...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...have killed two unarmed civilians in broad daylight in Derna amid tens of peer fighters chanting and applauding saying "Allah Akbar."
A video posted on social media shows the graphic moment when fighters for the self-styled army torturing two Derna citizens and badmouthing them before opening a barrage of gunfire on them from a point blank distance.
The horrific scene is so shocking to watch as the two unarmed civilians were left in blood an completely penetrated by tens of pullets.
This came as the forces led by Haftar advanced farther into the center of Derna, which has been under attack for the last 50 days and under a siege for the last two years amid international and local silence.