Tripoli: The NATO war planes pounded Libyan rebels’ position, killing at least five and inuring another 10, news agencies reported on Thursday.
Rebel fighters and hospital sources confirmed that a rebel position came under NATO’s air attack near the eastern oil town of Brega.
Medical workers carried uniforms soaked in blood from one of hospital rooms. And some rebel fighters were weeping on their knees in the corridor.
It was the second time in less than a week that rebels blamed NATO for bombing their comrades by mistake. Thirteen died in an air raid not far from the same spot on Saturday.
“We were standing by our tanks and NATO fired two rockets at us,” said one, Salem Mislat. “NATO are liars. They are siding with Gaddafi.”
Head of the Libyan opposition’s armed forces Abdul Fatah Younis had said that NATO had “disappointed” the rebels, even though it is helping them., adding that the NATO was acting slowly or not acting.
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