General Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. May 17, 2014.REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
ALGIERS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - When a dispute erupted over dissolving Libya's parliament last February, a former general dressed in full army uniform made a surprise television broadcast calling on the military to "rescue" the country.
Flanked by a Libyan flag and a large map, retired Major General Khalifa Haftar demanded a caretaker government take over from a parliament paralysed by rivalries after the 2011 war that ended Muammar Gaddafi's rule.
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