A rebel Libya waits with his weapon on the edge of Ajdabiya, Libya. (Maurizio Gambarini, EPA / April 7, 2011)Reporting from London and Tripoli, Libya - NATO Rear Admiral Russell Harding, Deputy Commander of the NATO operation in Libya, said Friday that NATO planes can indeed beat rebels close to the city of Brega on Thursday but offered no apology for what apparently was a fatal mistake.The Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has a statement of regret about the rebel deaths, apparently by the NATO air strikes outside Brega added.
"This is a very unfortunate incident." I regret stark the loss of life "said Fogh Rasmussen." "I can assure you that we do our utmost to avoid civilian casualties."
In the meantime ship for the first time un with tons of humanitarian supplies brought relief, the besieged city of Misurata. The ship chartered by the world food programme, food and medical supplies for tens of thousands of civilians trapped by Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi include armed forces in the rebel held town.
A NATO led Alliance, which includes the United States battle to Kadafi's forces from the hurt civilians in different parts of the country to prevent controlled East, in particular the rebels, where forces loyal and against the longtime ruler of Libya in a battlefield standoff were locked.
NATO appeared to admit that his actions in the death of rebels may have been for the second time in less than a week.
"It seems that two of our strikes yesterday [Thursday] the death of a number of [transitional National Council of] forces may have been," said Harding from Naples, Italy. He said that after Ajdabiya saw, made North-East of Brega, the fighting on the road very confusing and difficult to monitor the situation.
"The situation in the area is always still very liquid liquid, with tanks and other vehicles moved in different directions, so that it can very difficult that they cannot be." "In addition, up to that time, the we not the TNC holding tanks, had seen", the British officer said.
He added that it not NATO responsibility to try to improve communication with the rebels to more erroneous air strikes to avoid.
"It is not for us trying civilians what persuasion, to improve communication with the rebels to protect", he said.
World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran described the arrival of the ship relief in Misurata as "a breakthrough for the un humanitarian operation in Libya." He said it "can we reaching tens of thousands of people who caught in one of the toughest areas of conflict."
People randomly shooting and targeting their access a former Libyan Energy Minister, that the city on a fishing boat escape said news agencies, that Kadafi of the armed forces were to subdue civilians in Misurata, constant bombing to water supplies.
Fathi Omar bin Shatwan and his family arrived in the island nation Malta days after the escape of Misurata, where he been less than six weeks.
"she bombed food shops, supermarkets, water supplies and the port," he was quoted words. "It is that it has become natural for people like this for so long." "It is scary, but the fear is normal after a while."
He also said that he saw no future for Kadafi or his sons in a future Libya. He claimed that more officials of Kadafi itching were regime to defect as Foreign Minister Musa KUSA fact, but were afraid to do so.
He urged NATO to quickly to end the conflict through targeted all Kadafi of military equipment. "NATO do the job is good," he said.
Henry.Chu@LATimes.com
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