Haditha killings
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The Haditha killings were a 2005 incident during the Iraq War in which U.S. Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, sparking international outrage and controversy over military conduct and accountability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haditha killings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6185199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Haditha killings Context triple: [Haditha, hasHistoricalEvent, Haditha killings]
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A.
2014 Sinjar massacre
The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
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B.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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C.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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D.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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E.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Haditha killings Target entity description: The Haditha killings were a 2005 incident during the Iraq War in which U.S. Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, sparking international outrage and controversy over military conduct and accountability.
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A.
2014 Sinjar massacre
The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
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B.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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C.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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D.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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E.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
incident in the Iraq War
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war crime ⓘ |
| allegation |
attempted cover-up by Marines
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false reporting of circumstances of deaths ⓘ |
| branchOfMilitary | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| civilianCasualties | 24 ⓘ |
| conflict | Iraq War ⓘ |
| consequence |
charges against multiple Marines
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controversy over military accountability ⓘ courts-martial of several Marines ⓘ damage to U.S. image in Iraq ⓘ public debate over rules of engagement ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| date | 2005-11-19 ⓘ |
| includedChildren | true ⓘ |
| includedWomen | true ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| legalCharacterization |
possible murder
ⓘ
unlawful killings ⓘ |
| location |
Al Anbar Governorate
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Haditha ⓘ western Iraq ⓘ |
| mediaExposure |
Time magazine report
ⓘ
international news coverage ⓘ |
| militaryUnitInvolved |
Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
ⓘ
linked to:
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
|
| notableFor |
allegations of cover-up
ⓘ
high civilian death toll ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 24 ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
United States Marines
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Marine Corps
|
| relatedTo |
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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linked to:
Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal
Mahmudiyah killings ⓘ civilian casualties in the Iraq War ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary films
ⓘ
human rights reports ⓘ military law analyses ⓘ news investigations ⓘ |
| triggeringEvent | roadside bomb attack on a Marine convoy ⓘ |
| typeOfAttack |
close-range shootings
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house-to-house shootings ⓘ |
| victimType | Iraqi civilians ⓘ |
| year | 2005 ⓘ |
| youngestVictimAge | 3 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Haditha killings Description of subject: The Haditha killings were a 2005 incident during the Iraq War in which U.S. Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, sparking international outrage and controversy over military conduct and accountability.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.