New Libyan Rebel Leader Spent Much Of Past 20 Years In Suburban Virginia -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON -- The new leader of Libya's opposition military spent the past two decades in suburban Virginia but felt compelled - even in his late-60s - to return to the battlefield in his homeland, according to people who know him.
Khalifa Hifter was once a top military officer for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, but after a disastrous military adventure in Chad in the late 1980s, Hifter switched to the anti-Gadhafi opposition. In the early 1990s, he moved to suburban Virginia, where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gadhafi groups.
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My Comment: With the coalition bombing Gaddafi forces on a daily basis .... and more rebel victories on the ground .... this rebel army is going to attract even more dedicated and experienced commanders.