Hey there, it's Shemita here. The Pulitzer Prizes were announced this past week, honoring so many examples of excellence in journalism from the past year, many of which we have featured on our daily news podcast, Apple News Today, or on this show in conversation.

Among the winners this year was the New Yorker for its investigative podcast, In The Dark,

which told the story of possible U.S. military war crimes during the Iraq war.

Last summer, I spoke with the host of In The Dark, Madeline Barron, about this investigation.

So we wanted to resurface that episode for you this week.

Congratulations to their team on winning a Pulitzer.

I hope you enjoy listening. Congratulations to their team on winning a Pulitzer. I hope you enjoy listening.

This is In Conversation from Apple News. I'm Shmita Basu. Today, how the shadowy military justice system buries possible war crimes.

On November 19th of 2005, during the U.S. war in Iraq, a group of U.S. Marines killed 24 Iraqi men,

women, and children in what would become known as the Haditha Massacre. The Pentagon is investigating an alleged rampage by U.S. Marines in Iraq.

It all started when four Marine Humvees entered Haditha.

The Marines initially reported that more than a dozen civilians were killed in a roadside bombing and in the crossfire that followed.

But that was far from the truth.

It appears to have been an unprovoked attack by the Marines.

The people were killed when the Marines went into the houses and opened fire on them.

Killing women and children as they searched unsuccessfully, apparently, for insurgents.

Iraqi eyewitnesses claim the Marines simply went on a rampage.

Then President George W. Bush spoke about the killings.

I am troubled by the initial news stories.

I am mindful that there's a thorough investigation going on.

If in fact the, you know, the laws were broken, there'll be punishment.

But a punishment would never come.

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