 These Iraqi males were also transported to Al Asad Airbase where six of them subsequently confessed to the killing of the snipers.In September 2005 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines surrounded the Haditha Triad (Haditha, Barwanah, Haqlaniyah) and assaulted Haditha.The city was proclaimed to be another Fallujah-esque battle, i.e., heavy house to house fighting.