"Flickers" of al-Qaeda in Libya

Keeping fear alive while trying to keep your story straight: how do we maintain the fiction of "freedom-hating" al-Qaeda and/or Hezbollah in the face of popular revolution? It's a quandary for the fear-mongers, but I'm sure they'll come up with something. Lately there has been mention in the media of "flickers" of al-Qaeda being detected among the Libyan rebels. It appears that NATO's brass has floated this first lame trial balloon. Expect more of this rhetoric as newly democratic governments across the region fail to fall in line with the Washington-Tel Aviv-Riyadh axis...