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The
War Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings & Torture |
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The Massacre of Haditha - The Revenge
Killing of 24 Iraqi Civilians |
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Images of the Killings - A Photo Series |
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The Trigger Incident - The Killing of
Miguel Terrazas by a Roadside Bomb |
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The
two photos show the wreck of the U.S. vehicle that was struck by a roadside
bomb on the day of November 19th, 2005. One marine, Miguel
Terrazas was killed. Two other marines, Lance Cpl. James Crossan and Lance
Cpl. Salvador Guzman, were seriously injured. The killing of Terrazas
allegedly triggered the subsequent mass revenge killing by the marines. The
photos are part of the report by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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The Initial Killings - The Taxi Killing |
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Five unarmed men in a white car are pulled out of
their car and executed. This
picture is also part of the NCIS report. |
Another photo from the NCIS report |
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The
Subsequent Killings inside the Houses |
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The
photos show the aftermath of the killings 19 other Iraqi civilians, including
6 children and an elderly couple, inside one of three houses in the vicinity
of the roadside bomb attack. The photos a stills from a video that was shot
on November 20th by a journalism student from the Haditha area.
The photos were later distributed by the Associated Press. |
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The Aftermath |
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The
bodies from the killed adults and children are transported from the morgue to
the cemetary. The source of the photos is again the above mentioned video. |
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Two Photos that need no further
explanation |
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Photo
Credits |
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All displayed photos are either part of the report
of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service or stills from the video of Taher
Thabet from Haditha. The photos were later published by Reuters, the
Associated Press and other news agencies. Date: November 19th & 20th,
2005. |
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