TRIPOLI, Aug 10 (AFP) - Libya's Kadhafi Foundation, which negotiated the terms of a compensation deal for victims of Berlin nightclub bombing, Tuesday demanded compensation from the United States for subsequent air strikes against the north African country.
The foundation expressed "complete satisfaction" with the deal announced Tuesday under which Libya will compensate victims of the 1986 bombing at the "La Belle" discotheque, which was frequented by US servicemen, in then West Berlin.
But the foundation said: "In the same context we should not however forget that this painful incident does not represent but a part of the major sorrowful picture because as a consequence of this incident air raids were launched on the two cities Tripoli and Benghazi" early on April 16, 1986.
The strikes killed 41 people and wounded 226 others, "who undoubtedly deserve to be properly compensated and honored and those who carried (out) this action be brought to justice," said the foundation, which is chaired by Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Moamar Kadhafi.
The foundation said it "hopes that solving the problem of 'La Belle' be part of the whole solution to that major unfortunate and more painful picture."
Two GIs and a Turkish woman were killed and more than 250 people were wounded in the Berlin attack.
Immediately after the bombing in Berlin, former US president Ronald Reagan accused Libya, which has never accepted blame, and retaliated by ordering airstrikes on its capital.
Earlier Tuesday, Libya's ambassador to Germany, Said Abdulaati, said that Tripoli had agreed to pay a total of 35 million dollars (28.4 million euros) to non-US nationals who were hurt at "La Belle."