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Sep 2024
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Season 3, Episode 9: Patient #8

The New Yorker
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For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians killed by Marines in Haditha on November 19, 2005. But maybe everyone was wrong.  To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. Please help us improve New Yorker podcasts by filling out our listener survey: https://panel2058.na2.panelpulse.com/c/a/661hs4tSRdw2yB2dvjFyyw
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