Residents of Misurata surveyed the heavy damage to Tripoli Street on Wednesday. Bryan Denton for The New York TimesNATO Strike Kills 12 Libyan Rebels In Misurata -- New York Times
MISURATA, Libya — At least one NATO warplane attacked a rebel position on the front lines of this besieged city on Wednesday, a rebel commander said, killing 12 fighters and wounding five others in what he called an accident that could have been avoided.
The rebels were at first reluctant to admit the killings had occurred, saying they did not want to discourage further airstrikes against the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, which have been shelling Misurata and pounding it with ground-to-ground rocket fire. The pace of NATO strikes had picked up noticeably in recent days, after rebel leaders complained of a lack of support since the United States turned over operational control of the air campaign to NATO at the end of March.
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Freedom now rings from one mountaintop radio station in western Libya -- Christian Science Monitor
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