The Iraq movie we've been waiting for

Battle for Haditha

Barney Broomfield

Eric Mehalacopoulos as Sgt. Ross, as seen in "Battle for Haditha."

After the shooting is over in Haditha, a Marine corporal named Ramirez takes a few seconds' break behind a Humvee to vomit copiously on the unpaved road where his unit has just been ambushed by an "improvised explosive device" (IED), or homemade bomb. He comes back out into the roadway, where another Marine seems briefly worried about him. "You OK, Ramirez?" he asks.

"I'm good," says Ramirez, a handsome Latino kid with almost feminine eyes and a fragile, uncertain charisma. He's got his profane, angry game face back on. His Marine face.

His comrade nods appreciatively. "You look good."

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