World | Libya Libya's NTC Thinks Gadhafi Is Hiding in Desert Latest NTC theory has him near the Algerian border By John Johnson Posted Sep 28, 2011 1:42 PM CDT Copied A man takes a picture with his phone of Libyan revolutionary fighters gathering on the main road outside Sirte, Libya, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Moammar Gadhafi remains at large as the fight for his hometown of Sirte continues, but Libya's new leaders have a new theory on where he is: in the desert near the Algerian border. A leader of the National Transitional Council tells Reuters that Gadhafi is likely being protected by nomadic tribesmen near the town of Ghadames. "There has been a fight between Tuareg tribesmen who are loyal to Gadhafi and Arabs living there," says a military leader. "We are negotiating. The Gadhafi search is taking a different course." Meanwhile, artillery fire from Gadhafi loyalists in Sirte continues to keep NTC troops from capturing the city despite two weeks of attacks. Read These Next Golden Globes ends with an upset. Nikki Glaser jokes about Epstein files at the Golden Globes. Fed's Jerome Powell usually holds his fire. But no more. Pizza chains face slowing sales and fierce fast-food competition. Report an error