Memories Remain of Battalion Linked to Haditha Allegations; Reporter Recalls Some Challenges That the Unit Faced in Iraq

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer, an Associated Press reporter, has been embedded with U.S. troops regularly since February 2005. He was with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment last October, a month before the alleged massacre in Haditha. This is his account of the unit.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - It was one of the first Marine battalions to do a third tour in Iraq, a battle-hardened group of young men who seemed older than their years.

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Memories Remain of Battalion Linked to Haditha Allegations; Reporter Recalls Some Challenges That the Unit Faced in Iraq

When I last saw members of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, they were on yet another offensive, just landed in Haditha only 10 months after storming through Fallujah. In Hadith...

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