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Battle for Haditha is a 2007 drama film directed by British director Nick Broomfield based on the Haditha killings. Dramatising real events using a documentary style, Battle for Haditha is Broomfield's follow up to Ghosts. The film was aired on Channel 4 in the UK on 17 March 2008.
May 7, 2008 · A film based on the true story of a U.S. Marine massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq in 2005. The film follows the perspectives of the Marines, the Iraqi family, and the insurgents involved in the incident.
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- Drama, History, War
- Nick Broomfield
- 2008-05-07
The Battle of Haditha took place between U.S. forces and Ansar al-Sunna in early August 2005 on the outskirts of the town of Haditha, Iraq, which was one of the many towns that were under insurgent control in the Euphrates River valley during 2005.
- 1 August-4 August 2005
- U.S. victory
- Haditha, Iraq
- Occupation of Haditha [2]
The Haditha massacre (also called the Haditha killings or the Haditha incident) was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians. The killings occurred in the city of Haditha in Iraq's western province of Al Anbar.
November, 19th 2005, Haditha, Iraq. Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. Enraged by their loss, his young Marine buddies carry out a...
May 7, 2008 · On Nov. 19, 2005, marines stationed in Haditha, a Euphrates River valley city northwest of Baghdad, killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including at least 10 women and children, from toddler age up, who...
Nov 28, 2019 · One of the most important, and enduring, victories of 3/3’s time in the Haditha Triad was tracking down a former Iraqi army colonel from the region named Farouk and returning him to his home city of Haditha. The Marines convinced Farouk to establish a resurgent police force, with he as the chief.
