The Haditha massacre was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines killed 25 unarmed Iraqi civilians. [1][2] It occurred in the city of Haditha in Iraq's western …

Aug 27, 2024 · The abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison became an international scandal when graphic photos were published. The Haditha killings had no similar moment. A few of the images that …

Nov 17, 2025 · The killing of Safa's family was part of what became known as the Haditha massacre, when US marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including four women and six children.

Read CNN’s Haditha Killings Fast Facts and learn more about the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

Apr 15, 2025 · The battalion arrived in Iraq on March 6, 2005, and proceeded to Haditha, 150 miles northwest of Baghdad. The Marines occupied the Haditha Dam, a massive, multi-level concrete …

Ambush in Haditha A Footnote from Iraq On the night of May 7, 2005, a platoon of Marine cooks, mechanics, and clerks — hand-picked and forged into a fighting unit by a determined sergeant — …

Mar 31, 2026 · The Marine Corps announced this week that two Marines would be court-martialed for their involvement in a 2005 incident in Haditha, Iraq, that saw 24 Iraqi civilians killed.

Nov 1, 2025 · In November 2005, a group of US Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The case against them became one of the most high-profile war crimes prosecutions in US history—but then it …

Jul 18, 2024 · At first, the Haditha incident was reported as Marine reaction to an insurgent IED attack. It was reported that the IED had killed 15 of the Iraqi civilians and that the remaining 9 Iraqi men...

Dec 1, 2025 · On the twentieth anniversary of the Haditha massacre, justice for the victims is still out of reach. The way wars are fought may be changing, but the evasion of accountability remains a …