al-qaida, islamic militants. whenever i've spoke tone rebels either in the east or in misra misrata, or in a tribal area in the west that is under rebel control and they are getting their public relations act together and speaking to the press, they really harshly deny that. i spoke to one rebel spokesperson who said we are doctors, lawyers, engineers, retired people. there may be a few islamic activists among us but we hate al-qaida and we reject them. jenna: what is your gut check on that do you believe them. >> reporter: yeah, libya is like the rest of the world. you have all sorts of political denominations. there's been a move towards islamic pie a tee in recent years. there might be extremists among them. most ordinary libyans of this stripe reject al-qaida and the whole philosophy of al-qaida is opposed to this kind of popular uprising. jenna: invaluable perspective as