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Article: Wedding Party, Aftermath Of Attack Seen in Videos
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 24, 2004
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The bride arrives in a white pickup truck and is quickly ushered
into a house by a group of women. Outside, men recline on brightly
colored silk pillows, relaxing on the carpeted floor of a large goat-
hair tent as boys dance to tribal songs.
The videotape obtained Sunday by Associated Press Television News
captures a wedding party that survivors say was later attacked by
U.S. planes early Wednesday, killing up to 45 people. The dead
included the cameraman, Yasser Shawkat Abdullah, hired to record the
festivities, which ended Tuesday night before the planes struck.
The U.S. military says it is investigating the attack, which took
place in the village of Mogr al-Deeb about five miles from the ...
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