A NATO aircraft bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade because the military command mistakenly believed it was a headquarters for a Yugoslav arms agency. ("NATO Says It Thought Embassy Was Weapons Depot," New York Times)This statement exemplifies a(n) ________.

A. conditional statement
B. argument
C. unsupported assertion
D. explanation
E. report


Answer: D

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