[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. 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". Michael Bailey a medic who treated some of. She draws parallels with soldiers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder in earlier wars. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. (quote begins at 5:15)", "Soldiers in 'Collateral Murder' video apologise", "Meet The New Public Face Of WikiLeaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson Forbes", "2 Iraqi Journalists Killed as U.S. Global Policy Forum distributes this material without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. 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. Ethan was on the ground at the scene of the shooting, and is seen on the video rushing one of the injured children to a U.S. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye. [8] The video, which WikiLeaks titled Collateral Murder, showed the crew firing on a group of men and killing several of them, then laughing at some of the casualties, all of whom were civilians, including two Reuters journalists. 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. . [18][25][31] Chmagh was killed[18][25][31] along with three other men, while two children, not known to be in the van to the U.S. forces, were injured. "The first thing I thought of was my children at home". [38] The children, a girl and boy, suffered injuries. [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". [2][22] Pentagon officials told the Reuters news agency that U.S. military lawyers were reviewing the video and could reopen an investigation into the incident,[67] but a spokesperson later said that there were no plans to reopen the investigation. [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. For instance, the Web site takes special care to slow down the video and identify the two photographers and the cameras they are carrying. If you or I saw someone wounded on the ground what is your first inkling? Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? Our secretary of defense may say the U.S. won't lose its reputation over this, but we stand and say that our reputation's importance pales in comparison to our common humanity. [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. With such pain, friendship might be too much to ask. 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. 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. He gave his view of the context of the killings: the Reuters guys walked into the hottest spot of a very hot morning. I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. [56] U.S. forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Scott Bleichwehl later stated: "There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force". It has also ignored many veterans who have returned physically injured or mentally troubled by what they saw and did in your country. We were probably there on the roof for another four to five hours. 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. James W. McCord Jr., a security expert who led a band of burglars into the shambles of the Watergate scandal and was the first to expose the White House crimes and cover-ups that precipitated the . I don't think that people really want to see this, though, because this is war. There's no before and there's no after". The crew for Crazyhorse 1/8 then located multiple individuals with weapons about 400 meters east of coalition forces and was given clearance to engage the targets. They also found two Canon EOS digital cameras with telephoto lenses. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. Our hearts are open to hearing how we can take any steps to support you through the pain that we have caused. It was more of a child who was frightened out of her mind. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". [88], McCord requested mental health assistance following his experiences on July 12, but was told by his superior officers to "get the sand out of [his] vagina" and to "suck it up and be a soldier". We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. "[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. Vehicle; "When I saw those kids, all I could picture was my kids back home". 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. 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. 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]. I think it is good that they're putting this stuff out there. Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. McCord: I wasn't around that building when it happened. [49], On Democracy Now!, Josh Stieber, who was at the time assigned to Bravo Company 216, said that although it's natural to "judge or criticize the soldiers", in fact "this is how [they] were trained to act". [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. It was nominated as a Documentary Short Subject for the 84th Academy Awards. The owner told him that three families were living in the building and seven residents had died, including his wife and daughter. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? The missile hits the building, and the man is caught in the explosion. [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. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. [78] Gates stated: "They're in a combat situation. I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. The majority of us aren't. "I grabbed him and ran to the Bradley myself". Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. [61] Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, a U.S. Defense official confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio and video. 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. She had a stomach wound? BACKGROUND ON JOSH STIEBER: Branch of service: United States Army (USA) Unit: 1st ID Rank: Spc. 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Seven men (including Noor-Eldeen) were killed during this first strike; Saeed Chmagh, who was injured, later died in a hospital. It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. So I just sucked it up and tried to move on with everything. He opened his eyes when I was carrying him. [91], In May 2010, a 22-year-old American Army intelligence analyst, Chelsea Manning, was arrested after telling hacker Adrian Lamo she had leaked the airstrike video, along with a video of another airstrike and around 260,000 diplomatic cables, to WikiLeaks. 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. Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. [113], The report states that at least two members of the group which were first fired on were armed, that two RPGs and one AKM or AK-47 rifle could be seen in the helicopter video, and that these weapons were picked up by the follow-up U.S. ground troops. That's the hard part to swallow. On April 5, 2010, the attacks received worldwide coverage and controversy following the release of 39 minutes of gunsight footage by the Internet whistleblower website WikiLeaks. I just kept telling him, "Don't die; don't die." I was told to go pull security on a rooftop. 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. [62] At a February 2013 pretrial hearing, Manning stated that Finkel "was quoting, I feel in verbatim, the audio communications of the aerial weapons team crew". [59] Reuters requested a copy of the full video under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the same day. 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. You don't just take somebody's life and then go on about your business for the rest of the day. [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. "[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. 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". "Our forces were engaged in combat all that day with individuals that fit the description of the men in that video. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. 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[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. Smith describes this reaction as inhuman. [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]. [65][66] McCord states he was yelled at for not "pulling security". That classified video created its own firestorm. Soldier on 2007 Apache Attack: What I Saw, 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. The promise we make to our sources is that not only will we defend them through every means that we have available technologically, legally and politically but we will try and get the maximum possible political impact for the material that they give to us. More and more Americans are taking responsibility for what was done in our name. He condemned and reported the massacre as soon as it happened. There is a period of 20 minutes not included on the leaked tape. He looked at me, then his eyes rolled back into this head. When Bravo Company arrived at the scene, they reported finding two RPGs and an AK-47 or AKM. [18] A long shadow cast on the ground by a telephoto lens on Noor-Eldeen's camera is misidentified by the pilot as an additional RPG aimed at him and a U.S. Army Humvee directly below his aircraft. classified video created its own firestorm. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. The boy's alive!" Two former soldiers from the Army unit responsible for the Wikileaks "Collateral Murder" incident have written an open-letter of "Reconciliation and Responsibility" to those injured in the July 2007 attack, in which U.S. forces wounded two children and killed over a dozen people, including the father of those children and two Reuters employees. Seven men were killed, including Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh, with three others being wounded. They're like, oh yeah, we're the "collateral murder" company. With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraines power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the worldand itself. He was kind of sitting on the floorboard of the van, but with his head laying on the bench seat in the front. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. "When I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there," he said. He was shot and killed. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." [17] Julian Assange said "permission to engage was given before the word 'RPG' was ever used". 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. Daniel Ellsberg, a former United States military analyst who was known for having leaked the Pentagon Papers to the media, said of the airstrike: It would be interesting to have someone speculate or tell us exactly what context would lead to justifying the killing that we see on the screen. McCord admits that she was sad to go because she had been there for a decade and a half, but that "it wasn't the end of the world" and that she wasn't worried for "a nanosecond" that . Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. McCord: I've spoken with one of the medics who was there. The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isnt About Privacy. I've spoken with other soldiers who were there. She was crying. I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. [20] According to a military review, soldiers in that company "had been under sporadic small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire since" the operationdescribed as "clearing their sector and looking for weapons caches"began. I was pretty distraught over the whole situation with the children. It's obviously a hard thing to see. 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. 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. 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. McCord: I would be smoked. I know the scene by heart; it's burned into my head. [17], In an interview with Fox News Assange said that "it's likely some of the individuals seen in the video were carrying weapons" and "based upon visual evidence I suspect there probably were AKs and an RPG, but I'm not sure that means anything. I didn't know if he was telling me that just to get me to shut up and to do my job or if he really found something out. 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. [32] Assange also said "it's ludicrous to allege that we have taken anything out of context in this video". You are seeing only a very narrow picture of the events". I wasn't thinking about it as much. All rights reserved. [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. 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]. Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. There were plenty of times in the past where other insurgents would come by and pick up the bodies, and then we'd have no evidence or anything to what happened, so in looking at it from the Apache's point of view, they were thinking that [someone was] picking up the weapons and bodies; when, in hindsight, clearly they were picking up the wounded man. This is his account of what he saw. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. After the non-combatants were clear Crazyhorse 1/8 engaged the targets. [23] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. [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]. Wired.com: Did you try to get information about the two children after the shooting? In a third strike, Apache pilots watched people, including some armed men, run into a building and engaged that building with several AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. Josh . How to Make Sure Youre Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location, Security News This Week: Sensitive US Military Emails Exposed. When this video first came out, there was a lot of outrage by the soldiers, just because it depicted us as being callous, cruel, heartless people, and we're not that way. (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? 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). If there's anything I can to do help, I would be more than happy to. However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary. [55], Assange stated that the attack on the van was the most damning part of the video: "I'm very sceptical that was done under the rules of engagement; and, if it was legal, the rules of engagement must be changed". McCord's courage and integrity has nothing to do with his US army training. I know the van, I know the faces of everybody that was there that day. "[88] McCord also recalled being ordered to "kill every motherfucker on the street" in the event of an attack on their convoy. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. We took her in there and we're checking to see if there were any other wounds. 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. Gabriel Schoenfeld, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, said of the airstrike: It is precisely the presence of weapons, including RPGs, that goes a long distance toward explaining why cameramen for Reuterspointing television cameras around corners in a battle zonewere readily mistaken by our gunships for insurgents. [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." Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. One second later he screams, "He's got an RPG!" They heard about something, they came to it and they just wantedfrom everything I've learned since, they were just there to get that side of the story. Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever. 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