Captain James Hall stated they couldn't drive in Bradleys in fear of running over bodies. But this particular eventthis is clearly murder. [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". [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". 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. Wired.com: Have you heard from any other soldiers since the video came out? As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. 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. [117], In June 2011 the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) awarded the "Whistleblower Award" to the person who made the video Collateral Murder public via WikiLeaks. 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. And then the father, who I'm assuming was the father, in the driver's seat slumped over on his side. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. [85] The editors asked to see the remaining footage so Reuters could check whether it had been edited or manipulated. They arrived on station in New Baghdad at 9:53a.m., where sporadic attacks on coalition forces continued. Many soldiers felt threatened just by the fact that you were looking at them, so they fired their weapons on anybody that was looking at them because they (I . I don't think that [the] big picture is whether or not [the Iraqis who were killed] had weapons. McCord states he was yelled at for not "pulling security". It happened because my content was bad. I was diagnosed with chronic, severe PTSD. 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Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more. 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 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". Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. 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). It was nominated as a Documentary Short Subject for the 84th Academy Awards. Fox News reported in 2010 that the rules of engagement in Iraq had not been changed since the incident occurred. 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. These people were operating in split second situations.". She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". [18] Al Jazeera stated that the Army had received "reports of small arms fire", but were unable to positively identify the gunmen. 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. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. [48], In The Independent on April 8, 2010, human rights activist Joan Smith wrote that the engagements were like a game to the helicopter crew. "[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. [61] Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, a U.S. Defense official confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio and video. It was pretty much a shock when we got there to see what had happened, the carnage and everything else. [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". [64] The footage was released during an April 5 press conference at the US National Press Club, and subsequently on a designated website titled Collateral Murder. 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. 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. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. [18][25][31] As the U.S. soldiers moved towards the site of the attack, a van stopped near Chmagh. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. 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. Soldier Ethan McCord speaking about the civilian massacre documented in WikiLeaks's April 2010 vid. The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our livesfrom culture to business, science to design. Two men were identified by Crazyhorse 1/8 as carrying an RPG launcher and an AKM or AK-47. "[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. There were plenty of times in the past where other insurgents would come by and pick up the bodies, and then we'd have no evidence or anything to what happened, so in looking at it from the Apache's point of view, they were thinking that [someone was] picking up the weapons and bodies; when, in hindsight, clearly they were picking up the wounded man. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? Wired.com: Was anyone moving when you got there other than the two children? 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. 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. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He opened his eyes when I was carrying him. Wired.com: The first thing you saw was the little girl in the van. 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. 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 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. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. Knowing that I was part of the system that took their father away from them and made them lose their house it's heartbreaking. [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". I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. 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. [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. [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. We lost our country and our lives were destroyed. [18] A long shadow cast on the ground by a telephoto lens on Noor-Eldeen's camera is misidentified by the pilot as an additional RPG aimed at him and a U.S. Army Humvee directly below his aircraft. For about 5 to 10 minutes the team diverted its attention to this vehicle. It was sent back for more reporting in an effort to incorporate a wider range of experts. She said that she was "aghast" at Finkel's portrayal of the incident. [58] Reuters subsequently asked the U.S. military to probe the deaths. I think that the bigger picture is what are we doing there? They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. I think it is good that they're putting this stuff out there. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye." 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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. 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". They're trained as soldiers to go into a building and clear a building. According to the U.S. Army investigation report released by the United States Central Command, the engagement started at 10:20 Iraqi local time and ended at 10:41. [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. The girl suffered from a stomach wound and glass in her eyes, and the boy a head injury. 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". 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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. [78] Gates stated: "They're in a combat situation. We took her in there and we're checking to see if there were any other wounds. Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. It's obviously a hard thing to see. 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. But youyou talked about the fog of war. [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. 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. [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. [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. Give us a picture of what happened that day. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. 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. Colbert asked "So 'Collateral Murder' is to get political impact?" 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. 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. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. Vehicle; "When I saw those kids, all I could picture was my kids back home". WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. 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. Please accept our apology, our sorrow, our care, and our dedication to change from the inside out. I would like the American people and the whole world to understand what happened here in Iraq. [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. Josh . And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. It shouldn't have surprised you what you saw. He condemned and reported the massacre as soon as it happened. As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs. I was pretty distraught over the whole situation with the children. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. You are seeing only a very narrow picture of the events". "These people can put out anything they want, and they're never held accountable for it. 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. Plus: Irans secret torture black sites, hacking a bank account with AI-generated voice, and Lance Bass unhinged encounter in Russia. Wired.com: Wikileaks presented the incident as though there was no engagement from insurgents. 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. [16] The military reported that it could not find its copy of the video. When the cameraman on the ground aimed his camera in the direction of Bravo Company 216, a pilot remarked "He's getting ready to fire". [25] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said that "the vast majority of the men were clearly unarmed". He added, "I think what this video shows is really a case that challenges whether the laws of war are strict enough. classified video created its own firestorm. 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. 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. Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. The report concludes that the Reuters employees were in the company of armed insurgents. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. [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. ", The letter, which they hope to get to the family who lost their father and whose children were injured in the attack, states that they "are acknowledging our responsibility for bringing the battle to your neighborhood, and to your family. WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". McCord: She had a stomach wound and she had glass in her eyes and in her hair. I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. I don't think that people really want to see this, though, because this is war. It could be that since he and Amelia (Sigrid Thornton) have quit. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. [39][40] Just as the van was destroyed, U.S. ground troops made their final turn and arrived on the road with the van. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. 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. 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. We did unto you what we would not want done to us.". Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. 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. The Apache crew saw unarmed[25] men exit the vehicle and move to Chmagh. 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. A unit from Bravo Company 216 was within 100 meters of the individuals that were fired upon with 30mm AH-64 Apache cannons. In fact, that's one of the reasons I went to the van immediately, because I could hear her crying. "[32], The Guardian stated "It is unclear if some of the men are armed but Noor-Eldeen can be seen with a camera". 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. 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]. You Cant Trust App Developers Privacy Claims on Google Play, Mozilla researchers found that apps often provide inaccurate data use disclosures, giving people a false sense of security., Batteries Are Ukraines Secret Weapon Against Russia. Stuff like that happens on a daily basis in Iraq. That's when I started screaming, "The boy's alive! The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isnt About Privacy. [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. "Reading his account," she explained, "one would believe the engagement was somehow justified as 'payback' for an earlier attack that led to the death of a soldier. However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary. Wired.com: What did you understand that to mean? He runs the girl to the Bradley. You joke about the situations and what's happened to push away your true feelings of the matter. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. Part of Banksy's, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 21:26. You can hear the medic saying on the video, "There's nothing I can do here, she needs to be evac'd." The story was then overtaken by a more updated one out of Washington that incorporated reporting from the original piece. So I went to a sergeant and asked to see [the mental health person], because I was having a hard time dealing with it. 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? [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'. 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. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. There's no front lines here. Oh well", and a minute later continued, "Well, it's their fault for bringing kids into a battle". 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. 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. 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. On the same day as the NPR interview, Finkel was asked how he had seen the unedited video and whether WikiLeaks had shown it to him. 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. 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." I have a huge place in my heart for children, having some of my own. One second later he screams, "He's got an RPG!" I hit 'em" and another member of the crew responds "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards".[29]. 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