Evidence indicates that the civilians were killed during a sustained sweep by a small group of marines that lasted three to five hours and included shootings of five men standing near a taxi at a checkpoint, and killings inside at least two homes that included women and children, officials said.
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Inquiry Cites Marines in Death of Iraqi Civilians
An investigation into the deaths of two dozen Iraqis is expected to find that marines carried out extensive, unprovoked killing of civilians