AJDABIYAH, Libya – Libya’s civil war is reaching stalemate, a senior US general said on Thursday, and rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi said a NATO air strike killed five of their fighters. Wounded rebels being brought to a hospital in Ajdabiyah in rebel-held east Libya said they were hit by a NATO strike on their trucks and tanks outside the contested port of Brega. NATO said it was investigating an attack by its aircraft on a tank column in the area on Thursday. General Carter Ham, head of US Africa command, told a Senate hearing Washington should not provide arms to the rebels without a better idea of who they were. Asked if there was an emerging stalemate, he replied: “I would…
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