It was shortly after sunrise on Nov. 19, 2005. Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, was on patrol in the quiet Sunni village of Haditha, Iraq, when a homemade bomb went off under one of its Humvees, killing Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas of El Paso, Texas. His death, according to witnesses, triggered
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