15/06/2020
soldiers of misfortune
The Independent employs over 100 journalists around the world to bring you news you can trust. Please consider a contribution or subscription. Morale was so low among the ranks loyal to Libya?s recognised government, a clutch of fighters secretly planned on deserting the battlefield if they were forced to take on the Russians. The highly-trained mercenaries ? hired to support renegade general Khalifa Haftar in his bid to take Tripoli ? had emerged from the snarl of Libya?s latest war as the most feared force. For the malaise of Tripoli fighters, better acquainted with shooting Kalashnikovs in flip flops, the lethal accuracy of...
