time dictator who was thrown from power earlier this year has reportedly been killed, not just captured. nbc's newest foreign kor spon dep -- correspondent. aman, nato in the bombing of a convoy killed him or the libyan transitional forces. >> that's right, chuck. in fact i just spoke with some people involved in that, the military council. in fact, they themselves don't have a clear answer. one of the sources i was speaking to was telling me about a convoy of 35 cars was trying to make its way out of sirte. among those vehicles was about a five car convoy that was heavily armed. that certainly caught the attention of the rebel fighters that have surrounded sirte the last several weeks and that made them engage the convoy.