Gaddafi son preparing to flee Libya-NTC official
* Saif al-Islam said to be near Niger, Algeria borders
* Gaddafi son said to be using false passport
* Former intelligence chief assisting escape (Adds quotes, background)
TRIPOLI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a fugitive son of the deposed Libyan leader, is near Libya's borders with Niger and Algeria and planning to flee the country using a forged passport, an official with the National Transitional Council said on Monday.
"He's on the triangle of Niger and Algeria. He's south of Ghat, the Ghat area. He was given a false Libyan passport from the area of Murzuq," the official told Reuters by telephone.
The official said Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi was involved in the escape plot.
"In the south, they intercepted Thuraya (satellite telephone) communications. Abdullah Senussi has been on the border in that area to organise his exit and also a neighbouring intelligence source tipped us off about that," the official said.
Saif al-Islam, a fluent English speaker who studied at the London School of Economics, is the only one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons still unaccounted for.
Two fled to Algeria, one is in Niger, two were killed earlier in the Libyan conflict and one, Mo'tassim, was killed after being captured with his father last week near the city of Sirte. Continued...
