{"id":15352,"date":"2011-05-16T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=15352"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:54:48","slug":"nato-says-embassy-500m-from-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/nato-says-embassy-500m-from-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Says Embassy 500m from Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NATO has responded to assertions that the North Korean Embassy in Tripoli received damage during recent air raids.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been alleged that NATO attacked the embassy; this is simply not true,\u201d NATO said in a statement released on Friday, \u201cWhile we are aware of media reports that there was damage to the North Korean embassy, we have no knowledge of possible collateral damage.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The statement came following one released Thursday by the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating North Korean claims that it had incurred damage as a result of a \u201cbarbaric, indiscriminate air raid\u201d by NATO. <\/p>\n<p>It described how a bomb exploded in the vicinity of the embassy during the night of May 9th, releasing shrapnel that penetrated the ceiling of the building and broke car windows.  <\/p>\n<p>While NATO conceded that it was targeting a bunker in central Tripoli that night, it said that \u201cthe embassy was located some 500 meters from the target we struck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strikes are precise and while the possibility of collateral damage will always exist, we go to great lengths to reduce such possibilities,\u201d it went on. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Libya national television also reported that the North Korean embassy in Tripoli had been damaged during an air raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO has responded to assertions that the North Korean Embassy in Tripoli received damage during recent air raids. \u201cIt has been alleged that NATO attacked the embassy; 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