Battle for Haditha

2007, 97 minutes

Nick Broomfield documentary about the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb.

The film is inspired by an incident that occurred three months after the Battle of Haditha in the Iraq War. On 19 November 2005, 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed in Haditha, a city in the western Iraq province of Al Anbar Governorate|Al Anbar. At least 15 of those killed were noncombatant civilians. All are alleged to have been killed by a group of United States Marine Corps|United States Marines. Since the release of the film, however, charges have been dropped (for lack of evidence) against all the Marines involved, except for Sgt Wuterich, who was the Marine in charge on the ground on that day.<ref>[http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/06/04/military/ze9cdc09c13a485a08825745e0058b2c7.txt MILITARY: Haditha Marine acquitted]</ref> The names of the involved parties have been changed in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/2905/ |title=Time Out London interview with Nick Bloomfield |accessdate=18 November 2007}}</ref> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Haditha_(film)'>Plot summary provided by WikiPedia</a>]


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