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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Barakat

Libyan commander Hifter deposed in US civil lawsuit

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A Libyan military commander who once lived in Virginia sat for a deposition Sunday in a U.S. lawsuit in which he is accused of orchestrating indiscriminate attacks on civilians and torturing and killing political opponents, according to an advocacy group that supports the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs who sued Khalifa Hifter had been waiting for years to question him directly about his role in fighting that has plagued the country over the last decade.

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