Haftar in southern Libya.
France, whose war in the Sahel mirrors Haftar’s self-proclaimed war on terrorism in Libya, has been especially energetic in promoting Haftar’s campaigns in Europe.
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