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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120373,00.html

"According to the military, at 3 a.m. local time Wednesday, coalition forces
conducted an operation against a suspected foreign fighter safe house in the
open desert. The house was 25 kilometers from the Syrian border, 85
kilometers southwest of Husaybah (search), military officials said.
Coalition forces came under hostile fire and called for support from the
air. After the strike, coalition forces recovered numerous weapons, foreign
passports, a SATCOM radio and two million Iraqi and Syrian dinars, military
officials said.

The attack killed about 40 people, officials said.

That official reiterated that the objective was a suspected hideout, and had
no information about a wedding party. "

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Relax 'asskisser, I will find another source to confirm the story.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Officials say American aircraft kill more than 40 at wedding party
By Associated Press
Wednesday, May 19, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter fired on a wedding party early
Wednesday in western Iraq, killing more than 40 people, Iraqi officials
said. The U.S. military said it could not confirm the report and was
investigating.
Lt. Col Ziyad al-Jbouri, deputy police chief of the city of
Ramadi, said between 42 and 45 people died in the attack, which took
place about 2:45 a.m. in a remote desert area near the border with Syria
and Jordan. He said those killed included 15 children and 10 women.
Dr. Salah al-Ani, who works at a hospital in Ramadi, put the death
toll at 45.
Associated Press Television News obtained videotape showing a
truck containing bodies of those allegedly killed.