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More Details Emerge in Haditha Massacre

HeadlineMay 10, 2007

More details have emerged on the U.S. massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha in November 2005. On Wednesday, Sergeant Sanick Dela Cruz testified he urinated on the dead body of an Iraqi killed by his fellow marines. Sgt. Cruz also said he saw his squad leader shoot down five Iraqi civilians who were trying to surrender. The testimony came in a pretrial hearing for a marine charged for the massacre and the ensuing cover-up.

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