Libya: Colonel Haftar, new Army Chief of Staffnote

Head of the National Transitional Council (NTC) Mostafa Abdel-Jalil is said to be tacitly agreeing to appoint Colonel Khalifa Belqasim Haftar as new Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army. The following 428-report sheds light on the subject and tells why the Libyan military rushed to choose Colonel Haftar before a new government is set up. It also tells what about Colonel Haftar, his foreign connections and armament relations.