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, is saif gadhafi as visible as he once was? 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
excellent adventure. he was in boardrooms around the country, he was in houston, went to california. while he was at it, he had a tour of universal studios, went to johnson space center for nasa and was on his way to west point for a tour of the military academy when things got ugly in his own country and he had to go home and take care of business. so, you report that on the one hand, khamis was touted as a student, intern and would be business leader and now he s actually in charge of one of the units cracking down on protesters, the 32nd reinforced brigade. that s right. one of the futures of the libyan military is some of gadhafi s sons have their own military units and he has one, a bad one. it s called 32nd brigade, a special forces unit, and he had to go back to basically crackheads on the opposition when they were going up against his father. they re a brutal unit. they bring in mercenaries and they ve been violent. so, he s sort of been the ringleader of some of the stuff
2,000 armor thanks and vehicles. on the phone from the sea, a coalition official says some of that is being used in fighting in misrata, in ajdabiya. thanks, artillery, rocket launchers. is that outside of the major cities, misrata, or are you noticing those being used inside the cities? it is outside, and they are making incursions into the city and targeting the population centers in those cities with that equipment. u.s. surveillance planes have seen some attacks by elite units like the 32nd brigade commanded by gadhafi s own son. those forces are fully engaged in the contact attack civilian populations. an analyst says libya s elite troops get more money, better weapons. almost every regime in the middle east has kind of two armies. libya s version of iraq s republican guard comes from tribes loyal to gadhafi,
into the cities and targeting the population centers in the cities with that equipment. u.s. surveillance planes have seen some attacks by elite units like the 32nd brigade, commanded by gadhafi s own son. those forces are fully engaged in the conflict that is attacking those civilian populations. an analyst at the national defense university says libya s elite troops get more money, better weapons. almost every regime in the middle east has two armies. they come from tribes loyal to gadhafi. dedicated to protecting the regime. at most, it s 10,000 men. that s why to great extent gadhafi depends on foreign fighters. but a u.s. official tells us gadhafi s forces remain relatively well organized. and still able to fight effectively in certain parts of the country. the official says that the
who say he slaughtered thousands, she said, you re bound to meet people who may be against your policies. then there is hannibal gadhafi, the headline maker. he has reportedly paid millions for private parties featuring big name entertainers like beyonce, usher, mariah kelly, several of whom say they ve given the money back. he s also been implicated in a string of violent incidents in europe. he was accused of beating his staff, the charges were dropped. he is married to a former model seen here on arabiccelebrities.com. he was accused of beating her in a london hotel. she later said she broke her nose in an accident. hannibal was also stopped after driving his ferrari 90 miles an hour the wrong way. he invoked diplomatic immunity. the sixth son is seen here in this photo. he s said to command a special forces unit known as the 32nd brigade, which protects the gadhafi family.