25,000 Dead in Libyan Revolution, Jalil Tells U.N. Summit
At least 25,000 people died in the uprising against Libya's strongman Moammar Gadhafi and 50,000 more were wounded, the country's interim leader told a U.N. summit Tuesday.
National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil thanked the international community for their help in the months-long Libyan revolution, and while he told the summit that Gadhafi's regime members would face justice, he vowed that they would get "a fair trial."
"We have lost 25,000 martyrs, there are double that number of wounded," Jalil told U.S. President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other leaders at the summit.
Jalil thanked the United Nations and all countries which helped with "the success of the Libyan revolution," which he said had been crucial because of the "huge amount of weaponry that Gadhafi deployed against his people."
The NTC chairman said many Gadhafi regime members had been detained and some had been freed again. He said many would face justice but insisted that all would get a "fair trial".
Gadhafi is still on the run.
Source: Agence France Presse
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