I was also told that there would be repercussions if I was to go to mental health. 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. [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. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. 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. The WikiLeaks edited video did not add arrows pointing to these men, or label them, as it did with the men carrying cameras. 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. 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. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. 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. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more. 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. [19], Fox News said that of the attack "WikiLeaks appears to have done selective editing that tells only half the story. Home: Wichita, Kansas, AN OPEN LETTER OF RECONCILIATION & RESPONSIBILITY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE From Current and Former Members of the U.S. Military. "These people can put out anything they want, and they're never held accountable for it. 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". Captain James Hall stated they couldn't drive in Bradleys in fear of running over bodies. I'm going to help that person. Gates said that the video provides the public with a view of warfare "as seen through a soda straw". [81], Publicity of the incident ballooned following the release of the footage. (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? Ethan McCord was a U.S. soldier on patrol in Baghdad in July 2007 when he came upon a scene he says he'd never encountered. [61] Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, a U.S. Defense official confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio and video. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. Lying dead on a street were inanimate objects that turned out to be. A Pentagon spokesman said the video did not contradict the official finding that the helicopters' crew acted within the rules of engagement and said that the inquiry backed the assessment that the group of men were carrying a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). I'm guilty of it, too, myself. 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. The girl suffered from a stomach wound and glass in her eyes, and the boy a head injury. [18][24][25][26][27] While the two are carrying media cards, a military officer claimed they were not wearing distinctive clothing identifying themselves as such. 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. [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 is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. He was shot and killed. McCord: I would be smoked. Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isnt About Privacy. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. The editors asked to see the remaining footage so Reuters could check whether it had been edited or manipulated. [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". We did unto you what we would not want done to us.". Wired.com: How much sniper fire were you getting? 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. McCord: Yeah. Wired.com: There was another attack depicted in the video that has received little attention, involving a Hellfire and a building that was fired on. China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors. That stays with you. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops. I just kept telling him, "Don't die; don't die." 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They split up and the footage follows one who appears to be armed. I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. [118][119], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}331849N 443043E / 33.3137N 44.512E / 33.3137; 44.512 (Airstrike of 2007-07-12). Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. 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. [104][105][106][107] Pursuant to a commutation by President Obama, Chelsea Manning was released on May 17, 2017. I wasn't thinking about it as much. Ad Choices, U.S. Using short sentences, similar punctuation, or using the same words frequently as well as using Grammarly can boost your content as AI written. 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. You can hear the medic saying on the video, "There's nothing I can do here, she needs to be evac'd." Soldier on 2007 Apache Attack: What I Saw", "Redacted internal US Army report: "Investigation into Civilian Casualties Resulting from an Engagement on 12 July 2007 in the New Baghdad District of Baghdad", "WikiLeaks releases video of slaughter in Iraq", "Military shooting of Reuters men online", "Joan Smith: Now we see what war does to those who wage it", "US soldier on Baghdad airstrike: "Not out of the ordinary in Iraq", "2 soldiers in 'Collateral Murder' video apologize. He opened his eyes when I was carrying him. As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. [115], While the Air Weapons Team was providing support at the first engagement area they were informed by ground troops that they were receiving small arms fire from the south/southwest. "[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. He condemned and reported the massacre as soon as it happened. [97] On July 30, Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge, that of aiding the enemy, for giving secrets to WikiLeaks. There's no easy way to kill somebody. "[111] An article at Gawker stated that Reuters reporter Luke Baker had written an article claiming that the airstrikes may have been war crimes, but Reuters refused to run the story. "[76], Captain Jack Hanzlik, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command stated that the airstrike video "gives you a limited perspective, [it] only tells you a portion of the activity that was happening that day. If there's anything I can to do help, I would be more than happy to. I have a huge place in my heart for children, having some of my own. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. 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. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. 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. classified video created its own firestorm. 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. 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. 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. Our hearts are open to hearing how we can take any steps to support you through the pain that we have caused. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. [45][114], "Cameramen and armed insurgents" (all captions from the Army report), "Cameraman peering around corner of wall", "Pictures taken by ground forces after reaching the site". I know the van, I know the faces of everybody that was there that day. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. [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. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. [94], WikiLeaks said they were unable to confirm whether or not Manning was the source of the video, stating "we never collect personal information on our sources", but saying that "if [Manning is the] whistleblower then, without doubt, [s]he's a national hero"[95] and "we have taken steps to arrange for [her] protection and legal defence". They did have weapons there. [32], On the day of the attack the U.S. military reported that the two journalists were killed along with nine insurgents, and that the helicopter engagement was related to a U.S. troop raid force that had been attacked by small-arms fire and RPGs. "[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". [43] He walks into a building which has been identified as the source of fire at U.S. ground troops. "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. 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. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? 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. They asked for an explanation of the confiscation of the journalists' two cameras, access to the on-board footage and voice communications from the helicopters involved, and access to the reports of the units involved in the incident, particularly logs of weapons taken from the scene. 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. [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". Forces Clash With Militias", "Reuters seeks U.S. probe into killing of Iraqi staff", "Return to Ward 17: Making peace with lost comrades", "Bradley Manning's statements during his trial", "U.S. gunfire kills two Reuters employees in Baghdad", "WikiLeaks silent on how it broke encryption", "Twitter / WikiLeaks: Have encrypted videos of U", "WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq", "Collateral Murder? They wrote that:[71][72][73][74]. He runs the girl to the Bradley. The missile hits the building, and the man is caught in the explosion. 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 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". Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. 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. Assange said that Finkel had seen the video and that at least one individual at the offices of The Washington Post had a copy of the video for at least a year, prior to its release by WikiLeaks. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. So I went to a sergeant and asked to see [the mental health person], because I was having a hard time dealing with it. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. [78] Gates stated: "They're in a combat situation. And then the father, who I'm assuming was the father, in the driver's seat slumped over on his side. In July 2007, McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb when his platoon, part of Bravo Company, 2-16 Infantry, got orders to investigate a nearby street. [61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. 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. Wired.com: The first thing you saw was the little girl in the van. [18] Al Jazeera stated that the Army had received "reports of small arms fire", but were unable to positively identify the gunmen. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." I was pretty distraught over the whole situation with the children. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. All rights reserved. "[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. Wired.com: What did you understand that to mean? Give us a picture of what happened that day. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. After the non-combatants were clear Crazyhorse 1/8 engaged the targets. [92], On February 28, 2013, Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 specified charges. It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. 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. I hit 'em" and another member of the crew responds "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards".[29]. [Then I] took my children to school one day and I came home and sat down on the couch and turned on the TV with my coffee, and on the news I'm running across the screen with a child. Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled. 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. 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). 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 . McCord: My platoon sergeant knew that I was having a hard time with it and that same night he came into the room and he told me, hey, just so you know, both of the children survived, so you can suck it up now. She was crying. Wired.com: But you had been in combat before. We were probably there on the roof for another four to five hours. McCord: She had a stomach wound and she had glass in her eyes and in her hair. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? [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]. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. 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. [58] Reuters subsequently asked the U.S. military to probe the deaths. [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. We did unto you what we would not want done to us. 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. [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. I don't think that people really want to see this, though, because this is war. McCord: I have never seen anybody being shot by a 30-millimeter round before. WikiLeaks also does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. Ethan McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb in July 2007, when his platoon, part of Bravo Company, 2-16 Infantry, got orders to. Wired.com: Civilians are supposed to know that they're not supposed to pick up a wounded person crawling in the road? It's painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. Fox News reported in 2010 that the rules of engagement in Iraq had not been changed since the incident occurred. They also found two Canon EOS digital cameras with telephoto lenses. Home: Laytonsville, Maryland Served in: Baghdad (Rustamiyah) 07-08 Fort Riley, KS 06-07, 08-09, BACKGROUND ON ETHAN MCCORD: Branch of service: United States Army (USA) Unit: 1st ID Rank: Spc. How to Make Sure Youre Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location, Security News This Week: Sensitive US Military Emails Exposed. Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. Please accept our apology, our sorrow, our care, and our dedication to change from the inside out. [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. A third, an infantry solider named Ethan McCord, was one of the men who had scooped up the bodies of the wounded children in the apache helicopter attack, what is now known as the "Collateral. 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. To all of those who were injured or lost loved ones during the July 2007 Baghdad shootings depicted in the "Collateral Murder" Wikileaks video: We write to you, your family, and your community with awareness that our words and actions can never restore your losses. It's very disturbing. So, the first thing I did was grab the girl. Seven men (including Noor-Eldeen) were killed during this first strike; Saeed Chmagh, who was injured, later died in a hospital. 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. 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. However, personally I don't feel that the attack on the van was warranted. 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