What the records say
- When
- 19 May 2004
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 42
- Coordinates
- 34.01° N, 40.20° E
- Description
- US military action against Syria village
Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre
US military action against Iraqi village
The Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre refers to the U.S. military's attack on a wedding party in Mukaradeeb, a small village in Anbar Province, Iraq near the border with Syria, on 19 May 2004. The attack killed 42 civilians and wounded many others. The U.S. military denied that a wedding had been hit, claiming the location was a legitimate military target and that insurgents had been killed. U.S.
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