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I would presume that terrorists, like everyone else, get married (especially those who are not going to be suicide bombers). Why can't this situation have been both--a terrorist nest and a wedding party?

If they are true to their usual MO then they had any number of woman and children all around the area to serve as Shields in the event they were attacked. They were probably pretty surprised when an AC-130 opened up on them from a couple of thousand feet in air! And the one guy said he ran and hid when the shooting started. If he could do that why couldn't others have done the same thing. Nope, I would sooner believe the military version of the story. As much as I hate to admit it, I would not be too chagrined if it turned out our guys made a mistake and it was indeed a wedding celebration then that's the breaks of war. It's one thing to intentionally target civilians and quite another when you get bad intelligence. Time was I would have been a bit more concerned, but I am a firm believer that you have to take a war to the enemy in a manner that they fear and respect.