Anti-Islamist general sworn in as Libya army 長,指導者

Anti-Islamist General Khalifa Haftar was sworn in Monday as the new army 長,指導者 in 衝突-ridden Libya, a week after his 指名/任命 by the elected 議会, a 広報担当者 for the 立法機関 said.

"Khalifa Belgacem Haftar, the 指揮官-in-長,指導者 of the 武装した 軍隊s, took the 誓い before the 議会," 広報担当者 Faraj Abu Hachem told AFP.

Haftar, 72, was also 促進するd from the 階級 of 中尉/大尉/警部補 general to general, Abu Hachem 追加するd, the highest 階級 現在/一般に for any officer in Libya.

Supporters of the mainly-Islamist Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) alliance hang a puppet depicting Khalifa Haftar during a protest on March 6, 2015 in Tripoli's cent...

支持者s of the おもに-Islamist Fajr Libya (Libya 夜明け) 同盟 hang a puppet 描写するing Khalifa Haftar during a 抗議する on March 6, 2015 in Tripoli's central 殉教者's Square ?Mahmud Turkia (AFP)

Last May, Haftar 開始する,打ち上げるd an 不快な/攻撃 against Islamists in the country's east, 焦点(を合わせる)d on the second city of Benghazi, 誘発するing the then-政府 to 告発する/非難する him of trying to 行う/開催する/段階 a クーデター.

But after Islamist 民兵s 掴むd Tripoli, に引き続いて 論争d 選挙s in June, the 国祭的な recognised 当局 連合した themselves with Haftar and in February 正式に requested that he and 129 other retired officers return to active 義務.

Haftar's 任命 had raised 恐れるs that it could derail 成果/努力s by UN (外交)使節/代表 Bernardino Leon to 押し進める ahead with a political 対話 between Libyan 競争相手 派閥s to 始める,決める up a 国家の まとまり 政府.

Critics of Haftar, 含むing the powerful Fajr Libya 民兵 同盟 that has 始める,決める up a 競争相手 議会 and 政府 in Tripoli after 掴むing the 資本/首都 in Augusts, consider him a 独裁者.

But Haftar's 支持者s see in the white-haired general a "saviour" 決定するd to rid Libya of Islamists whose 影響(力) has grown since the 2011 反乱 that 倒れるd and killed strongman Moamer Kadhafi.

Army 広報担当者 陸軍大佐 Ahmed al-Mesmari told AFP "Haftar 受託するd the position under 圧力 from the street."

Haftar served under Kadhafi and took part in the 1969 軍の クーデター that 倒れるd the 君主国 and brought the former 独裁者 to 力/強力にする.

But he fell from grace with Kadhafi after he 命令(する)d a 部隊 during Libya's fruitless war with Chad in 1978-1987.

He was later given political 亡命 in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, where he lived for more than 20 years with rumours abounding that he worked for the 中央情報局.

He returned home in March 2011 weeks after the 反乱 started to join the 反乱 against Kadhafi.

A soldier loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government and to General Khalifa Haftar monitors a street in Benghazi on February 28, 2015

A 兵士 loyal to Libya's 国祭的な recognised 政府 and to General Khalifa Haftar 監視するs a street in Benghazi on February 28, 2015 ?Abdullah Doma (AFP)

General Khalifa Haftar has been sworn in as the new army chief in conflict-ridden Libya

General Khalifa Haftar has been sworn in as the new army 長,指導者 in 衝突-ridden Libya

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