Ethan McCord who says he scooped up the children and at least one of his comrades say the incident revealed the bankrupt brutality of the war. Josh Stieber was in the same company but was not there that day, though he contributed to the your pain, and the pain of your community on many other occasions. The WikiLeaks edited video did not add arrows pointing to these men, or label them, as it did with the men carrying cameras. When Bravo Company arrived at the scene, they reported finding two RPGs and an AK-47 or AKM. Both children were said to have been evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital via Forward Operating Base Loyalty, then transferred to an Iraqi medical facility the next day. He runs the girl to the Bradley. Series of air-to-ground attacks conducted in New Baghdad during the Iraqi insurgency, An AH-64 Apache helicopter, the type used in the attack, Arrest, convictions and sentencing of Manning, Attack on personnel and a van per U.S. Army report account, Attack on building per U.S. Army report account, Julian Assange's comments regarding U.S. Army report, List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War 2007, "In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks 'Transparency', "Video Shows U.S. But for Army veteran Ethan McCord, it was just another day on duty. [117], In June 2011 the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) awarded the "Whistleblower Award" to the person who made the video Collateral Murder public via WikiLeaks. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG. 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Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? Ethan McCord describes the moment he realised Sajad Toman was alive In July 2007, 19 people were killed when an Apache helicopter opened fire on a group of Iraqis whom the pilots had identified. "[31], In May 2011 the Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival awarded the investigative film Collateral murder, Hellfire, done by Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks spokesperson, and Ingi Ingason, with the award for International Journalism and Human Rights. So, the first thing I did was grab the girl. I was also told that there would be repercussions if I was to go to mental health. [108][109], In a June 7, 2010, article in The New Yorker, Raffi Khatchadourian addressed several issues involved in determining the legality of the attacks, including "proportionality", "positive identification" ("reasonable certainty" that the target has hostile intent), and "the treatment of casualties during an ongoing military operation". The owner told him that three families were living in the building and seven residents had died, including his wife and daughter. So if people have a different opinion, the full material is there for them to analyse and assess. In an Al Jazeera English interview on April 19, 2010, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange explained why WikiLeaks titled the video Collateral Murder: And you can see that they also deliberately target Saaed, a wounded man there on the ground, despite their earlier belief that they didn't have the rules of engagementthat the rules of engagement did not permit them to kill Saeed when he was wounded. [43], Assange responded to the investigation report released by the Army in an interview with Democracy Now!, stating that "the tone and language is all about trying to find an excuse for the activity. "The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away and they were zooming in on these guys . We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. The Washington Post has denied having any copy of the unedited video prior to WikiLeaks release of their edited version, and Finkel (who was on book leave from The Washington Post at the time) said that he has never made any statement about his sources for the story, except that it was "sourced from unclassified information and my presence in the area that day". Wired.com: The first thing you saw was the little girl in the van. They're trained as soldiers to go into a building and clear a building. This is his account of what he saw. McCord, in New York for the festival premiere, told the story of what he experienced while saving two children wounded in the incident. Eamonn McCann Mon Aug 19 2013 - 20:49 Bradley Manning was scheduled to speak yesterday at the sentencing phase of his trial for having leaked 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to. There had been a lot of RPG, grenade fire and so on, and they were doing what journalists do. On June 7, 2010, The New Yorker reported that Kristinn Hrafnsson, an investigative reporter who worked on the Collateral Murder video and later became a spokesman for WikiLeaks,[54] said he had found the owner of the building involved in the incident. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. Apache helicopters were called in by a soldier in the Humvee (Hotel 26) under attack from the same position used by Namir Noor-Eldeen to photograph the vehicle. I was diagnosed with chronic, severe PTSD. In fact, that's one of the reasons I went to the van immediately, because I could hear her crying. "I grabbed him and ran to the Bradley myself". "[4] The New York Times wrote that "Critics contend that the shorter video was misleading because it did not make clear that the attacks took place amid clashes in the neighborhood and that one of the men was carrying a rocket-propelled grenade. An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. WikiLeaks stated that the footage shows the "murder of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists". I think that the people could have been deterred from doing what they were doing in the van by simply firing a few warning shots versus completely obliterating the van and its occupants.[52][53]. [110], Mark Taylor, an international law expert and a director at the Fafo Institute for International Studies in Norway, told Al Jazeera "there's a case to be made that a war crime may have been committed." This is why we called it Collateral Murder. The missile hits the building, and the man is caught in the explosion. We're sorry for the system that we were involved in that took their father's life and injured them. [81] On the same day as the NPR interview, Finkel was asked how he had seen the unedited video and whether WikiLeaks had shown it to him. Ethan McCord had just returned from dropping his children at school earlier this month, when he turned on the TV news to see grainy black-and-white video footage of a soldier running from a bombed-out van with a child in his arms. When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . 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[28] Noor-Eldeen has a camera and Chmagh is talking on his mobile phone. I think that the bigger picture is what are we doing there? That's not leaking, that's a pure editorial." He was kind of sitting on the floorboard of the van, but with his head laying on the bench seat in the front. http://www.mediasanctuary.orghttp://www.wikileaks.org U.S. There were some people taking pot shots, sniper shots, at us on the rooftop. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. It wasnt like a cry of pain really. The Wikileaks videos also do not reveal the hundreds upon hundreds of cases in which American forces refrain from attacking targets precisely because civilians are in harm's way.[80]. The second strike, also using 30mm rounds, was directed at a van whose driver, Saleh Matasher Tomal, appeared to happen to drive by and who proceeded to help the wounded Chmagh. Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. [22], In the video on the morning of July 12, 2007, the crews of two United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopters observe a gathering of men near a section of Baghdad in the path of advancing U.S. ground troops, some armed with AKMs and RPGs. [25] Both videos depict the attack on the van, van driver, and two other men, and the aftermath when the two seriously injured children were evacuated by U.S. ground forces who arrived on the scene. He kept saying, we were there, we know the truth, they're saying there was no weapons, there was. But this particular eventthis is clearly murder. [68], Stephen Colbert, in an interview with Assange in April 2010, asked him about the title: "You have edited this tape, and you have given it a title called 'Collateral Murder'. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our livesfrom culture to business, science to design. More and more Americans are taking responsibility for what was done in our name. He gave his view of the context of the killings: the Reuters guys walked into the hottest spot of a very hot morning. This is the problem that we're speaking out on as far as the rules of engagement. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. [65][66] [61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. Reuters responded, "It is absolutely untrue that this story was spiked. The Web site does not slow down the video to show that at least one man in that group was carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a clearly visible weapon that runs nearly two-thirds the length of his body. When the helicopter pilots discover that they have killed a number of Iraqi civilians and wounded two children, one of them is heard to say: "Well, its their fault for bringing their kids into a battle".[41]. When they arrived, they found a scene of fresh carnage the scattered remains of a group of men, believed to be armed, who had just been gunned down by Apache attack helicopters. [97] On July 30, Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge, that of aiding the enemy, for giving secrets to WikiLeaks. McCord, together with another former member of the company, Josh Stieber, have addressed an open "Letter of Reconciliation" to the Iraqi people taking responsibility for their role in this. He added, "I think what this video shows is really a case that challenges whether the laws of war are strict enough. Their age, their weapons, and the fact that they were within the distance of the forces that had been engaged made it apparent these guys were potentially a threat. It's very clear that that is the approach, to try and find any mechanism to excuse the behavior, and that is what ended up happening. Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. More than a dozen people were killed in three attacks captured in the video, including two Reuters journalists, one carrying a camera that was apparently mistaken for a weapon. McCord is the father of three children. [84], Finkel had reported the day in his book The Good Soldiers,[62] including conversations which closely matched the subsequently leaked video footage. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". These people were operating in split second situations.". In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye. What we seek is to learn from our mistakes and do everything we can to tell others of our experiences and how the people of the United States need to realize we have done and are doing to you and the people of your country. In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. After getting permission to fire, the Apache crew fired on the van. Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. After the incident, we went back to the FOB [forward operating base] and that's when I was in my room. 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However, according to the co-pilot for Crazyhorse 1/8 they failed to positively identify the occupants as combatants and returned to the previous engagement area. The review was not released in full until 2010, after the video of the incident had been released by WikiLeaks. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. A school district is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old student who was found dead along with 3 other family members after a "potential murder-suicide" in Clermont County.It happened around 9:41 a . Wired.com: But you had been in combat before. It was sent back for more reporting in an effort to incorporate a wider range of experts. I just kept telling him, "Don't die; don't die." We are doing what we can to speak out against the wars and military policies responsible for what happened to you and your loved ones. I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. [59], An internal legal review by staff at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in Iraq during July 2007 stated that the helicopters had attacked a number of armed insurgents within the rules of engagement, and that in an apparent case of civilian casualties two reporters working for Reuters had also been killed. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. 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[58] Reuters subsequently asked the U.S. military to probe the deaths. It also states that "The cameras could easily be mistaken for slung AK-47 or AKM rifles, especially since neither cameraman is wearing anything that identifies him as media or press". If there's anything I can to do help, I would be more than happy to. In an interview on NPR on April 6, the day after the Collateral Murder video release, David Finkel said that the Reuters reporters were not embedded with anyone, but working independently. Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story, "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. On the video, it is then seen that Army soldiers establish a perimeter around the site and extract the children from the burning van. They're smoking you, they're making you tired. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." He said that the debate should be re-framed, that it is more appropriate to ask "questions of the larger system" that teaches "doing these things is in the best interests of my own country". It didn't seem real, in the sense that it didn't look like human beings. "[32][77] He said that WikiLeaks "does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. [23] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. [43] He walks into a building which has been identified as the source of fire at U.S. ground troops. [58], On July 25, 2007, during an off-the-record briefing in Baghdad by the U.S. military, two Reuters editors were shown "less than three minutes of video from the Apaches gun camera, up to the exact moment it opened fire the first time." [59][16] In a personal statement during her court-martial, Chelsea Manning stated that the military had access to the video, and was actively examining it, yet it told Reuters in response to the FOIA request that the information might no longer exist. [50] In a later interview on the World Socialist Web Site, Stieber said that the attack "exposes so clearly the fallacy of using war as a tool of foreign policy or as a way to supposedly spread 'freedom and democracy' around the world".[51]. The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. After the non-combatants were clear Crazyhorse 1/8 engaged the targets. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. There's no front lines here. Their 43-year-old father, Saleh, had been driving them to a class when he spotted one of the wounded men moving in the street and drove over to help him, only to become a victim of the Apache guns. And then the father, who I'm assuming was the father, in the driver's seat slumped over on his side. We've been there for so long now and it seems like nothing is being accomplished whatsoever, except for we're making more people hate us. Give us a picture of what happened that day. She said that she was "aghast" at Finkel's portrayal of the incident. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. There is no bringing back all that was lost. It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. "[88] In this interview, McCord reports that repercussions for seeking mental health help could include being labeled as a "malingerer", a crime under U.S. military law. WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". 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[18] Both helicopters strafe a group of ten men with 30 mm rounds once they became visible again. Plus: Irans secret torture black sites, hacking a bank account with AI-generated voice, and Lance Bass unhinged encounter in Russia. [92], On February 28, 2013, Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 specified charges. [17] Politifact stated: "When Assange points out in the context of justifying the title 'Collateral Murder' that the word 'RPG' was not used until after permission to engage was given, he leaves the impression that the soldiers were given the okay to open fire on a group of unarmed men, or men believed to be unarmed. It shouldn't have surprised you what you saw. When the crew were informed that a child had been injured by their attack, one initially responded, "Ah damn. Ethan and Josh claim that though their unit was following the Rules of Engagement that day, they are taking responsibility for their role in the incident and initiating a dialogue around it; "Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. I've had nightmares. The video makes plain that in this incident, as in almost all military encounters in both Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers are up against forces that do not wear uniformsa violation of international law precisely because it places innocent civilians in jeopardy. The Apache crew saw unarmed[25] men exit the vehicle and move to Chmagh. We were engaged in our own conflict roughly about three or four blocks away. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". [But] I was actually starting to get kind of better. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. [48], In The Independent on April 8, 2010, human rights activist Joan Smith wrote that the engagements were like a game to the helicopter crew. Some of them [say] I don't care what anybody says they're not there. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. I was trying to wash it off in my room. You don't just take somebody's life and then go on about your business for the rest of the day. She continued, "the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are inflicting huge psychological damage on combatants". They did have weapons there. [43] The report stated that the helicopter crew did not know how many people were in the building when they destroyed it with missiles, and that "there is evidence that unarmed people have both entered and are nearby". She had a stomach wound? US soldiers Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story of coming across the aftermath of the infamous Wikileaks Collateral Murder in which over a dozen innocent civilians, 2 of which were Reuters journalists, were killed. There's also some soldiers who joke about it [as a] coping mechanism. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. Ethan Cord (Horsley) is still a man with a conscience, and kids, but he is also less reluctant to rely on his ability with a gun. He's no longer in the Army. That's why so many soldiers come back home and they're no longer in the situations where they have other things to think about or other people to joke about what happened and they explode. [30], Assange stated that some of the press had not reported on the third airstrike, in which three Hellfire missiles were fired onto an apartment complex, which only appears in the longer unedited version of the two videos.[31]. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. "When I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there," he said. [47] Greenwald called the second airstrike a "plainly unjustified killing of a group of unarmed men carrying away an unarmed, seriously wounded man to safety". From our own experiences, and the experiences of other veterans we have talked to, we know that the acts depicted in this video are everyday occurrences of this war: this is the nature of how U.S.-led wars are carried out in this region. [87], McCord discussed his experience in the battle in an interview with the World Socialist Web Site on April 28, 2010, stating, "What happened then was not an isolated incident. 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