Leila Fadel goes to Haditha and finds this:
Yousef Aid Ahmed was not at home when the killing occurred. He is now the sole breadwinner for his mother and extended family.
His father became ill after the shootings, and later, the family said, went blind from grief. Ailing, he lingered in a small bedroom where his sons were killed. One was gunned down to the left of the bed, a second to the right. The third man’s body wound up inside a closet and the fourth was propped against the wardrobe. Despite a fresh coat of paint, the ceiling still bears grey spots where the men’s blood spattered. They were all shot in the head.
The relatives seldom go into this room.
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