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Haditha (حديثة, al-Haditha) is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km (150 mi) northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at 34°08′23″N 42°22′41″E / 34.13972°N 42.37806°E / 34.13972; 42.37806. Its population of around 25,700 people, predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs. The city lies near the Buhayrat al Qadisiyyah, an artificial lake which was created by the building of the Haditha Dam, the largest hydroelectric facility in Iraq. In September 2014, the Islamic State tried to capture the dam, but was stopped by US airstrikes. The dam and the town remain under the control of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Haditha is officially a political district subordinate to the Al Anbar Province. The Haditha District consist of the Sub-Districts of Haditha [City], the Haqlaniyah Sub-District, and the Barwannah Sub-District. Each district is governed by a Mayor and a Sub-District Council. The twenty member sub-district councils elect one of their own to serve as the Council Chairman. They also employ other municipal managers such as a Municipal Engineer.
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A US Marine sergeant accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to negligence, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 incident Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, 31, had ordered his unit to shoot the civilians after a roadside bomb killed a member of their convoy. He now faces a maximum of three months in prison and a rank demotion. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep...
The fight to hold Haditha Dam intensifies on the fourth of a six-day occupation by U.S. forces in this scene from "A Battle for Haditha Dam." #LiveToTell Subscribe for more from Live to Tell and other great HISTORY shows: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9MAhZQQd9egwWCxrwSIsJQ?sub_confirmation=1 Watch more Live to Tell on YouTube in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOajX9aFXjs_MzUo0MsQY8v9Z Find out more about the show and watch full episodes on our site: http://www.history.com/shows/live-to-tell?cmpid=Social_YouTube_LiveToTell Check out exclusive HISTORY content: Website - http://www.history.com Google - https://plus.google.com/+HISTORY Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/History Twitter - https://twitter.com/history Live to Tell Season 1 Episode 3 A B...
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November, 19th 2005, Haditha, Iraq. Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. Enraged by their loss, his young Marine buddies carry out a brutal retaliation. Their violent house-searches lead to the massacre of 24 people, many of whom are women and children -- tragic casualties of a war they cannot control. Nick Broomfield's acclaimed dramatic and moving recreation of this fateful day in 2005 uses real people, real locations and was shot as much as possible in real time which "immerses us as no other film on Iraq has done in the dust and smoke of warfare". - 2007 Lafayette Film All Rights Reserved.
Haditha Massacre Victims' Kin Outraged as U.S. Marines Go Free A U.S. military judge last week dismissed charges against another Marine connected to the massacre of twenty-four unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha. Of the eight Marines originally charged in the case, only one still faces prosecution. Criminal charges have been dismissed against six of the Marines and a seventh Marine was acquitted. We speak with McClatchy's Baghdad bureau chief, Leila Fadel, who recently traveled to Haditha to interview survivors of the massacre.
The Haditha killings refers to the incident in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children, all civilians, were killed by a group of United States Marines on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar. The dead included several children and elderly people, who were shot multiple times at close range while unarmed. It has been alleged that the killings were retribution for the attack on a convoy of Marines with an improvised explosive device that killed Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas. Many news reports have compared the incident to the My Lai massacre. An initial Marine Corps communique reported that 15 civilians were killed by the bomb's blast and eight insurgents were subsequently killed when the Marines returned fire against those attacking the conv...
It was a wednesday, hot & humid with the Iraq smell hugging low to the ground. The jury in the Moussaoui trial heard the cockpit recording of the last minutes aboard one of the hijacked 9/11 airliners, Israeli soldiers had shot 2 terrorists dead in Gaza, a car bomb had killed 25 people by a Shia Iraqi mosque near the city of Baquba as other attacks leave 17 dead.all over Iraq & Christian would be 5 years old in a month.......Boom. For 7 years I would think & remember that day & on the 8th anniversary in 2014 came & went, no big deal. Life goes on.
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We're gonna take this back!
This wrong that has been done.
You feel safe in your bed.
With their lies in your head.
You felt so safe and secure
When you killed the women and children first.
Killed one of your own- you killed 25.
Crack open the door and throw in a grenade.
Killed a family of five, but you turned away.
Their pain will always stay...