Nato refuses to apologise for an air strike that hit anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya, saying it had not been aware rebels had tanks.

From BBC News

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“It would appear that two of our strikes yesterday may have resulted in the deaths of a number of [rebel] forces who were operating main battle tanks,” he said on Friday.

“I’m not apologising,” he told reporters.

“The situation on the ground, as I said, was extremely fluid and remains extremely fluid. Up until yesterday, we had no information that the … opposition forces were using tanks,” he added.

“Our role is to protect civilians. Tanks have been used in the past to directly target civilians.”

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