Iraqi survivors tell of U.S. warplanes attacking desert tent after wedding celebration

The photographs show: Iraqi father Mohammed Al-Rikad, right, his wife Morifa, left, and their children Saad, 10, Fasila, 7, Faisal, 5, Anoud, 6, Kholood, 4 and three year-old Inad. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Ramadi, Iraq-AP -- Survivors of an aerial attack near the Iraqi-Syrian border are talking about what they claim was a deadly tragedy.

They've recounted how a wedding party was in full swing when U-S warplanes were heard, and the party was shut down because of fears of trouble.

One survivor says the first bomb hit the tent about six hours later.

Madhi Nawaf recalls mothers dying holding their children.

Up to 45 people died in the aerial bombing, many of them identified as women and children from a local tribe.

Speaking in Baghdad, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said the U-S military will investigate the bombing. But Kimmitt says the military continues to maintain the target of the bombing was a safehouse used by insurgents crossing into Iraq to fight coalition forces.

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