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Hungary’s revolution and the Arab Spring Related Topics World » Libya » Related Video NATO comments on air strikes 1:31pm EDT Remains of a Libyan compound Related Interactive Recent developments in Libya 1 / 25 Credit: Reuters By Jodie Ginsberg and Matt Robinson LONDON/DAFNIYA, Libya | Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:42am EDT LONDON/DAFNIYA, Libya (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron brushed aside doubts on Tuesday over how long Britain could maintain its role in Libya, saying it could stay in the fight for as long as needed. Senior British military officers have complained about the strain on defense resources as the NATO bombing campaign enters its fourth month and rebels seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sustain new losses. The alliance for the first time admitted killing civilians in an aerial attack last week and Libya's accusation on Monday that a further 19 died in a separate NATO air strike has raised further questions about the operation. "I'm absolutely confident that we can keep this pressure up, we can maintain this mission for as long as is necessary," Cameron said after British media cited a leaked note from an air chief marshal warning of low morale in the force. "Time is on our side, not on Gaddafi's side," he told a news conference in London. Rebels have made slow progress since NATO countries joined the fight in March but are now inching toward Tripoli from a bastion in Misrata east of the capital and from the Western Mountains region to its southwest. However the going has been tough and a medical official said on Tuesday 11 rebel fighters were killed and 36 were wounded in fighting around Misrata on Monday. "Gaddafi's forces have moved forward about a kilometer (half a mile)," Dr Mohammed Grigda told Reuters at the field hospital in Dafniya just outside Misrata. It was impossible to verify the information but a Reuters reporter in Dafniya saw that rebel mortar positions had edged back slightly. Separately, NATO said it lost an unmanned helicopter drone over Libya on Tuesday but denied a Libyan state television report that it was a manned Apache aircraft. "NATO confirms it has not lost any attack helicopter," NATO military spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said in a statement. An "unmanned autonomous helicopter drone" had lost contact with its command center, it said. CHINA VISIT Gaddafi allies denounce the bombing campaign as a foreign attempt to force a change of government and seize the North African state's oil, while NATO states defend the operation as a UN-mandated mission to protect the Libyan people. The military bloc admitted on Sunday its weapons destroyed a house in Tripoli in which Libyan officials said nine civilians were killed. Franco Frattini, foreign minister of NATO-member Italy, said on Monday that civilian casualties put the mission's credibility at stake and the Arab League condemned the loss of life in Sunday's incident. Libyan officials say NATO forces have killed more than 700 civilians, although they have not presented evidence of such large numbers of civilian deaths and NATO denies them. Libya says one of Gaddafi's sons and three of his grandchildren were killed six weeks ago when Gaddafi's Tripoli compound was hit. The international coalition backing the rebels only secured its U.N. mandate after intense diplomatic jostling and many countries in the Arab world, Africa and beyond are ill at ease at the sight of NATO bombs on African soil. "These missions are extremely difficult. They are extremely dangerous. We faced this situation in Afghanistan, we faced it in the past in Kosovo," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a briefing. "Overall however our view is that the NATO mission in Libya has been an essential component of our effort to make clear to Gaddafi that his days are numbered," she added. The alliance must also keep partners on board such as U.N. Security Council member China, where Mahmoud Jibril, head of the executive board of the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council, arrived on Tuesday for a two-day visit. Asked whether Jibril's visit marked a policy adjustment for China, which tends to stay out of domestic conflicts elsewhere, a foreign ministry spokesman described the Council as "an important domestic political force." "China is willing to continue maintaining contact with the National Transitional Council and its relevant parties, to seek a political solution to the problems in Libya," he said. (Additional reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, David Brunnstrom in Brussels, Washington, Cairo and Beijing bureaux; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Angus MacSwan) World Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (6) azereta wrote: I don’t understand are we not there to save civilian?…….UMM……Are some civilians better than others?……I smell fish. Jun 21, 2011 4:50am EDT -- Report as abuse Marla wrote: NATO =’s The USA. Don’t fool yourselves, who do you think makes the majority of the bombs being dropped, is coordinating the air strikes, and flying the planes? Here’s a hint……WE ARE! War number three, and we are racking up the murder of ever more civilians. I am ashamed of the military actions of our government, and the people who support them! Jun 21, 2011 6:15am EDT -- Report as abuse derdutchman wrote: Gadaffi, Libya’s beneficent and humanitarian overlord, is the one person in all of Libya that could put an end to this regrettable and unnecessary carnage, and it would take only two words: (A) I Quit, (B) I Surrender, or (C) I’m Gone. Now that’s a pronouncement by the Libyan state-run Jana network we would all appreciate. 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