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{{See also|Benghazi massacre}}

{{See also|Benghazi massacre}}

[[File:NYT - Arms Pipeline to the Syrian Rebels.png|right|300px|thumb|CIA pipeline of arms from Qatar to groups in Turkey which became the Islamic State.<ref>https://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/</ref> ''Illustration: New York Times'']]

[[File:NYT - Arms Pipeline to the Syrian Rebels.png|right|300px|thumb|CIA pipeline of arms from Qatar to groups in Turkey which became the Islamic State.<ref>https://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/</ref> ''Illustration: New York Times'']]

In early 2012, President [[Barack Obama]] signed a Presidential Finding authorizing transfer of captured weapons from [[Libya]] to groups that became the Islamic State.<ref>Mark Hosenball, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061621/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/obama-secret-syria-order_n_1730712.html?tw_p=twt Obama Secret Syria Order Authorizes Support For Rebels], ''Reuters'' via ''HuffPost'',  

In early 2012, President [[Barack Obama]] signed a [[Presidential Finding]] authorizing transfer of captured weapons from [[Libya]] to groups that became the Islamic State.<ref>Mark Hosenball, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061621/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/obama-secret-syria-order_n_1730712.html?tw_p=twt Obama Secret Syria Order Authorizes Support For Rebels], ''Reuters'' via ''HuffPost'',  

08/01/2012</ref> ''[[Reuters]]'' reported  

08/01/2012</ref> ''[[Reuters]]'' reported  

{{Quotebox-float|under provisions of the presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret command center operated by Turkey and its allies.<br>

{{Quotebox-float|under provisions of the presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret command center operated by Turkey and its allies.<br>