As the killing goes on, you obviously would see the killing of men who are lying on the ground in an operation where ground troops are approaching and perfectly capable of taking those people captive, but meanwhile you're murdering before the troops arrive. 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. Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? McCord: I wasn't around that building when it happened. It's painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. 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. [67], WikiLeaks released a 39-minute version, which shows all three incidents, and a 17-minute version, which shows only the first two incidents. 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. I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. I know the scene by heart; it's burned into my head. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. 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. 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. I had blood all down the front of me from the children. Noor-Eldeen fails to photograph the Apache but three pictures of the U.S. Humvee appear on his camera's memory card when it was recovered by U.S. soldiers. The owner told him that three families were living in the building and seven residents had died, including his wife and daughter. 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. 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. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. Wired.com: But you had been in combat before. 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. [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". Ethan McCord was a member of the military unit in "Collateral Murder" - the Wikileaks video showing 12 Iraqis being killed from a US helicopter.He rescued the two children severely wounded in the attack and is now speaking out to corroborate the Collateral Murder video. In fact, that's one of the reasons I went to the van immediately, because I could hear her crying. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isnt About Privacy. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled. [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. But for Army veteran Ethan McCord, it was just another day on duty. The ground controller responds, "If you've [positively identified] the individuals in the building with weapons, go ahead and engage the building". When he is rescued, suddenly that belief changed. Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. WikiLeaks also does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. 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. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". 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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. He kept saying, we were there, we know the truth, they're saying there was no weapons, there was. [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). She wrote that the co-pilot urged a dying, unarmed journalist to pick up a weapon as he tried to crawl to safety and that "the Apache crew open[ed] fire on civilians". [19], As the tape resumes, two men, one holding an AK-47, are seen walking. I do know that there was a teenage girl [in there], just because I saw the pictures when I was there, that one of the soldiers took. He added, "I think what this video shows is really a case that challenges whether the laws of war are strict enough. And where the soldier said [in the video], "Well, you shouldn't take your kids to battle." There is a period of 20 minutes not included on the leaked tape. It was more of a child who was frightened out of her mind. She had a stomach wound? They also found two Canon EOS digital cameras with telephoto lenses. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. I hit 'em" and another member of the crew responds "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards".[29]. [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. Well in all actuality, we brought the battle to your kids. Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? In refusing to recognize this, the US military fails both its own soldiers and their victims. She was crying. 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. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. Assange responded: Yes, absolutely Our promise to the public is that we will release the full source material. The crew for Crazyhorse 1/9 could not engage due to target obfuscation from buildings and dust. 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". McCord: There were approximately two to three other people who were moving who were still somewhat alive, and the medics were attending to them. I think that the bigger picture is what are we doing there? 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 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. [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. The majority of us aren't. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. [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. I have a huge place in my heart for children, having some of my own. Ethan McCord: Right. The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops. [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. 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. The men become obscured behind a building as the Apache moves around the group. [104][105][106][107] Pursuant to a commutation by President Obama, Chelsea Manning was released on May 17, 2017. 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. [32] Assange also said "it's ludicrous to allege that we have taken anything out of context in this video". It could be that since he and Amelia (Sigrid Thornton) have quit. I'm guilty of it, too, myself. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". The Apache crew then alerted the ground troops that they believed that they could see an injured child moving around inside the destroyed van. Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. McCord: It was random sporadic spurts. Their 43-year-old father, Saleh, had been driving them to a class when he spotted one of the wounded men moving in the street and drove over to help him, only to become a victim of the Apache guns. [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. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. She continued, "the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are inflicting huge psychological damage on combatants". They did have weapons there. Seven men (including Noor-Eldeen) were killed during this first strike; Saeed Chmagh, who was injured, later died in a hospital. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. For instance, the Web site takes special care to slow down the video and identify the two photographers and the cameras they are carrying. It wasnt like a cry of pain really. 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. This is urban combat and we're taking the war to children and women and innocents. WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". [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'. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". Part of Banksy's, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 21:26. WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. Using short sentences, similar punctuation, or using the same words frequently as well as using Grammarly can boost your content as AI written. [65][66] I was up on a rooftop at that time. However, personally I don't feel that the attack on the van was warranted. That stays with you. 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". 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". 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. Stuff like that happens on a daily basis in Iraq. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. [18][25][31] As the U.S. soldiers moved towards the site of the attack, a van stopped near Chmagh. [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. 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 . 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. Responsibility for civilian deaths in such encounters rests with those who violate the rules of war. 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. I was pretty distraught over the whole situation with the children. There were some people taking pot shots, sniper shots, at us on the rooftop. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. [42] According to the internal legal review, the helicopters engaged a group of armed insurgents, and that some were seen entering a nearby building. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. [116] The military did not include the attack on the building in their report. 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." However, the co-pilot/gunner then observed a child and some other non-combatants in the vicinity of the individuals and decided to hold off on the engagement until the non-combatants were clear. "[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". 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. Vehicle; "When I saw those kids, all I could picture was my kids back home". 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). [18][19] The crew estimates the group is twenty men. [63] The site stated on its Twitter account on January 8, 2010, that it had a copy of gunsight footage of the incidents. [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. 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. That classified video created its own firestorm when the whistleblower site Wikileaks posted it April 5 on a website titled "Collateral Murder" and asserted that the attack was unprovoked. 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]. Assange responded:[69][70]. "When I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there," he said. When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. Nearly every Iraqi household has a rifle or an AK. We were probably there on the roof for another four to five hours. (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? [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. 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. 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. [47] The Australian newspaper said the group was displaying "no obvious hostile action". [43] He walks into a building which has been identified as the source of fire at U.S. ground troops. 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. Wired.com: Did you try to get information about the two children after the shooting? [97] On July 30, Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge, that of aiding the enemy, for giving secrets to WikiLeaks. We lost our country and our lives were destroyed. 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. [86], Ethan McCord, the soldier seen in the video carrying the injured boy, recalled in an interview on The Marc Steiner Show that on arrival at the scene, "The first thing I did was run up to the van". And I picked him up and started running with him over to the Bradley. [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. That's when I started screaming, "The boy's alive! Minutes after the first engagement ended, the van returned traveling in an opposite direction (north) once again on this same road. We did unto you what we would not want done to us. In the first strike, the crews of two Apaches directed 30mm cannon fire at a group of ten Iraqi men, including some armed,[17][18][19] standing less than 100 meters away from U.S. ground troops at a location where insurgents earlier that day had attacked an American Humvee with small arms fire. Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. 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". 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. There's no front lines here. They split up and the footage follows one who appears to be armed. Gates said that the video provides the public with a view of warfare "as seen through a soda straw". Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. 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. [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. [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. Give us a picture of what happened that day. 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. 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. We're sorry for the system that we were involved in that took their father's life and injured them. After the video was released, one of the soldiers involved in the incident, Ethan McCord, stated the following: "If you feel threatened in any way, you're able to engage that person. 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". 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. 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. It's very clear that that is the approach, to try and find any mechanism to excuse the behavior, and that is what ended up happening. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors. "The first thing I thought of was my children at home". Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. It's very disturbing. [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". Fox News reported in 2010 that the rules of engagement in Iraq had not been changed since the incident occurred. Wired.com: What did you understand that to mean? 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? He runs the girl to the Bradley. 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. "The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away and they were zooming in on these guys . [32], U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized WikiLeaks for releasing the video without providing any context. They were destroyed. "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. Bill Keller of The New York Times wrote, "But in its zeal to make the video a work of antiwar propaganda, WikiLeaks also released a version that didn't call attention to an Iraqi who was toting a rocket-propelled grenade and packaged the manipulated version under the tendentious rubric Collateral Murder. Building when it happened I was n't around that building when it happened least. 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