Another "wedding party" bombing

Cries of "wedding party" come up so often whenever the coalition bombs anyone in Iraq or Afghanistan, that it's becoming a cliché. Here is another one:

At least 20 people have been killed in a missile strike by coalition forces in Afghan's eastern Nangarhar province.

Local people say that the group was a wedding party and that most of the dead were women and children.

But the US has denied this, saying those killed were militants involved in previous mortar attacks on a Nato base.

The link above has accompanying video (sound doesn't seem to work). It does show a couple of younger boys, around 13-14 years old, but no women or small children. Pardon me for being skeptical; there were also previous claims of "wedding party massacres" in Iraq 2004, and Afghanistan in 2002. The former is highly suspect for many reasons, the latter was, at worst, anti-aircraft fire, and at best, a genuine wedding party but whose participants fired their weapons into the air in celebration (not a smart thing to do, particularly in wartime). There have also been other accusations by rumor.

Good commentary at Blackfive.net