“New video footage showing Iraqis singing and dancing at a desert wedding raised more questions on Monday about a U.S. air strike last week that killed about 40 people.

The U.S. 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…

The video is unwelcome news for Washington on a day when it is to present a proposal at the United Nations (news – web sites) seeking approval for its continued military presence in Iraq following a handover of formal sovereignty to an interim government on June 30.

Nor will it help President Bush, who is to make a televised speech to the nation at midnight GMT that will lay out his strategy in Iraq. Bush’s chances of re-election in November have suffered as Americans question the cost of the mission.” (Yahoo! News)