Is it not a tradition for wedding parties in Iraq to fire guns into the air? I remember reading something about one of the "guests" at this particular "wedding party" being questioned about gun fire.

The military typically has video cameras set up to record their shots, and the time leading up to the shot. How much do you want to bet that "wedding party" or not, there were shots being fired into the air.?

Let's also not forget that Iraq has been notorious for "spiking" a scene and then calling in the press. An explosion happens somewhere, and the area is seeded with fragments from a US missile. We've heard many stories in the past of the US firing on innocent victims, only to learn later that they were planted in a hostile environment (socall "human shields") or that they were actually corpses brought into an area to make it look like something that was not.

I think we need to hold off on this "wedding party" and hear all the evidence before passing judgement that the US somehow wronged some innocent Iraqi again. Somehow, I have my doubts.