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With Libya’s surprise vote result, a defeated Haftar is back in the saddle
The Africa Report ^ | Wednesday, 10 February 2021 | Samer Al-Atrush

Posted on 07/13/2021 2:53:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Libya's weak new government needs to strike a deal with strongman Haftar to stay afloat.

A businessman with Gaddafi regime ties, Abdelhamid Debaiba defied the odds when a UN-led dialogue chose him as prime minister earlier this month, despite French and Egyptian backing for a rival list led by the east Libyan parliament speaker Aguileh Saleh and west Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha. One powerbroker, however, breathed a sigh of relief. Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who launched a devastating war on Tripoli in 2019 only to be defeated and increasingly marginalised, was back in the saddle.

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TOPICS: History; Travel
KEYWORDS: abdelhamiddebaiba; africa; africom; aguilehsaleh; algeria; egypt; erdogan; europeanunion; fathibashagha; france; gaddafi; ghaddafy; khalifahaftar; kurdistan; libya; nato; receptayyiperdogan; russia; syria; tunisia; turkey; waronterror

1 posted on 07/13/2021 2:53:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Libya’s Haftar closes border with Algeria
Reuters
June 20 2021
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyas-haftar-closes-border-with-algeria-2021-06-20/


2 posted on 07/13/2021 2:54:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“a UN-led dialogue”

I doubt anything good would come from such a thing.


3 posted on 07/13/2021 3:09:28 PM PDT by cdcdawg (It's all so tiresome.)
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To: cdcdawg

By dialogue, the UN means monologue.


4 posted on 07/13/2021 3:27:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who launched a devastating war on Tripoli in 2019 only to be defeated and increasingly marginalised...” Bunk. The battle for Tripoli was harddly devastating. Hafter was immediately defeated thanks to the infusion of Turkish arms and men. He was never marginalized. He just retreated to the south and west and waited. Now his time has nearly come.


5 posted on 07/13/2021 4:54:37 PM PDT by Bookshelf (uit)
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To: Bookshelf
And it didn't go all that well for Turkey, either.
6 posted on 07/13/2021 8:10:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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