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Tue 05 May 2004Video suggests US hit weddingIRAQ: New video footage showing Iraqis celebrating a desert wedding raised more questions yesterday about a US air strike last week that killed about 40 people.The US military insisted most of the dead were foreign guerrilla fighters who had slipped over the nearby Syrian border. Local people say the Americans massacred wedding guests. Associated Press Television News said it had obtained the footage from a survivor of the strike early on May 19th.