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Article: Sound of battle was all he heard: Capt. James Kimber's radio brought news of fighting in Haditha. Nothing unusual, it seemed.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2006
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Byline: Stephen J. Hedges
Jun. 3--CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marine Capt. James Kimber, now relieved of his command, remembers what happened near Haditha in western Iraq on Nov. 19. That's not because Kimber was in the town where his Marine colleagues are alleged to have shot and killed 24 Iraqi civilians after a roadside bomb attack that killed one Marine. In fact, he said, "Not a soul from my company was in Haditha on Nov. 19." But that day, at about the same time, Iraqi insurgents attacked all three Marine companies patrolling in the Haditha area--one of them commanded by Kimber. He said he could hear over his radio the shots being fired during a ...
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