Wired.com: Did you try to get information about the two children after the shooting? The flood of emotions came back. [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". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. And I picked him up and started running with him over to the Bradley. Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever. "[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. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. Part of Banksy's, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 21:26. They also found 10-year-old Sajad Mutashar and his five-year-old sister Doaha covered in blood in a van. There were some people taking pot shots, sniper shots, at us on the rooftop. Our hearts are open to hearing how we can take any steps to support you through the pain that we have caused. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". . WikiLeaks stated 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. 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 . But you guys did have a firefight a couple of blocks away. Responsibility for civilian deaths in such encounters rests with those who violate the rules of war. The review was not released in full until 2010, after the video of the incident had been released by WikiLeaks. 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 passing van then stopped and attempted to load a wounded man. Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. Assange responded: Yes, absolutely Our promise to the public is that we will release the full source material. [97] On July 30, Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge, that of aiding the enemy, for giving secrets to WikiLeaks. 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. 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. [84], Finkel had reported the day in his book The Good Soldiers,[62] including conversations which closely matched the subsequently leaked video footage. For about 5 to 10 minutes the team diverted its attention to this vehicle. [61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. 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. [42] According to the internal legal review, the helicopters engaged a group of armed insurgents, and that some were seen entering a nearby building. Ad Choices, U.S. 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. She was crying. Please accept our apology, our sorrow, our care, and our dedication to change from the inside out. McCord: I have never seen anybody being shot by a 30-millimeter round before. That's not leaking, that's a pure editorial." 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. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our livesfrom culture to business, science to design. [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". "The first thing I thought of was my children at home". He condemned and reported the massacre as soon as it happened. [61], Washington Post reporter David Finkel, who at the time was embedded with Bravo Company 216 Infantry, later covered the incidents of the day in his book, The Good Soldiers. [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. 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. So, the first thing I did was grab the girl. It's obviously a hard thing to see. 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In refusing to recognize this, the US military fails both its own soldiers and their victims. And where the soldier said [in the video], "Well, you shouldn't take your kids to battle." [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. I was also told that there would be repercussions if I was to go to mental health. I did see a guy moving from a rooftop from one position to another with an AK-47, who was firing at us. Ethan McCord: Right. I'm guilty of it, too, myself. I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. 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. 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: It was random sporadic spurts. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. 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. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. [But] I was actually starting to get kind of better. Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. The boy's alive!" 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). Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. I can accept their apology, because they saved my children, and if it were not for them, maybe my two little children would be dead. Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. http://www.mediasanctuary.orghttp://www.wikileaks.org U.S. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. The Apache crew then alerted the ground troops that they believed that they could see an injured child moving around inside the destroyed van. This is why we called it Collateral Murder. [16] The military reported that it could not find its copy of the video. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye." That's the hard part to swallow. [19] This account of first bringing the wounded children to the Combat Support Hospital appears to be contradicted by orders by radio that form part of the video record, which forbids it and orders that the children be handed over to local police. He responded, "I hadn't heard of WikiLeaks before yesterday. McCord, in New York for the festival premiere, told the story of what he experienced while saving two children wounded in the incident. I've had nightmares. [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 states he was yelled at for not "pulling security". But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. It wasnt like a cry of pain really. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". [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. On the video, it is then seen that Army soldiers establish a perimeter around the site and extract the children from the burning van. 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. 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". [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". [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. 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. It was more of a child who was frightened out of her mind. Describing doubts over his initial enthusiasm in Iraq, McCord said that "I didnt understand why people were throwing rocks at us, why I was being shot at and why we're being blown up, when I have it in my head that I was here to help these people. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? The ground troops that secured the site of the first two strikes then receive small arms fire from nearby buildings. It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three [], All the Settings You Should Change on Your New Samsung Phone, Its Time to Fall in Love With Nuclear FusionAgain, Give Your Back a Break With Our Favorite Office Chairs, Fat, Sugar, Salt Youve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong, Apple Users Need to Update iOS Now to Patch Serious Flaws. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. [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. McCord is the father of three children. The crew for Crazyhorse 1/9 could not engage due to target obfuscation from buildings and dust. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs. You joke about the situations and what's happened to push away your true feelings of the matter. 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. He opened his eyes when I was carrying him. 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. [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). This is his account of what he saw. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. 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. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. Inside 'Adam-12' Star, Kent McCord caught the attention of TV lovers when he popularized the "Jim Reed" character in 1968's "Adam-12." McCord maintained the role for seven seasons till the show ended in 1975. We're sorry for the system that we were involved in that took their father's life and injured them. "The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away and they were zooming in on these guys . Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. However, personally I don't feel that the attack on the van was warranted. "[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. They arrived on station in New Baghdad at 9:53a.m., where sporadic attacks on coalition forces continued. Give us a picture of what happened that day. McCord: She had a stomach wound and she had glass in her eyes and in her hair. [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. Ethan and Josh claim that though their unit was following the Rules of Engagement that day, they are taking responsibility for their role in the incident and initiating a dialogue around it; "Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. I wasn't thinking about it as much. 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 . 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. 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]. I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. After the incident, we went back to the FOB [forward operating base] and that's when I was in my room. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG". [16][18][30] After the lead helicopter fires, one of the crew shouts "Hahaha. 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. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? He's no longer in the Army. Seven men were killed, including Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh, with three others being wounded. 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. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. It's very disturbing. It shouldn't have surprised you what you saw. McCord, who served seven years in the military before leaving in the summer of 2009 due to injuries, recently posted an apologetic letter online with fellow soldier Josh Steiber supporting the release of the video and asking the family's forgiveness. [32] Assange also said "it's ludicrous to allege that we have taken anything out of context in this video". [23] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. [38] The children, a girl and boy, suffered injuries. 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". [25] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said that "the vast majority of the men were clearly unarmed". [104][105][106][107] Pursuant to a commutation by President Obama, Chelsea Manning was released on May 17, 2017. I based the account in my book on multiple sources, all unclassified". "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. This is urban combat and we're taking the war to children and women and innocents. So I went to a sergeant and asked to see [the mental health person], because I was having a hard time dealing with it. The girl suffered from a stomach wound and glass in her eyes, and the boy a head injury. Fox News reported in 2010 that the rules of engagement in Iraq had not been changed since the incident occurred. 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. [17] Julian Assange said "permission to engage was given before the word 'RPG' was ever used". [29], A crew member requests authorization to engage after seeing five or six of the men moving in the direction of U.S. Colbert asked "So 'Collateral Murder' is to get political impact?" The men become obscured behind a building as the Apache moves around the group. I think that the bigger picture is what are we doing there? Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. [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. 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. "[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". They split up and the footage follows one who appears to be armed. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C 107. 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. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. Josh Stieber was not at the scene of the shooting but says similar incidents happened throughout his 14-month tour; "The acts depicted in this video are everyday occurrences of this war." With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraines power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the worldand itself. According to Tom Raju, a reporter at CNN, "the soldiers of Bravo Company, 216 Infantry had been under fire all morning from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms on the first day of Operation Ilaaj in Baghdad". However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary. 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. It could be that since he and Amelia (Sigrid Thornton) have quit. They request permission to fire a missile at the building, describing it as "abandoned" or "under construction". 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". Among the group were two Iraqi war correspondents working for Reuters, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. "[32][77] He said that WikiLeaks "does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. It claimed reporters' "furtive attempts to photograph the Coalition Ground Forces made them appear as hostile combatants". Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. Well in all actuality, we brought the battle to your kids. 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. classified video created its own firestorm. The video makes plain that in this incident, as in almost all military encounters in both Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers are up against forces that do not wear uniformsa violation of international law precisely because it places innocent civilians in jeopardy. There is no bringing back all that was lost. Ahlam Abdelhussein Tuman, the widow of the man who had been driving the van, and the mother of the children McCord had carried out, responded to the open letter in 2010:[75]. "[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. 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. However, I do know some soldiers went in to clear that building afterwards and there were some people with weapons in there, but there was also a family of four that was killed. Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. [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. 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. 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. There's houses behind where the van was. Michael Bailey a medic who treated some of. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". [57], Reuters reported that it could locate no witnesses who had seen gunmen in the immediate area. 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. [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". Smith describes this reaction as inhuman. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. That stays with you. "[88] McCord also recalled being ordered to "kill every motherfucker on the street" in the event of an attack on their convoy. An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. [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". 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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Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye. I had blood all down the front of me from the children. "[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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". It's very disturbing. As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. He gave his view of the context of the killings: the Reuters guys walked into the hottest spot of a very hot morning. Captain James Hall stated they couldn't drive in Bradleys in fear of running over bodies. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. [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". I know the van, I know the faces of everybody that was there that day. [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. 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. 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