ALJAZEERA.NET Obama leads rousing UN welcome for Libyan NTC US president and world leaders hail leaders of Libyan interim government in New York, as UN raises country's new flag. Last Modified: 20 Sep 2011 17:17 Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Libya's interim leader, thanked the UN for its sanctions against Muammar Gaddafi Barack Obama, the US president, has led an international welcome for Libya's new interim leaders at the UN, promising that NATO would carry on with air strikes while civilians are "threatened". With the new Libyan flag flying at the UN headquarters in new York on Tuesday, interim government leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil thanked all nations who aided with the "success of the Libyan revolution" which he said had left at least 25,000 people dead. Page I 1 of 3 EFTA01113884