Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — NATO conceded Friday it may have mistakenly struck Libyan opposition forces during a deadly airstrike a day earlier — but refused to apologize. British Royal Navy Rear Adm. Russell Harding told reporters that NATO forces “may” have hit rebel tanks during the airstrike Thursday. “I’m not apologizing,” said Harding, the deputy commander of the NATO operation. “The situation on the ground is fluid and we had no information the opposition forces were using tanks.” Harding said NATO had only recently learned that opposition forces were using tanks. In the past, forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forces had used tanks to harm civilians, he said. “There’s a lot of vehicles…
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