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Article: Iraqis say U.S. aircraft killed more than 40 at wedding party; U.S. military says it targeted foreign fighters
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- May 20, 2004
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SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-20-2004
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
A U.S. aircraft fired on a house in the desert near the Syrian border, and Iraqi officials said more than 40 people were killed, including children. The U.S. military said the target was a suspected safehouse for foreign fighters from Syria, but Iraqis said a helicopter had attacked a wedding party.
Associated Press Television News footage showed a truck containing bloodied bodies, many wrapped in blankets, piled one atop the other. Several were children, one of whom was decapitated. The body of a girl who appeared to be less than 5 years of age lay in a white sheet, her legs riddled with wounds ...