i used to have hourly cigarette breaks with diplomats from the "new" Libyan mission in Washington DC (their office is in the Watergate building)
just a few days after the fall of Qaddafi (when the Syrian revolt was picking up steam) i remember we were talking about military stuff and operations in Syria...i dont remember exactly what we were talking about but he was beaming at me and openly told me that "yes, now that we have achieve freedom we are now sending many freedom fighter to help our brothers of Syrian resistance"
i didnt ask which resistance groups specifically just because the conversation was getting too political
but basically, many of these fringe groups are definitely al-qaeda sympathetic and i think arms falling in their hands is a terrifying prospect for every country between Morocco and Indonesia