Brussels .- NATO has rejected this Friday "apologize" for the deaths of rebel attack operations near Brega because they were unaware that they already have at their disposal tanks deemed "could threaten the civilian population" and has made clear that "responsibility" is not "improve" communication with opponents of the Libyan National Transitional Council.
"It seems that two of our attacks yesterday have been able to have caused deaths of a number of Libyan National Congress forces that were operating tanks. The incident took place northeast of Brega, where fighting back and forth on the road to Ajdabiya" he explained the deputy commander of the allied operation in Libya, British Vice Admiral Russell Harding, by videoconference from Naples.
According to Harding, "the situation in the area is still very fluid, with different tanks moving in different directions, making it very difficult to tell who the opera." "Moreover, so far, we had not seen the Libyan Transitional Council to operate tanks," he pointed out. At least five rebels have been killed in the attack.
"We will not apologize," insisted the Admiral Harding. "It's not up to us to improve communication" with the rebels, has insisted, emphasizing the difficulty of distinguishing the regime's forces from the rebels on board the tanks. "These units we have seen previously in Misrata and were yesterday on the highway (between Brega and Ajdabiya), he underlined.
Sources allies have rejected the version of the rebels that killed several of them near Brega was caused by" fire friend "and insisted that allied forces bombed" several tanks. "They are tanks that can cause a threat or danger to civilians," have pointed out, making it clear that if the rebels threaten the civilian population, also act against them.
This is the second time in less than a week in which the rebels have complained to NATO have been bombed by mistake. Some thirteen people were killed in another attack on Saturday occurred near Brega. 
"It seems that two of our attacks yesterday have been able to have caused deaths of a number of Libyan National Congress forces that were operating tanks. The incident took place northeast of Brega, where fighting back and forth on the road to Ajdabiya" he explained the deputy commander of the allied operation in Libya, British Vice Admiral Russell Harding, by videoconference from Naples.
According to Harding, "the situation in the area is still very fluid, with different tanks moving in different directions, making it very difficult to tell who the opera." "Moreover, so far, we had not seen the Libyan Transitional Council to operate tanks," he pointed out. At least five rebels have been killed in the attack.
"We will not apologize," insisted the Admiral Harding. "It's not up to us to improve communication" with the rebels, has insisted, emphasizing the difficulty of distinguishing the regime's forces from the rebels on board the tanks. "These units we have seen previously in Misrata and were yesterday on the highway (between Brega and Ajdabiya), he underlined.
Sources allies have rejected the version of the rebels that killed several of them near Brega was caused by" fire friend "and insisted that allied forces bombed" several tanks. "They are tanks that can cause a threat or danger to civilians," have pointed out, making it clear that if the rebels threaten the civilian population, also act against them.
This is the second time in less than a week in which the rebels have complained to NATO have been bombed by mistake. Some thirteen people were killed in another attack on Saturday occurred near Brega.
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