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US Marine 'shot dead Iraqis who had their hands up'-News-World-Iraq-TimesOnline

US Marine 'shot dead Iraqis who had their hands up'-News-World-Iraq-TimesOnline: "A US Marine yesterday told a court investigating an alleged massacre in the Iraqi town of Haditha that he watched a superior officer shoot and kill five civilians as they held their hands up in an attempt to surrender."

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