[[File:Blumenthal Belhadj McCain Graham Feb 2012.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Sen. Richard Blumenthal, [[Abdelhakim Belhadj]], Sen. [[John McCain]], and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Belhadj, a veteran [[jihad]]i, was kidnapped by the [[CIA]] in 2004 and "[[extraordinary rendition|rendered]]" to [[Libya]] where he spent 7 years in prison being "rehabilitated." He was released in March 2010 to reactivate the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], of which Ansar al Shariah was part. In August 2011 he was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council by the TNC, and in 2015 head of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna. Groups under Belhadj's command committed the [[Benghazi massacre]] in 2012 and the decapitation of twenty-two [[Christian]]s in 2015.]] | [[File:Blumenthal Belhadj McCain Graham Feb 2012.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Sen. Richard Blumenthal, [[Abdelhakim Belhadj]], Sen. [[John McCain]], and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Belhadj, a veteran [[jihad]]i, was kidnapped by the [[CIA]] in 2004 and "[[extraordinary rendition|rendered]]" to [[Libya]] where he spent 7 years in prison being "rehabilitated." He was released in March 2010 to reactivate the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], of which Ansar al Shariah was part. In August 2011 he was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council by the TNC, and in 2015 head of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna. Groups under Belhadj's command committed the [[Benghazi massacre]] in 2012 and the decapitation of twenty-two [[Christian]]s in 2015.]] |