TITLE:        The Most Brutal Battle In Iraq 🪖
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
URL:          https://youtube.com/watch?v=c2rgPwLq0qs
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The US Marines were accused of war crimes because they were actually too

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The US Marines were accused of war crimes because they were actually too good at their job. You see, in 2004, the Marines were tasked to go and liberate the city of Fallujah in Iraq because the city was an enemy stronghold. When the Marines came into the city, they started eliminating every enemy fighter that they saw. But all of the fighting was done in an urban environment. And so, the trained Marines started getting a massive body count. The real issue came when investigators looked at the battle and accused the Marines of war crimes because a large amount of the kills came from headshots and they thought that the enemy fighters were being executed by the Marines. But the allegations were dropped once they realized that the Marines are just that good at their

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[000.08] The US Marines were accused of war
[001.92] crimes because they were actually too
[003.52] good at their job. You see, in 2004, the
[006.08] Marines were tasked to go and liberate
[007.92] the city of Fallujah in Iraq because the
[009.92] city was an enemy stronghold. When the
[011.76] Marines came into the city, they started
[013.44] eliminating every enemy fighter that
[015.20] they saw. But all of the fighting was
[016.96] done in an urban environment. And so,
[018.80] the trained Marines started getting a
[020.56] massive body count. The real issue came
[022.48] when investigators looked at the battle
[024.16] and accused the Marines of war crimes
[025.92] because a large amount of the kills came
[027.52] from headshots and they thought that the
[029.12] enemy fighters were being executed by
[030.88] the Marines. But the allegations were
[032.56] dropped once they realized that the
[034.00] Marines are just that good at their
