in libya, disapproving rumors that he was killed in an allied air strike. youngest son of leader moammar gadhafi hands the notorious 32nd brigade, known for its brutality. this is one of gadhafi s most loyal units and are also one of the most active in terms of attacking innocent people. reporter: and here s another title he s held, intern in the u.s. for a month he interned with an american engineering and construction firm called icom. the l.a.-based company had deep business dealings in libya until the uprising began. as an intern, he wasn t exactly getting people s coffee or running to the printer every ten minutes. he was jetting all over the u.s., meeting with high-tech companies, universities, but also with defense contractors like northrup grumman and he paid a visit to the port of houston and he went to these places just weeks, in some cases, days business before leading deadly attacks on the libyan opposition. when the fighting broke out in mid-february, he cut short his
ac-130 and 810 war hogs will not be used in a couple of days. shepard: we have been hearing that qaddafi s son was in the united states. what do we know about that visit. we know a little more tonight. we know that the state department representative met him at the airport and was with him through the entire visit. that it was organized through pentagon officials through the air force that he went to the national defense university as well as to the air force academy. he met with the dean s of faculty there. and this was an itinerary, again, planned by the air force. he was supposed to be shown planes lock keyed martin and norfolk grummond planes hopefully with the idea he would buy those planes. he went home early after two days after the libyan uprising had started to basically command the 32nd brigade. one of the most notorious brigades under qaddafi. shepard: we are reading in
ground to force regime change, he seems to have gone on the offensive. not just misurata and the rebels in the east of the country, we get reports of zintan, as well that gadhafi is massing forces outside of there. there s no way for us to independently confirm that report. but it does seem to conform with the impression that gadhafi is giving, that he s coming back fighting, putting his army back in the fight and back in the path very probably now of coalition warplanes and bombing missions. this is his response, anderson. in tripoli, nic, do you know where gadhafi is, where members of his family is, is saif gadhafi as visible as he once was? reporter: no, the family has really dropped out of the spotlight. gadhafi has been on television once. his son was on television a couple of days ago. he s the commander of the 32nd brigade here.
gadhafi as visible as he once was? reporter: no, the family has really dropped out of the spotlight. gadhafi has been on television once. his son was on television a couple of days ago. he s the commander of the 32nd brigade here. a very powerful and feared unit within the military. so he s been on television, perhaps symbolizing of all of gadhafi s sons he s preeminent now because he has the military reputation at the moment. but no, the family has pretty much gone to ground. nobody really has an idea where they are. the last that we heard when the u.n. resolution was passed and the bombing began was that the family was together. are they still together? we don t know. but you get the impression now that they are staying out of sight so no one attacks them directly, anderson. and we have not been able to confirm one way or another whether kugin, the guy who runs one of the special units,
no, the family has really dropped out of the spotlight. gadhafi has been on television once. his son was on television a couple of days ago. he s the commander of the 32nd brigade here. a very powerful and feared unit within the military. so he s been on television, perhaps symbolizing of all of gadhafi s sons he s preemment now because he has the military reputation at the moment. but nobody really has an idea where they are. the last that we heard when the u.n. resolution was passed and the bombing began was that the family was together. are they still together? we don t know. but you get the impression now that they are staying out of sight so no one attacks them directly, anderson. and we have not been able to confirm one way or another whether the guy who runs one of the special units, gadhafi s son, whether or not he s alive, have we?