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Battle For Haditha (2007)
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I live in a shit barracks, constant threat. I get shot at any minute, through any window. I wake up every morning, do the same patrols every day. And basically, the only thing I'm fighting for that I know that I'm fighting for is to make it home each and every day without getting killed. Because I don't know why we're here. Oh I know why we're here but I don't know-- Yeah, I don't know why we're here. I mean, I've seen a... I'd say about all dressed in black, in a burqa, or whatever they call them dresses. pull out an AK from under her skirt and starts spraying. Needless to say, she got-- I mean, she became a combattant, and that's the truth, you know. Like...men, women, child, if they pick up a gun and start shooting at you they are considered combattants and that's reality. It's also just like hunting. I've hunted deer and coyotes and shit. It's like a person thinks the same, tries to think like another person would. with a weapon. So, it's luck. It's the ultimate style of hunting, is war. Like, this is the planet Earth. The body, right? Body is planet Earth. and Iraq...is the cornhole, the brown hole, the asshole, whatever you wanna call it. with a bunch of dingleberries. Insurgents. A bunch of dingleberries hanging around, just waiting for a shit storm. And we just happen to be the fucking turds... going through the asshole. And all the dingleberries are just surrounding us, trying to kill us. That's what I think about Iraq. Just a giant butthole. Hey Jack! Fuck ya! I love that shit! Look at my fucking ass! Hey! This is why I fucking love the Marine Corps. All right, let's move! Hey Corporal Marquez. Take a fire team across the street. Yeah. Look look look. Hey! What the fuck dawg! I've never seen a dick that small. Hurry up, put your little dick away. Let's go! - You hear that? - Aye Corporal. His dick is so small, he's peeing on his nuts. - Hurry up, get back in formation. - OohRah. - Ey Cuthbert. - Yes, corporal. - You ready to get some? - Hua. Found 119 IEDs, (Improvised explosive device) and these faggots are playing at the side of the road. All the insurgents came from Falludja. They are all here, waiting for us. - You know that, right? - Yes corporal. We're just life bait And you retards stop fucking around. Chickens? Democracy will succeed because every month, more and more Iraqis are fighting for their own country. People we have liberated will not surrender their freedom. Democracy will succeed because the USA will not be intimidated by a bunch of thugs! ? ? ? war. ...corner of Chestnut... (unintelligible chatter on radio) - You got DVDs? - Yeah, sure I got. You want? Yeah. Are these the only DVDs you have? Let me imagine what you're looking for. You're looking for... - Boom boom? - Boom Boom! - That's what I'm talking about. - Yeah. All right. Try it and you must trust me. So I didn't trust you? Yeah, I don't trust you motherfuckers for anything. I'm sorry, I have to go. I leave you with my uncle, he will give you a good deal, okay? Hey Marcus, check this fucking video out. I bought this downtown, at the electrical shop off of a bunch of fucking kids. It was on Al Qaeda TV, they burned it to a DVD, It's all our guys. They were here before us, patroling the same fucking streets. Makes my ? ? ? fucking ? ? ? Let's kill the motherfuckers more. Kill more people. If they are gonna go out and do this shit to us, we should kill more of them, you know? You're gotta be kidding me that's all I'm saying. - I am not fucking dying in Iraq. - Oh yeah? You gotta die in Iraq - I'd rather die fucking drowning... On a rag. You wouldn't die in Iraq. You would die on what? - Surfing, something like that. - Surfing? Yeah. What, by a shark? ? ? ? butt surfing? Shot. Shot ? ? ? Shark is ? ? ? - Ramirez. - Yeah. - Why did you join the Marines? - Why did I join the Marines? - Yeah. - To get the fuck out of Philadelphia. There was nothing for me. - What was wrong with Philly? - What the fuck was wrong with Philly? Bad ski sticks. ? ? ? It was the year of the ski sticks depression, and...everything was going downhill. No man. I mean, it's the murder capital. Who the fuck wants to live there? Let me guess. You wass in a gang. No, actually, Philadelphia doesn't even have gangs, dude. So you left the murder capital of the US to come to Falludja the head of the murder capitals of the world. - These are in one war zone... Good job, you're moving up, buddy! ...here is the Apache nearby. Suspect seen on highway one to the east. Who the fuck are they? I don't know who's fucking out there, sir. I think they are talking about misanderstanding... the other frames. ? ? ? Corporal Ramirez, Corporal Marcus report as ordered, Sir. Follow me. Now, you guys go to camp Sparta, down market, make a left on the Zebra, go over to the robot, make sure you bring us ? ? ? - Roger that. - Good to go? We got Doris, she's back there. Might be ? ? ? Thank you. Ey, we gotta go down Market Street. Make a right on Chestnut. Then go over the bridge, over to the vehicle checkpoint. I think everybody likes us here. ? ? ? , you fucking retards. - What? - Are you a fucking idiot? - Shit! - What was that? A copper just smacked a 50 cal on a truck, man - I know, I saw it. - He's a born dildo. The guy's ? ? ? (radio chatter) C'mon. Come here. Come on. Go over there. ? ? ? - It's ok. - What are you doing? - The kids... - Sergeant, sorry. Stop. Stop! Now stay there. Step this way, please. Stop. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Come, hurry up. Go. Stop. Get your hands in the air. Put your hands in the air. - Away from the door? - Yes. - Make it good. - Come, hurry up. ... ... .... Here you go, son. - Here you go. - You just wait, man. Don't fall asleep. Go, go... Nice bag How are you doing, sir. What have you got? - Good job. - Hey man. Did you get anything out of these guys? Still working on it. I'm playing my little game of Marco Polo. ? ? ? fuck ? ? ? fucking rifles grab chow. Go have some fucking chow. - Sir. - Ey! Clean your fucking magazines too. - CLP. - All right sarge. - Remember that shit. - All right sergeant. Last time I tell you, the fucking bolt was dry like a fucking... (8-year old? ? ? ? ) Think that's funny? I don't think so. Your weapon's jammed It's not funny then, but funny ? ? ? Shut up. Get on your fucking face right now. Hey! Douchebag. Get on your face. What's up with the fucking jokes? Sorry sergeant. Say: I will not be funny anymore. - I will not be-- - Louder! ...funny anymore. I will not be funny anymore! ! - Ey Cuthbert. - Yo. Come here. What's up? You're not ? ? ? on your ass? You don't like me? No, 'cause you fucking remind me of me, dipshit. On my first appointment, man, I almost lost my fucking leg. They sat here and fucking told me I would never be able to fucking run again. Fuck... Doesn't the corps take care of you after you're hurt? You know, they offered me to get out, right? They said if I wanted to, I could get out... with my injury. They said, we'll give you 10 per cent. Do you know what 10 per cent is? That's...$300 a month. That's what I'm telling you. Nobody gives a shit about you but you. Take care of yourself. The Marine corps don't, and this fucking country don't Remember that. Three, four. I love hand to hand. I love hand to hand. Stab you in the eye with my KaBar (knife), baby. Stab you in the eye with my KaBar, baby. I love hand to hand. I love hand to hand. Smash you in the grate with my E2, baby. Smash you in the grate with my E2, baby. Your buddy goes down, you ain't there fucking crying. You're a fucking machine, and you act like a machine. You go right through 'em. - You understand? - OoRah, sarge. - I don't fucking feel it. - OORAH, sarge. I'm ready to take down the fucking Iraq here, sarge. I know you are. That's good. That's why we train, train, train to kill, kill, kill. - I've got my motivation right here. - ? ? ? - She's always in my mind. - There you go, there you go. She also goes into my helmet. I'm married, and when I'm ready for battle and I'm about to put it on, I stare at her and I remember why I'm fighting this war: To protect freedom and her. - She's watching over you. - Well done. Moving! Stack up, stack up, stack up. Get down, get down. There's a window right behind you, get down! Moving! - Ey! - What are you doing? Ey Rambo! When do you ever jump in.. ..just go into a house by yourself? - When? Never! - Never... Everyone stack, everyone stack, everyone stack. Go. This is a hostile environment. Everyone in there, man woman, child, they all go. - You understand that? - OoRah! Women will strap a fucking bomb on them if they lost a son. Or a husband. They will strap a bomb to a baby. To them, they're going to heaven if they kill us. You go in this house, anybody has a weapon. Anyone is hiding behind someone with a weapon. They all go! Don't think twice, it's gonna get someone killed! - You understand that? - OoRah. # 2000 people ? ? ? # ? ? ? and all have been killed. # ? ? ? terrorist flag. - ? ? ? - ? ? ? - You guys ready? - Yes sir. Hey, who do you are tonight. I want you to go down on market street, right past Chestnut Right here, the first two houses on the left. We got.. intel says they're suspecting insurgent activity. All right. Round up the suspects, there's a list of them right here. You got the grid, corporal, make it happen. I got it, sir. Hey! Hey! Ey! Ey! Shut the fuck up! Ey! Ey! Jones! Shut the fuck up! He gotta say something. Ey, listen up. Ey, we're getting ready to go to these fucking ? ? ? OoRah! I want you to remember: This is a IED factory. Possible insurgents. Remember the 50 Marines that just got slaughtered - before we fucking got here. - OoRah! There's six that got dropped in this city's streets. - Let's kill the motherfuckers. - It's payback time. The Marines there are dying every dayfrom IEDs. - Fucking maggots! - OoRah! I'm fed up with this shit, man. You will do what the fuck you're trained for. -Yeah! Nobody gets fucking killed! - Let's do it! Let's not get fucking killed out there! Let's go! -Yeah! Yeah! Ey, (soldier). - Do the fuck as I say. - Yes corporal. Go baby, let's go. Intercept. Set. ? ? ? Get down! Get down. Tell them, over here. Tell them all: Get down. Tell them to get down on the floor. Hey, kid. Come, up. Everyone out. Tell them all to go there. Ey, Ey! Tell them to go over there. ? ? ? - Clear. - ? ? ? Ask them if there are any insurgents near here. Ask him, Has he seen an insurgent? He gathered some pictures. Tell him to go get up and get 'em. Shit. Jesus Christ. What the fuck they did to this dude, man? Fuck. Ask him who did this to him. He says that terrorist of the insurgence. I don't know what they belong to, but I called him like they are heart of war. - Jesus Christ, look at that. - They fucked him up, huh? - Fuck. - ? ? ? Hey man, they're all clear here, man. (radio chatter) Go go go go! Move, move! ? ? ? Holy fucking shit. Hey, call fucking explosives. Ey, let's get the fuck back down. Ey! Ramirez! - How's the shit! - Ramirez. - Yes. - Ey, we got a shitload of bomb shit. - Fuck. - Where's Ali, ey! Talk to the oldest man. At the fucking very beginning right here. He speaks a little English, said nothing about this. He knows everything. - ? ? ? - Got it. Where's Gary? - Where's Gary? - Down on the street. We got women and children right here. All the men are right here. Whose bombs are those upstairs? I don't know anything about that. - You don't know anything? - Who knows? - Who knows? It's in your fucking house, who knows? There's a fucking factory upstairs, and you don't know shit about that, huh? Ask why... Ey Ali, come here. Ey! Tell him to stand up. Whose bombs are those upstairs? - What? - He doesn't know. You don't fucking know? Get down. - Down at me. - What the fuck is goin' on? just watch ? ? ? frequency, we can't be ? ? ? Harold, get past these guys out here. Down. Down. Sir, we've got northwest corner ..to ? ? ? right now. ? ? ? shows a military age male with shovel on roadside. Might be planting an IED. ? ? ? coordinates 4-7-9-5-4-2-2-0. Copy that. - Take him out. - Roger that. This is ? ? ? Listen to ? ? ? Comin' down. Intelligence is gonna take 'em one by one and interrogate them. We know they're guilty, we found the explosives. So they better not lie to us cause we have their families for ransom. They're fucking with the wrong people. This is the US Marines. Not the fucking boyscouts. - Tell them to fucking answer. - Fucking answer! Or you can tell the bombers to stay. ? ? ? - Good morning, sir. - Ey, what's up Ramirez. Is there any way I can speak to you in private? Yeah, sure. Come over here. Best privacy I guess. What's up? Sir, I have a question. I'm kinda having difficulties to sleep at night. Well, what's bothering you? Just bad dreams, shit I've seen. I was wondering... Is there any way I can speak to a doctor? I'm sorry, but you can't see a doctor until your tour of duty is over. That's the way the policy is. You're gonna have to wait until your tour of duty is over and see a doctor in your leave. Ey, listen up, gents. Everybody takes his food over the ? ? ? checkpoint. All right? Let's go. Red Two, Red Three, this is Red One, over. We're gonna head down Market street, make a right on chestnut and.... - Ey, TJ. - What's up? - Give me a kiss. - Are you ? ? ? , bitch. Not now. Hey ? ? ? ! Pull over! Pull over! What the fuck was that? Ey, what's the matter? What's the matter? Come on! Go go go go! Move it, move it, move it! Shit! TJ! Hey, doc. Get over here! Oh, shit. Cease Fire, cease fire! They're fucking gone. Ramirez! I am calling the medivac. Roger that! Ey! Keep a watch over that fucking wall, just in case. - You can't do this to the third squad. - Ey, fuck. -...?? ? my I.D. - You're gonne be all right, man. Remember! Sir, we've just been hit by an IED at the intersection of Chestnut and Market and there is reports of one killed Marine and two severely wounded. - Fuck! - ? ? ? (radio chatter) All right, we have, what did you say, one killed? One killed and 2 severely wounded, sir. All right, two wounded. Get..call in the medivac right now. We got two wounded and we got one killed. I want the LZ to be the ocrner of Market and Chestnut. Roger that. Doc is gonna take care of you. Doc! Robert is bad! Hey buddy. Hey, doc is gonna fix you, man. Hey. Hey, look at me. Hey, Roberts, stay with us. You're gonna be all right. Look at me. Hey, hey. - Doc! - You'll be all right, Don't worry about it. The doc is gonna take care of you, all right? - You're gonna be good. - Goddammit. - Ramirez? - Yeah. - Cuthbert! - Shit! Cuthbert! Fuck me. I'm sorry to let you down, man. Ey! Get two fire teams ready to cross over to clear those houses. My fire team, we're going over to clear those. Whoever fucking did this shit, is still hiding somewhere. We're gonna make them fucking pay! Fuck that. ASAP. Get those fire teams ready. My fire team, let's move. Move move move move! Ey! Where there fuck are these motherfuckers? Ey! Get out of the vehicle! Get out! Get out! Let's go! Jallah! Get out! - Get the fuck out! - Get the fuck out! Get the fuck over there. Move! Move! You motherfuckeres wanna sit around doing shit? Who the fuck pulled that trigger? Who the fuck set that bomb off? Nobody wants to talk? - You don't wanna fucking talk? - I'm sorry. You don't know who fucking did it? You don't know who fucking did it? All right! Motherfuckers! You still don't fucking know? You still don't fucking know? Huh? You still don't fucking know? Fuck the motherfuckers. He's far, he's far! ? ? ? Ey! I want you to take a sniper position up there. I want you to take the sniper position up on that rooftop. Shoot everything that fucking moves! Go! - Let's go, let's go. - All right, let's go. -...that is 4-8-0-5-4-2-3-1 - We have coordinates ? ? ? Sir, this is captain Sampson. I had third squad going out on a patrol. They just got hit by an IED. We got one killed, two wounded, one severely. I don't want any more Marines killed. - Am I clear? - Yes, sir. Take whatever action is necessary. We just took small arms fire from this building. Permission to go engage and clear out their house, sir. - The second or third house? - They said third. Fine, you got positive identification on that. All right. If you see people fire, - take that motherfucking house down. - Roger that. Over. Ey, my fire team. We're moving. Make sure you keep security on this side, just in case anybody ? ? ? - Hey, let's go, we're fucking moving. - OoRah! - Come on, come on! - Go go go! Move it, move it! Move! Let's go, let's go. Move, let's go. I will kill those motherfuckers. - Easy. - Motherfuckers... - Breakout. (grenade) - Breakout. Move. Go, go! ? ? ? Go go go go. Watch the roof. - Get your fucking hands up. - Get your hands the fuck up! Move! Put your hands in the air! Right now! Stop! Don't fucking move! Move, move, move! Goddammit! - Watch this shit! - Take this shit off. Move, move, move. You fucking killed my brother! - Move out. - Following. Fuck! They got out the back door. They went to the fourth house? Right. Go get 'em. Get the motherfuckers. ? ? ? down ? ? ? into the house. Ey, they're going from this house down here into this house. That's where the shooter guy ran into. ? ? ? that the guys moving out toward house two. - Keep an eye on the surrounding area. - Yes, Sir. ? ? ? Move move move. Move. Let's go, let's go, let's go. - Move out. - Come on. ? ? ? ? ? ? - They're going to the runway. - Come here. - Sir, I've got a visual on that. - Ok. ? ? ? ? ? ? Motorbike and two cars ? ? ? weapons. - What the insurgents ? ? ? - Engage the target. ...we got ? ? ? activity. Roger that. Give me five seconds. - Everyone to come down... - I got you. ...just drop the M5 for me. Look what I've found. Is that fucking yours? What the fuck is this? I don't fucking understand you. Shut the fuck up, or I'm taking you, too. - Get up. - Get the fuck up! Jallah! Jallah! Move! Make sure you got these motherfuckers get fucking down and plexi-cuffed. Down and plexi-cuffed. Down! Get down! One of these motherfuckers know who planted the IED. They saw the people planting it, and they didn't say shit. Nobody knows. Nobody knows something, right? Fuck that. They are all fucking cowards. They set off IEDs and they fucking hide in their fucking homes. - Fuck that! - Right you are. Ey, you searched every one of them? Sosa? Sosa. You searched them all? We searched them all. Ramirez, we ain't got nothing. - ? ? ? - ? ? ? you fucking ? ? ? Holy shit, there's a runner at 12 o'clock. - Holy shit! - Tell them to get to move. Holy shit... I don't get this shit. Did you get that shit? Oh yeah! ? ? ? Let me see, let me see it through the scope. Let me adjust the scope. Look at that. - Holy fuck. - Did you see that shit? That's adrenaline ? ? ? There. Sir? Sir? Ey, get over here. Ey, this is where the motherfuckers were. Look, they fucking saw us the whole time. I'm ? ? ? Ey, how many kills you guys got? Ramirez, I have female one along the ridge. Hey Ramirez. Got you covered. Ey! Move away from the body. Ey! Move away from the body. Go. Ey. Ey! Move away from the body. Please, get away. C'mon. Please... Fuck. Gimme the last bit. Is it dead? Dead. - Wassup? - So how are you doin' man? - I'm good, man. - You good? You look good. Look like a million bucks. Felt good. Yeah... ? ? ? get over here. OoRah Marines. OoRah, sir. Gather round, I'm gonna say a prayer for Pfc. Cuthbert. Bow your heads. Lord, we lost a great young warrior today. But the battle was won. Please give his family the strength to move on with their lives. We know he is in a better place with you, Lord. Please give the United States Marine corps the courage and ability to destroy our enemy, who hides like cowards among civilians. We thank you Lord. We have to make some pretty difficult decisions sometimes out here. But we know you understand. Thank you, and OoRah. All right. OoRah Marines. - OoRah! - Outstanding job. - Corporal Ramirez. - Sir. You handled yourself like a true professional out there. I wanna promote you to sergeant, and I'm gonna recommend you for the Bronze Star. - Thanks sir. - You kept your head in the game, and you kept your Marines alive. - Good to go? - Yes sir. Thank you sir. - All right. Job well done, Marine. - Thank you, sir. -All of you, great job. - OoRah, sir. OoRah! - Good job, Ramirez. - Fucking sergeant. - Ey man. - Wat's up? Have you been having nightmares lately? Nightmares? No, never. It's like I cannot fucking sleep, man. Like, last nightmare, I kept hearing like cries and shit, like, I keep seeing these fucking bodies, man. These fucking women laid out fucking dead. Their kids. It's not so much the guys, man. it's more like the women. And then I see pictures of like my fucking mother, laying next to them and, like I just wish I could fucking change a lot of shit, man. What are you talking about? I feel like a lot of those fucking people I killed are fucking persons. and you know me. That I'm fucking living with this guilt for the rest of my life, man. No, I fucking don't understand that either, man. I feel like I'm personally responsible for all those motherfuckers that died underneath me. Every Marine that died under-- underneath me. I feel like I'm personally responsible, like I could've fucking changed this, do you know what I mean? I fucking hate the motherfuckers, the officers that sent us in. Fucking hate 'em! Ramirez, you all right? Fucking hate 'em, man! Everyone of them! I fucking give a fuck about the fucking medals, man! They don't give a fuck about us. They're going subway ? ? ? ? It's the boss. Do not engage the boss. Roger. Squib. Nobody is the ? ? ? Direct Tango, direct Tango. - ? ? ? building is to the boss. - Roger that. Major General, sir. We ran a check on all the Iraqi dead and none matches with insurgents database. Nothing that you say causes me any undue concern... It's a cleanly coordinated attack and standard operating procedures were followed. This is the official press release A U.S. Marine and 15 Iraqi civilians were killed yesterday from the blast of a... roadside bomb in Haditha. Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines returned fire killing eight insurgents and wounding another. The case first came to light when a time magazin reporter received video footage, shot by a local Iraqi journalism student. It showed the gruesome aftermath of the incident. It also has interviews with some of the survivors, Safa Junis, 12 years old, is the only living survivor from her family of 9. She claims that the Marines came into her house and shot her entire family. Hiba Abdoolah and three children were the only survivors of a family of twelve. If it had not been for the Time Magazine report, this case would never have come to light. The Marine high command failed to investigate the events of November 19th for over two months. A blame, they say, must not be allowed to stay at the enlisted level but should be traced to its source, which is the Secretary of Defense and the Commander in Chief. I am troubled by the initial news stories, um... I'm, uh, mindful that there is a thorough investigation going on. If in fact the, uh... you know... laws were broken, there'll be punishment. One of the charged Marines, a Corporal Ramirez, according to his attourney was nominated for a Bronze Star for his heroism on the very day that incident took place. The Marines claim that they were merely following their standard operating procedures, lost ? ? ? in extremely hostile environment... Sir. Corporal Ramirez ? ? ? ? , sir. At ease. CPL Ramirez. You're being investigated for CPL Delacruz, Five counts of murder. CPL Matthews, three counts of murder. and Sgt. Ross. three counts of murder. Now it is my job and your job as Marines to protect the reputation, the honor and the future of this corps, and I will not have a band of reckless Marines ruin that future and that reputation... Holy shit. Ey Matthews, check that fire out. Ramirez! Ramirez. You ok? We've all seen a lot of action at a young age. I'm 20 years old, and this is my third tour of duty. We've all seen things that will haunt us for the rest of our lives. And I guess after a while you just get hardened. You become numb. # We're on a mission to never forget # 3,000 people that I've never met # We want some answers and all that we get # Some kind of shit about a terrorist threat # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Surpise surprise # Lies # Lies # We're on a mission to dig up the truth # You think we're stupid and there's no proof # Well let me tell you that the time has come # To pull the trigger on the smoking gun # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies # Surpise surprise # Lies # Lies # Lies # Lies # Don't listen to me listen to your head # Don't listen # Don't listen to anything they've said # Don't listen # Lies # Lies # Lies # Lies # America has been hijacked # Not by Al Qaeda, not by Bin Laden # But by a group of tyrants # That should be of great concern to all Americans |
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