The US military insisted today it targeted foreign fighters not an Iraqi wedding party in a helicopter attack that killed more than 40 people, including children.

American forces have denied targeting a wedding party near Iraq’s border with Syria, in an air strike that allegedly killed more than 40 people, including children.

AMERICAN and Israeli forces killed more than 60 men, women and children in separate attacks yesterday, provoking international outrage.

A US helicopter fired on a wedding party in western Iraq today, killing more than 40 people, Iraqi officials said.