*'''6 December.''' <font color="brown">''New York Times'' confirms "training to various rebel groups in Libya. One militia that received aid was controlled by Adel Hakim Belhaj, then leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, who was held by the C.I.A. in 2004..."</font><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html </ref>
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*'''6 December.''' <font color="brown">''New York Times'' confirms "Qataris provided weapons, money and training to various rebel groups in Libya [destined for Syria]. One militia that received aid was controlled by [Abdelhakim Belhadj], then leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, who was held by the C.I.A. in 2004..."</font><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html </ref>
*'''14 December.''' President Obama signs the Magnitsky Act.<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/e18677dc-54d8-11e2-a628-00144feab49a</ref> [[John McCain]] is a chief sponsor.<ref>
*'''14 December.''' President Obama signs the Magnitsky Act.<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/e18677dc-54d8-11e2-a628-00144feab49a</ref> [[John McCain]] is a chief sponsor.<ref>