US occupation forces have reportedly killed at least 40 Iraqi civilians in an air raid that targeted the village of Makr al-Dib on the Syrian border. Quoting witnesses and broadcasting images of dozens of shrouded bodies lined up on a dirt road on Wednesday, al-Arabiya television said warplanes had blasted dozens of people who were celebrating a wedding. But US occupation forces denied they had hit civilians. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the U.S. military in Iraq, told Reuters the attack early on Wednesday targeted "a suspected foreign fighter safe house", 25 km (16 miles) east of the Syrian border. **"They hit homes"*** "US planes dropped more than 100 bombs on us," an unidentified man who said he was from the village said on al-Arabiya. "They hit two homes where the wedding was being held and then they levelled the whole village. No bullets were fired by us, nothing was happening," he added. The Dubai-based network also showed those who survived digging graves for the numerous men, women and children that died in the raid. A local police official told AP news agency between 42 and 45 people had died as a result of the US attack. The US has said it has no knowledge of the alleged attack but says US forces did conduct a raid on a house in the border area. In Baghdad, a US military spokesman said the allegation was being investigated. In July 2002, an American air strike on an Afghan wedding party killed 48 civilians. A report released by the US Central Command said the strike was justified because American planes had come under fire. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Video footage shows dead civilians, Iraq, May 19, 2004. (Al Arabiya TV)