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>> reporter: the rebels displayed a trophy of their new might, one of gadhafi's tanks captured thanks to help from coalition fighters above. the u.s. and 21 other countries are backing these rebels, but how much do we actually know about them? leading the fight against gadhafi is a man who worked with him for decades, head of his feared interior ministry, general abdul fattah younis. in that role his job was to enforce loyalty to gadhafi. younis told us a few weeks ago he stepped down because gadhafi had gone too far, killing protesters. then there are the rebels' political leaders. what do th...

Their vision is of a united free libya and every small step is greeted as a victory. but if they're to win, it means not just holding the territory they've got and the artillery they seize, but pushing toward tripoli and it's far from clear they either have a plan or the means to achieve that. ian panel, bbc news, ben gazi. you can stay with abc news throughout the morning as we cover the military action in libya. you can get the latest on international forces' timeline on "america this morning" and hear about who's not happy with u.s. military involvement in libya. that's coming up later to...

We don't know who we're dealing with yet. quite simply only time will tell. >> reporter: what about gadhafi's claims that the rebels have terrorists and islamic fundamentalists in their ranks? >> colonel gadhafi likes to play on western fears of islamic militancy and claim that somehow this movement is being led by jihadists or people linked to al qaeda. there's no real truth in that. >> reporter: as these rebels march on in their quest to oust gadhafi, there's little denying that the u.s. has thrown its significant military weight behind a disjointed group they're still getting to know. alex ...

Venturing a guess. after all, rob and peggy, the no-fly zone over iraq lasted 11 years. well, four "new york times" journalists are free this morning after being released from captivity in libya after crossing the border in tunisia they described the details of their capture. the only woman, a photographer, recalled one man repeatedly stroked her head while saying, you're going to die tonight. rebel forces continue to fight with pro-gadhafi forces in the battle to control the eastern part of the country. the bbc's ian panel reports now from benghazi. >> reporter: the road bears witness to ...

The coalition says all this is not about regime change. what's happened probably saved benghazi in the east. it rescued the rebellion from collapse. and it's handed that most crucial of things to the opposition. the debris has become a sight for war tourism. families came out to revel in the wreckage. jubilant and optimistic, not just that they're safe but that they have some very powerful friends on their side. this is the final stretch where rebels have been trying to advance. there were reports colonel gadhafi's forces were retreating. they hadn't. and listen to what happened next. a tank r...