Khalifa Haftar person
also: Hochter, Hochtar, Colonel Hochtar, Colonel Khalifa, H-A-F-T-A-R, Haftar, Haqtar, Hocktar, Hoftar, Hoptar
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Claims (8)
Khalifa Haftar headed
Libyan National Army book_quoted
“and NATO in general. And then it talks about how this Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army, the LNA, has controlled Benghazi for a very long time. So that's important to know.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya-Benghazi Part 2 @ 22:49
Khalifa Haftar founded
Libyan National Army book_quoted
“Qaddafi and this known CIA co-conspirator, Haftar, is on the same side. That's just me, but I call that logic. So Jamestown study noted Haftar's role in organizing the Libyan National Army. So that's the acronym is LNA, Libyan National Army…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 39:41
CIA recruited
Khalifa Haftar host_asserted
“That they brought him, that they being the CIA, picked him up out of Libya and brought him to Virginia to train him to be a rebel against the Libyan government. Where have we heard that before? I don't know. School of America, Fort Benning,…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 41:12
CIA trained
Khalifa Haftar host_asserted
“That's just crazy. Yeah, just bring those terrorists here to the United States and train them. So not only did the CIA sponsor and fund the LNA, it engineered the entry of LNA officers and men into the United States to an established traini…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 41:43
CIA recruited
Khalifa Haftar book_quoted
“I-F-A is the first name. The second name is H-A-F-T-A-R. The longtime CIA collaborator who was appointed chief rebel commander on March 17th, on the eve of the U.S.-NATO bombing campaign against Libya. So let me get this straight. We, the C…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 36:38
Khalifa Haftar founded
Libyan National Army book_quoted
“Haqtar, former commander of the Libyan army in Chad, who was captured and changed sides in 1988, setting up the anti-Qaddafi Libyan National Army, reportedly with CIA and Saudi backing. For the last 20 years, he's been living quietly in Vir…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 43:14
Khalifa Haftar headed
Libyan National Army book_quoted
“Haqtar, former commander of the Libyan army in Chad, who was captured and changed sides in 1988, setting up the anti-Qaddafi Libyan National Army, reportedly with CIA and Saudi backing. For the last 20 years, he's been living quietly in Vir…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 43:14
Transitional National Council appointed
Khalifa Haftar book_quoted
“was initially hailed by the Transitional National Council as a leader who could help discipline the new army and train its largely volunteer ranks. The same reporter says she quoted the rebel military spokesman giving conflicting accounts, …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 44:13
Mentions (24)
▶ 36:09
it is becoming increasingly clear that key military leaders of the anti-Qaddafi campaign are well known to the U.S. government and have longstanding relations with the CIA. For better than two weeks, there has been a virtual ban, which is y…
▶ 36:38
I-F-A is the first name. The second name is H-A-F-T-A-R. The longtime CIA collaborator who was appointed chief rebel commander on March 17th, on the eve of the U.S.-NATO bombing campaign against Libya. So let me get this straight. We, the C…
▶ 37:11
is funding the rebel commander, and there is a total blackout on mainstream media, not because they don't know it, but because they won't tell us about it. Only the regional McClatchy newspaper chain reported Hocktar's appointment.…
▶ 37:42
The ABC News ran a brief interview with him on March 27th, which would have been 2011, which would have been 10 days after the designation. Otherwise, there's complete silence. This de facto censorship abruptly ended on April 1st, when a ri…
▶ 38:12
of Hochtar's background and record, which was cited extensively in a further Reuters news service and then more widely in the U.S. and British media. Jamestown Foundation report declared, quote, today as Colonel Hochtar's finally returns to…
▶ 38:41
from the Libyan 1969 coup. He may stand as the best liaison for the U.S. and allied NATO forces in dealing with the Libya's unruly rebels. Now, let me just stop right there. This guy is a longtime known CIA affiliate. And by inference, he a…
▶ 39:13
So I don't know about y'all, but I can add to and to and get for to tell me that that adds credence to the fact that the overthrowing of the king was in direct correlation to him announcing that he was nationalizing the oil industry. And a …
▶ 39:41
Qaddafi and this known CIA co-conspirator, Haftar, is on the same side. That's just me, but I call that logic. So Jamestown study noted Haftar's role in organizing the Libyan National Army. So that's the acronym is LNA, Libyan National Army…
▶ 40:38
that there is mention in the Jamestown study that in a 1991 interview with Hoptar, he is quoted as saying this, quote, conducted in a LNA camp in Rule, Virginia. So he's telling the interviewer,…
▶ 42:15
and his name is misspelled, Haftar, but he would not immediately respond, unquote. The news service added the CIA declined to comment on its relationship with the military leader. Other references to Haftar's role appeared in the online blo…
▶ 42:45
and in Independent on Sunday, another British newspaper. The Independent column headlined, quote, the shady men backed by the West to displace Gaddafi, unquote, described the Libyan rebel commander as follows, quote, the careers of several …
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Haqtar, former commander of the Libyan army in Chad, who was captured and changed sides in 1988, setting up the anti-Qaddafi Libyan National Army, reportedly with CIA and Saudi backing. For the last 20 years, he's been living quietly in Vir…
▶ 43:45
Wow. Wow. That's a lot of crap. Finally, the Washington Post Sunday edition carried several references to Haftar, including a front page article profiling the divisions within the rebel military leadership. Khalifa Haftar, a former army col…
▶ 44:13
was initially hailed by the Transitional National Council as a leader who could help discipline the new army and train its largely volunteer ranks. The same reporter says she quoted the rebel military spokesman giving conflicting accounts, …
▶ 44:39
When asked to explain the conflict in light of its earlier announcement of Hoftar's appointment, said, quote, this is the position of the council today. The situation is fluid. The political viewpoints change frequently, unquote. Gotta love…
▶ 45:08
as a former Libyan army colonel who for years commanded the Libyan National Army, an anti-Qaddafi group. The article said Haftar had established the LNA allegedly with backing from the CIA and Saudi elements. Quote, in 1996, he was reported…
▶ 45:34
By that time, he was already settled with his family in Falls Church. So basically what this is saying is the CIA had basically corrupted this guy way back in the 1980s, got him to commit treason and established militant. Is anybody there? …
▶ 46:06
I think we got it fixed. Okay. So they had established militant forces. The CIA had established militant forces inside of Libya against Libyan's government. And at some point trained the guy in Virginia. He goes back to Libya and creates al…
▶ 46:35
back to the United States to live here until they need him again in the 2010-2011 time frame. They insert him back into Libya to overthrow the government. So that, my friends, is how Operation Gladio worked. Because the overthrowing of the …
▶ 47:08
This article goes on, the informal blackout of Haftar's identity and CIA connections still continues in the American television networks and in the pages of the New York Times. A newspaper that openly admits its subservience to the U.S. mil…
▶ 12:58
The guy last on Friday, Khalifa Haftar, I mentioned him several times. He is a known CIA asset, and he represented the opposition forces in Libya. Now, having said that, Haftar is a name that we have to remember throughout this entire sessi…
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Hochter is basically the head honcho for the CIA conduit in Libya at the time. So I want to go back and I want to read a couple of things to put into context what was going on. Because it pulls together a couple of, and I'm going to send th…
▶ 16:34
These people are wrecking havoc in all of Southern Europe. It talks about this Hochtar guy saying his political plots are under an international conspiracy that brings to mind the same type of Northern African people that were collected alo…
▶ 22:49
and NATO in general. And then it talks about how this Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army, the LNA, has controlled Benghazi for a very long time. So that's important to know.…