Renegade general calls for reform to stabilize #Libya
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Retired Libyan Army #General_Khalifa_Haftar speaks during a press conference in the town of Abyar, 70 kilometers southwest of Bengahzi, on May 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP)
A renegade general who has launched an assault against Islamists in Benghazi warned on Wednesday that Libya had become a “terrorist hub,” calling for a civilian presidential high council to form an emergency cabinet and organize legislative elections. Claiming to speak in the name of the army, Khalifa Haftar urged the country’s highest judicial authority “to form a civilian presidential high council tasked with forming an emergency cabinet and organizing legislative elections.” read (...)