The US defense tried to cover up the killing of Iraqi civilians by Marines. The podcast ‘In the Dark’ unravels the story. And it is shocking, writes Sarah Skarum in this column.
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In November 2005, 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by US Marines in the town of Haditha, which is located northwest of Baghdad. Men, women and children. It is public knowledge.
But no one was held responsible for the killings. Why? And what actually happened that day? How were the 24 killed, by whom, and what happened to the wounded young man who was taken to hospital but never seen again? Is he alive? Did he die? Where is he buried?
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