and reports of them trying to leave sirt. they engaged these armed men and they didn't know gadhafi could have been in the building or in the vicinity. >> they no idea gadhafi was with that group. >> right. it has been under somewhat of a siege with the rebels. they were prepared that somebody cab trying to escape. that's what they did. they engaged the people and at the end of the fight that lasted from 30 to 45 minutes. they had ka dafy in their hands. >> what are about the nato air strike that took place around the same time and targeting a convoy. is this a coordinated effort here? >> was it a mechanism that led the rebels to move into this particular area where and were they flushing out the area where it took place? all of this will happen and we hear the french may have been involved, but at the end of the day, what clearly emerged from the footage and people speaking, the rebels themselves were the