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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US fire 'kills 40 Iraqi wedding guests': "A US helicopter fired on a wedding party in western Iraq today, killing more than 40 people according to Iraqi officials.

Lt Col Ziyad al-Jbouri, deputy police chief of Ramad, west of Baghdad, said between 42 and 45 people were killed in the attack, which took place in the early hours in a remote desert area near the border with Syria and Jordan. He said the dead included 15 children and 10 women.

Dr Salah al-Ani, who works at a hospital in Ramad, put the death toll at 45. The US military said it had no reports of such an incident."