{"id":1553,"date":"2011-05-14T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2011-05-14T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:46:09","slug":"nato-air-strike-qkills-libya-clerics-in-bregaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/05\/14\/1553\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO air strike &#8220;kills Libya clerics in Brega&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"libya_bombing\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/libya_bombing.jpg\" height=\"191\" width=\"229\" \/>A NATO air strike killed at least 16 civilians and wounded up to 40 at a guest house in the eastern Libyan city of Brega on Friday, state television reported.<br \/>It said the attack occurred at dawn and most of the victims were clerics who had gathered for a religious ceremony.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They were a group of Muslim sheikhs (religious leaders) were holding a religious ceremony in the area of a Brega,&#8221; a witness said in the report, broadcast on the Jamahiriya and Al-Libya channels.<br \/>&#8220;This is a civilian house,&#8221; he said, pointing to a destroyed building. &#8220;Look at what the Crusaders have done, what NATO had done.&#8221;<br \/>Asked about the report at a briefing at mission headquarters in Naples, NATO spokesman Squadron Leader Mike Bracken told reporters: &#8220;I can honestly say I do not know any information about an attack or an incident in Brega.&#8221;<br \/>He said NATO used &#8220;sophisticated means&#8221; to avoid civilian casualties in air strikes.<br \/>Television footage showed at least nine bodies with multiple wounds wrapped in blankets at an unidentified location. 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