Wuterich and members of his unit killed 24 unarmed civilians, including some women and children, on November 19, 2005, after one of their comrades was killed by a roadside bomb. Wuterich admitted that he ordered his squad to "shoot first, ask questions later" during a house-to-house sweep through the town of Haditha, but said he himself did not fire his weapon at women and children. Seven other members of his unit were also charged in the incident, but six had the charges dropped and the other was acquitted. Wuterich apologized to family members of the victims in court, but the final ruling has upset many who were expecting some sort of punishment for one of the darkest moments of the Iraq war.
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