However, the co-pilot/gunner then observed a child and some other non-combatants in the vicinity of the individuals and decided to hold off on the engagement until the non-combatants were clear. The majority of us aren't. [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. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". So, the first thing I did was grab the girl. [81] "Reading his account," she explained, "one would believe the engagement was somehow justified as 'payback' for an earlier attack that led to the death of a soldier. 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. But the video and accompanying audio make clear that the soldiers in the helicopter said they spotted 'weapons' among those in the grouplater identified by an internal army investigator as an AK-47 and an RPG. [61] Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, a U.S. Defense official confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio and video. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? That stays with you. They're smoking you, they're making you tired. So if people have a different opinion, the full material is there for them to analyse and assess. These people were operating in split second situations.". The Apache crew saw unarmed[25] men exit the vehicle and move to Chmagh. The film received an Oscar nomination in January. After attending to the girl's wounds and handing her to a medic, McCord was ordered to take position on the roof but he returned to the van to find the boy moving his hand. BACKGROUND ON JOSH STIEBER: Branch of service: United States Army (USA) Unit: 1st ID Rank: Spc. Well in all actuality, we brought the battle to your kids. In addition to five[98][99] or six[100][101][102] espionage counts, she was also found guilty of five theft specifications, two computer fraud specifications and multiple military infractions. And then the father, who I'm assuming was the father, in the driver's seat slumped over on his side. McCord: It was random sporadic spurts. Reuters responded, "It is absolutely untrue that this story was spiked. Gates said that the video provides the public with a view of warfare "as seen through a soda straw". We have asked our fellow veterans and service-members, as well as civilians both in the United States and abroad, to sign in support of this letter, and to offer their names as a testimony to our common humanity, to distance ourselves from the destructive policies of our nation's leaders, and to extend our hands to you. [60] The Pentagon eventually blocked the FOIA request[25] despite several follow-up requests by Reuters. Soldier Ethan McCord speaking about the civilian massacre documented in WikiLeaks's April 2010 vid. Major Brent Cummings claimed they took great pains to prevent the loss of innocent civilian lives. (The quote begins at 12:22 in video, and the shot that killed Saaed is at 12:25)", "Stephen Colbert Interviews WikiLeaks Founder", "US veterans write apology letter to Iraqis following WikiLeaks video", "We killed your father I'm heartbroken", "Widow of Iraqi killed by US troops in video 'accepts apology' after letter", "Airstrike Video Brings Attention to WikiLeaks Site", "Elliptical vs. treadmill: Which will give you the better workout? [64] The footage was released during an April 5 press conference at the US National Press Club, and subsequently on a designated website titled Collateral Murder. She said that she was "aghast" at Finkel's portrayal of the incident. [18][19][25] Once the group is eliminated, the Apache pilots direct the ground troops to move up to the position of the attack to clear the area. Knowing that I was part of the system that took their father away from them and made them lose their house it's heartbreaking. I did see a guy moving from a rooftop from one position to another with an AK-47, who was firing at us. 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. 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. Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. ", The letter, which they hope to get to the family who lost their father and whose children were injured in the attack, states that they "are acknowledging our responsibility for bringing the battle to your neighborhood, and to your family. Two men assisting in the rescue effort were from a group of five standing at an intersection seen in the upper right corner of the video when the Reuters employees arrive in the courtyard reported to Apaches as being a second position combatants were using to attack the Humvee. "Our forces were engaged in combat all that day with individuals that fit the description of the men in that video. [15] An anonymous U.S. military official confirmed the authenticity of the footage,[16] which provoked global discussion on the legality and morality of the attacks. You can make out in the video [someone] carrying an AK-47, swinging it down by his legs. And as far as the way that the soldiers are speaking in the video, which is pretty callous and joking about what's happened that's a coping mechanism. One of the first soldiers on the scene after the air attack, Ethan McCord, is now the subject of a short documentary, Incident in New Baghdad, which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. But youyou talked about the fog of war. When the cameraman on the ground aimed his camera in the direction of Bravo Company 216, a pilot remarked "He's getting ready to fire". The co-pilot/gunner for Crazyhorse 1/9 spotted three individuals near this building get into a red SUV and drive away to the west. McCord was captured in a video shot from one helicopter as he ran frantically to a military vehicle with Sajad in his arms seeking medical care. I've had nightmares. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. The missile hits the building, and the man is caught in the explosion. Ethan McCord, a soldier who arrived on the scene after the attack, stated in an interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: From being in the perspective of the Apache helicopter crew, I can see where a group of men gathering, when there's a firefight just a few blocks away, which I was involved in, and theyre carrying weapons, one of which is an RPG. [25] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said that "the vast majority of the men were clearly unarmed". And that in turn is what helped me and Josh write the letter, hoping that it would find its way to them to let them know that we're sorry. "[46] Assange later said "Based upon visual evidence, I suspect there probably were AKs and an RPG, but I'm not sure that means anything". Ad Choices, U.S. Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? The story was then overtaken by a more updated one out of Washington that incorporated reporting from the original piece. [39][40] Just as the van was destroyed, U.S. ground troops made their final turn and arrived on the road with the van. 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. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. A draft version of the video WikiLeaks produced made reference to the AK-47s and RPGs, but WikiLeaks said that ultimately they became unsure about the RPG, believing the long object could have been a camera tripod, so they decided not to point it out in the released version. 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. After the video was released, one of the soldiers involved in the incident, Ethan McCord, stated the following: "If you feel threatened in any way, you're able to engage that person. Their overall mission that day was to protect us, to provide support for us, so I can see where the initial attack on the group of men was warranted. Plus: Irans secret torture black sites, hacking a bank account with AI-generated voice, and Lance Bass unhinged encounter in Russia. In refusing to recognize this, the US military fails both its own soldiers and their victims. "The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away and they were zooming in on these guys . You are seeing only a very narrow picture of the events". Wired.com: The first thing you saw was the little girl in the van. [18][25][31] The Apache crew requested permission to engage, stating it "looks like [the men] possibly, picking up bodies and weapons" from the scene,[33] and repeated their request to shoot,[7][34][35][36][37] before they received permission to begin firing on the van and its occupants. Some of them [say] I don't care what anybody says they're not there. [67], WikiLeaks released a 39-minute version, which shows all three incidents, and a 17-minute version, which shows only the first two incidents. Stuff like that happens on a daily basis in Iraq. [23] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. The ground controller responds, "If you've [positively identified] the individuals in the building with weapons, go ahead and engage the building". You can see in this particular image he is lying on the ground and the people in the van have been separated, but they still deliberately target him. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. [18] The report recommends encouraging journalists in Iraq to wear special vests to identify themselves, and to keep the U.S. military updated about their whereabouts. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye. classified video created its own firestorm. 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. I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. I have a huge place in my heart for children, having some of my own. Wired.com: Civilians are supposed to know that they're not supposed to pick up a wounded person crawling in the road? The footage was portrayed as classified,[7] but the individual who leaked it, U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning,[a] testified in 2013 that the video was not classified. I was called a pussy and that I needed to suck it up and a lot of other horrible things. "[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. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. 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. Noor-Eldeen fails to photograph the Apache but three pictures of the U.S. Humvee appear on his camera's memory card when it was recovered by U.S. soldiers. The company was charged with clearing their sector of any small armed forces, and had been under fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). It was the video that put WikiLeaks on the map: "Collateral Murder" turned the tide of war in Iraq and landed Private first class Bradley Manning in military detention. When I saw their faces, I was relieved, but I was just heartbroken. He later sought help for psychological trauma, but was ridiculed by his NCO and told that if he were to go to the mental health officer, "there would be repercussions". Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story, "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. Ethan applied for mental health support following this incident and was denied by his commanding officer. "[60], Early in 2010, the Internet whistleblower site WikiLeaks made a public request for assistance in decrypting a video it described as "US bomb strikes on civilians", specifically requesting access to supercomputer time. 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 . [103], On August 21, 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment, reduction in rank from private first class to private, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a dishonorable discharge. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. If there's anything I can to do help, I would be more than happy to. Colbert asked "So 'Collateral Murder' is to get political impact?" Instead, the Apaches decided to completely obliterate everybody in the van. I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. I think it is good that they're putting this stuff out there. 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]. Ethan McCord, who was one of the first soldiers on the scene in the 2007 attack, told Wired.com that he saw several weapons at the scene, including a rocket propelled grenade launcher. Seven men were killed, including Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh, with three others being wounded. 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. "[32][77] He said that WikiLeaks "does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. On July 12, 2007, a series of air-to-ground attacks were conducted by a team of two U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, New Baghdad, during the Iraqi insurgency which followed the invasion of Iraq. More and more Americans are taking responsibility for what was done in our name. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. [47] The Australian newspaper said the group was displaying "no obvious hostile action". For about 5 to 10 minutes the team diverted its attention to this vehicle. An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. [32], U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized WikiLeaks for releasing the video without providing any context. . McCord states he was yelled at for not "pulling security". Just over a year ago, WikiLeaks released footage from a gunsight camera of an Apache helicopter engaged in an attack that killed two journalists and eight ci. It could be that since he and Amelia (Sigrid Thornton) have quit. [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. Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled. The company was supported by two Apache helicopters from the 1st Cavalry Division's Aviation Brigade, call signs "Crazyhorse 1/8" and "Crazyhorse 1/9". [32] The legal review carried out by the U.S. Army stated that the two children were evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital via Forward Operating Base Loyalty, then transferred to an Iraqi medical facility the next day. 2023 Cond Nast. [2], After the U.S. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own "Rules of Engagement", WikiLeaks released the classified Rules of Engagement for 2006, 2007 and 2008, revealing the rules before, during, and after the attacks. [16][18][30] After the lead helicopter fires, one of the crew shouts "Hahaha. 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. She was crying. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. [19], As the tape resumes, two men, one holding an AK-47, are seen walking. The military said that the van was "fair game under Army rules" , because it had no visible markings to suggest it was an ambulance or a protected vehicle. "[112], On April 5, 2010, the same day as the release of the video footage by WikiLeaks, the United States Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released a collection of documents including two investigative reports. 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[19], Fox News said that of the attack "WikiLeaks appears to have done selective editing that tells only half the story. [18] Al Jazeera stated that the Army had received "reports of small arms fire", but were unable to positively identify the gunmen. Two children were found in the van, a four-year-old girl with gunshot wounds and embedded windscreen glass wounds and an eight-year-old boy with multiple wounds, including brain damage arising from shrapnel damage to his right temporal lobe. One of the first soldiers on the scene after the air attack, Ethan McCord, is now the subject of a short documentary, Incident in New Baghdad, which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Just from watching that video, people cannot understand the complex battles that occurred. [19], The events between the attack on the van and the attack on the building (approximately 30 minutes) were not captured on the leaked video footage. Ethan McCord was a member of the military unit in "Collateral Murder" - the Wikileaks video showing 12 Iraqis being killed from a US helicopter.He rescued the two children severely wounded in the attack and is now speaking out to corroborate the Collateral Murder video. In the first strike, the crews of two Apaches directed 30mm cannon fire at a group of ten Iraqi men, including some armed,[17][18][19] standing less than 100 meters away from U.S. ground troops at a location where insurgents earlier that day had attacked an American Humvee with small arms fire. I wasn't thinking about it as much. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. We have been speaking to whoever will listen, telling them that what was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. He looked at me, then his eyes rolled back into this head. [78] Gates stated: "They're in a combat situation. Smith describes this reaction as inhuman. The crew then reposition the helicopter and fire two more missiles into the upper floors of the building[44], WikiLeaks said in the preface to one of their videos of the incident that "some of the men appear to have been armed [although] the behavior of nearly everyone was relaxed" in the introductory text of the shorter video. The editors asked to see the remaining footage so Reuters could check whether it had been edited or manipulated. I was trying to wash it off in my room. Ethan McCord: From Atrocities in Iraq to Resisting U.S. Wars Tweet This interview was done by and first appeared in Revolution newspaper Revolution: In the attack shown in the WikiLeaks video, you were part of the unit that was at the scene, on the ground. There's no front lines here. It happened because my content was bad. 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. 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