Thaer Thabet
Taher Thabet is an Iraqi journalism student and human rights worker. The day after a squad of US Marines allegedly killed 24 Iraqi civilians after an improvised explosive device detonated by insurgents killed Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas[1], Thabet, who lived around 100 yards away from the original IED blast in Haditha, videotaped the scene. His videotape led to an investigation by Hammurabi, an Iraqi human rights group[2], which prompted Time Magazine to write a story on the incident.[3] This in turn has spurred several administrative and criminal investigations into what is now known as the Haditha killings.
Notes
- ^ U.S. military mourns 'tragic' Haditha deaths, CNN. Accessed June 1, 2006.
- ^ Haditha: Massacre and cover-up?, BBC. Accessed June 4, 2006.
- ^ On Scene: Picking up the Pieces In Haditha, Time. Accessed June 4, 2006.
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