NATO Airstrike Kills 13 Libya Rebels

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Source: LA Times

Reporting from Benghazi, Libya— Thirteen rebel fighters were killed in a NATO airstrike, the opposition's chief spokesman said Saturday, but the attack drew little anger against the West as fighters continued to rely on the alliance's warplanes to hold off Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.

The incident late Friday came as North Atlantic Treaty Organization warplanes struck government forces' positions on the edges of Port Brega, a contested city on the edge of rebel-controlled eastern territory.

Spokesman Abdelhafed Ghoga, calling the strike "a regrettable incident," made clear that the opposition wanted the West's help in fighting Kadafi.

"It was an error in the placement of the revolutionaries," he said.

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