By Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan air force base in the eastern city of Tobruk on Monday joined the forces of a renegade general who had stormed the Libyan parliament to demand its suspension. "The Torbuk air force base will join...the army under the command of General Khalifa Qassim Haftar," a statement posted on social media said. The Tripoli government has denounced Haftar as trying to stage a coup as it struggles to assert authority on a country awash with militias who toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but now defy state authority.
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