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In the Dark

Season 3, Episode 1: The Green Grass

With Madeleine Baran
July 30, 2024
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Illustration by Emiliano Ponzi

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A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed?

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