BRUSSELS: NATO admitted conducting an air strike in Sorman but insisted the target was of a military nature, reversing course after denying Libyan regime claims of a bombing in the Tripoli suburb.
The military alliance said in a statement that NATO warplanes carried out a precision air strike against a "high-level" command and control node in the Sorman area.
"This strike will greatly degrade Gaddafi regime forces' ability to carry on their barbaric assault against the Libyan people," said Canadian Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, commander of NATO operations in Libya.
"Wherever Gaddafi tries to hide his command and control facilities, we will find them and destroy them," he said.
A NATO official said the alliance was aware of regime allegations that 15 people, including three children, were killed in the air raid but had no way of verifying them.
Another official said earlier that the alliance had not conducted any air strikes in the Sorman area.
The military alliance said in a statement that NATO warplanes carried out a precision air strike against a "high-level" command and control node in the Sorman area.
"This strike will greatly degrade Gaddafi regime forces' ability to carry on their barbaric assault against the Libyan people," said Canadian Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, commander of NATO operations in Libya.
"Wherever Gaddafi tries to hide his command and control facilities, we will find them and destroy them," he said.
A NATO official said the alliance was aware of regime allegations that 15 people, including three children, were killed in the air raid but had no way of verifying them.
Another official said earlier that the alliance had not conducted any air strikes in the Sorman area.
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