mr. eljahmi.this parallel, does this sync up with what you're hearing from your family members, that this propaganda machine is trying to present this image that qaddafi is still in power? >> yes. mr. qaddafi throughout his rule has been consistent in building his rule on three components. fear, deceit, and impoverishing the libyan people, meaning tying their individual, their basic needs to fulfilling their basic needs through absolute loyalty to him. >> reporter: mr. gearian e, is this what you're hearing on the ground? >> what we're hearing is that there was more killing today in tripoli. we knew that that's coming, that was coming. there has been a buildup of this matter over the past four or five days, both from the demonstrators as well as the qaddafi people and his security apparatus or whatever remains of that. we are kind of surprised that it took so long, because qaddafi definitely would have wanted to crush the protesters as soon as possible that have been in the streets of tripoli for