No evidence of wedding at bombing site
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Who was the source of the "wedding" story. Coalition forces need to run down this source since they are clearly the enemy. The wedding scam is getting old and no longer seems to work with the real world, but it probably is stilled believed on terrorist TV, i.e. al Jazeera. It is probable the "wedding" scenerio was used to try to put the US on a PR defensive after the terrorist had suffered a major defeat.
CNN:
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Senior coalition military spokesman said that dozens of people killed in a U.S. attack in the Iraqi desert early Wednesday were attending a high-level meeting of foreign fighters, not a wedding. Photos shown to reporters in Baghdad support that contention.
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said six women were among the dead, but he said there is no evidence any children died in the raid near the Syrian border. Coalition officials have said as many as 40 people were killed.
Kimmitt said that video showing dead children killed was actually recorded in Ramadi, far from the attack scene.
"There may have been some kind of celebration," Kimmitt said. "Bad people have celebrations too. Bad people have parties too."
Kimmitt said troops did not find anything -- such as a wedding tent, gifts, musical instruments, decorations or leftover food -- that would indicate a wedding had been held.
Most of the men there were of military age, and there were no elders present to indicate a family event, he said.
What was found, he said, indicated the building was used as a way station for foreign fighters crossing into Iraq from Syria to battle the coalition.
"The building seemed to be somewhat of a dormitory," Kimmitt said. "You had over 300 sets of bedding gear in it. You had a tremendous number of pre-packaged clothing -- apparently about a hundred sets of pre-packaged clothing.
"[It is] expected that when foreign fighters come in from other countries, they come to this location, they change their clothes into typical Iraqi clothing sets."
Who was the source of the "wedding" story. Coalition forces need to run down this source since they are clearly the enemy. The wedding scam is getting old and no longer seems to work with the real world, but it probably is stilled believed on terrorist TV, i.e. al Jazeera. It is probable the "wedding" scenerio was used to try to put the US on a PR defensive after the terrorist had suffered a major defeat.
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