"[32], The Guardian stated "It is unclear if some of the men are armed but Noor-Eldeen can be seen with a camera". Colbert asked "So 'Collateral Murder' is to get political impact?" [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. There's also some soldiers who joke about it [as a] coping mechanism. The first real serious doubt, where I could no longer justify to myself being in Iraq or serving in the Army, was on that day in July 2007. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. [17] Julian Assange said "permission to engage was given before the word 'RPG' was ever used". [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". We were probably there on the roof for another four to five hours. Using short sentences, similar punctuation, or using the same words frequently as well as using Grammarly can boost your content as AI written. [39][40] Just as the van was destroyed, U.S. ground troops made their final turn and arrived on the road with the van. "Our forces were engaged in combat all that day with individuals that fit the description of the men in that video. One second later he screams, "He's got an RPG!" [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". [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]. [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. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C 107. 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. In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. [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. 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. [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. 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. 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 . 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. 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. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. McCord: I've spoken with one of the medics who was there. 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. She was crying. I think that the bigger picture is what are we doing there? [63] The site stated on its Twitter account on January 8, 2010, that it had a copy of gunsight footage of the incidents. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. 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. 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. 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: There were approximately two to three other people who were moving who were still somewhat alive, and the medics were attending to them. [28] Noor-Eldeen has a camera and Chmagh is talking on his mobile phone. I think it is good that they're putting this stuff out there. Please accept our apology, our sorrow, our care, and our dedication to change from the inside out. [89], When interviewed by Wired, McCord stated that he supported WikiLeaks in releasing the video, with some qualifications: "When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. 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], 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. That's when I started screaming, "The boy's alive! 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]. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isnt About Privacy. 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. 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. Smith describes this reaction as inhuman. It was more of a child who was frightened out of her mind. 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On 19 April 2010, Ethan McCord, who appears on the ground in the video, and Josh Steiber, a member of the same company who was not present on the day, wrote an open Letter of Reconciliation & Responsibility to the Iraqi People apologising for the events in the video. 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. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. "[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. With such pain, friendship might be too much to ask. 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". WikiLeaks also does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. 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. This is his account of what he saw. Just from looking into the van, and the amount of blood that was on the boy and the father, I immediately figured they were dead. The men become obscured behind a building as the Apache moves around the group. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. [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". A passing van then stopped and attempted to load a wounded man. [60] The Pentagon eventually blocked the FOIA request[25] despite several follow-up requests by Reuters. In the first example maybe it's collateral exaggeration or incompetence when they strafe the initial gathering, this is recklessness bordering on murder, but you couldn't say for sure that was murder. Iraq war veteran Ethan McCord was one of three US soldiers who were on the ground during the Apache helicopter assault on twelve civilians in Baghdad in 2007 that was captured in a video. Our hearts are open to hearing how we can take any steps to support you through the pain that we have caused. As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs. For instance, the Web site takes special care to slow down the video and identify the two photographers and the cameras they are carrying. "When I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there," he said. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors. 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. It's very disturbing. Major Brent Cummings claimed they took great pains to prevent the loss of innocent civilian lives. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. [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'. After the non-combatants were clear Crazyhorse 1/8 engaged the targets. McCord's courage and integrity has nothing to do with his US army training. [18] Both helicopters strafe a group of ten men with 30 mm rounds once they became visible again. You are seeing only a very narrow picture of the events". This is urban combat and we're taking the war to children and women and innocents. 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. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". 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. [32] Assange also said "it's ludicrous to allege that we have taken anything out of context in this video". "[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. [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. 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. You joke about the situations and what's happened to push away your true feelings of the matter. [Then] we were just told to move to this [other] location. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. There were some people taking pot shots, sniper shots, at us on the rooftop. Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. 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. [56], The Washington Post reported it was unclear whether the journalists were killed by U.S. fire or by shooting from the targeted Iraqis. 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. [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. 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. Ethan applied for mental health support following this incident and was denied by his commanding officer. They arrived on station in New Baghdad at 9:53a.m., where sporadic attacks on coalition forces continued. Wired.com: Was anyone moving when you got there other than the two children? We acknowledge our part in the deaths and injuries of your loved ones as we tell Americans what we were trained to do and what we carried out in the name of "god and country". Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story, "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. 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. 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. They request permission to fire a missile at the building, describing it as "abandoned" or "under construction". They're smoking you, they're making you tired. 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. The girl suffered from a stomach wound and glass in her eyes, and the boy a head injury. "The first thing I thought of was my children at home". It happened because my content was bad. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. (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. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. 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". Advertisement. [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. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. 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. The flood of emotions came back. [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." [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. WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. 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. 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. classified video created its own firestorm. 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. 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 . In fact, that's one of the reasons I went to the van immediately, because I could hear her crying. For about 5 to 10 minutes the team diverted its attention to this vehicle. When Bravo Company arrived at the scene, they reported finding two RPGs and an AK-47 or AKM. You can hear the medic saying on the video, "There's nothing I can do here, she needs to be evac'd." McCord states he was yelled at for not "pulling security". Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled. [21], The Air Weapons Team (AWT) of two Apache AH-64s from the 1st Cavalry Division had been requested by the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (216), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Kauzlarich, before July 12 to support Operation Ilaaj. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. Home: Wichita, Kansas, AN OPEN LETTER OF RECONCILIATION & RESPONSIBILITY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE From Current and Former Members of the U.S. Military. When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . Assange responded: Yes, absolutely Our promise to the public is that we will release the full source material. He was shot and killed. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. [116] The military did not include the attack on the building in their report. [16][18][30] After the lead helicopter fires, one of the crew shouts "Hahaha. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? [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. [38] The children, a girl and boy, suffered injuries. [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. 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. As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. The soldier in the video said that your husband shouldn't have brought your children to battle, but we are acknowledging our responsibility for bringing the battle to your neighborhood, and to your family. 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. [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". [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. 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. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. [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." 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. After the incident, we went back to the FOB [forward operating base] and that's when I was in my room. 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? There is no bringing back all that was lost. They did have weapons there. 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