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Haditha is an insurgent stronghold 150 miles west of Baghdad.(The Week)(Brief article)

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* Haditha is an insurgent stronghold 150 miles west of Baghdad. We will be hearing far more about it in the coming weeks, as we learn how 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed there during a Marine patrol on the morning of November 19. "This is going to be an ugly story," warns Rep. John Kline (R., Minn.), a former Marine who has been briefed by military officials on the preliminary findings of the Pentagon's criminal investigations of the incident. There are allegations of a cover-up by the Marines directly involved, and two of their commanders have been relieved of duty. Another former Marine, Sen. John Warner (R., Va.), who plans to hold hearings on the ...

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