Mourning in Baghdad

Family members mourn the death of three male relatives in Baghdad on April 9. A father, his teenage son, and another male relative were shot and killed by U.S. Marines after the car they were driving allegedly did not stop while passing a building occupied by U.S. Marines. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Sept. 15, 2014 6:08 PM PT

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A family grieves after three relatives are killed by Marines after allegedly failing to stop near a checkpoint. April 11, 2003

A family mourns the death of three male relatives in Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

An Iraqi family mourns the death of three relatives shot by U.S. Marines on April 9. The victims’ relatives were waiting for their return and did not know about the incident until relatives towed the car, containing the three bodies, to the family’s home on April 10. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

A family member faints near the bodies of three male relatives killed by U.S. Marines after the car they were driving allegedly did not stop while passing a building occupied by U.S. Marines. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

A woman collapses as the bodies of three male relatives are removed from a car and placed on blankets in the front yard of their home in Baghdad on April 10. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)