[17] Julian Assange said "permission to engage was given before the word 'RPG' was ever used". Ethan McCord describes the moment he realised Sajad Toman was alive In July 2007, 19 people were killed when an Apache helicopter opened fire on a group of Iraqis whom the pilots had identified. 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. Josh . Wired.com: At the time you arrived on the scene, you didn't know what had happened, is that right? I always questioned it in the back of my mind. More and more Americans are taking responsibility for what was done in our name. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. 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. They're like, oh yeah, we're the "collateral murder" company. When I saw their faces, I was relieved, but I was just heartbroken. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C 107. Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. [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". 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. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraines power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the worldand itself. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. On the video, it is then seen that Army soldiers establish a perimeter around the site and extract the children from the burning van. 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. I know the scene by heart; it's burned into my head. [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. The Apache crew then alerted the ground troops that they believed that they could see an injured child moving around inside the destroyed van. But this particular eventthis is clearly murder. 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 . It's very disturbing. Wired.com: How much sniper fire were you getting? Nearly every Iraqi household has a rifle or an AK. 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. Series of air-to-ground attacks conducted in New Baghdad during the Iraqi insurgency, An AH-64 Apache helicopter, the type used in the attack, Arrest, convictions and sentencing of Manning, Attack on personnel and a van per U.S. Army report account, Attack on building per U.S. Army report account, Julian Assange's comments regarding U.S. Army report, List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War 2007, "In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks 'Transparency', "Video Shows U.S. He responded, "I hadn't heard of WikiLeaks before yesterday. There had been running gun battles. 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. [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." That's when I started screaming, "The boy's alive! The flood of emotions came back. There is a period of 20 minutes not included on the leaked tape. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG. [29], A crew member requests authorization to engage after seeing five or six of the men moving in the direction of U.S. The owner told him that three families were living in the building and seven residents had died, including his wife and daughter. 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. McCord is the father of three children. A unit from Bravo Company 216 was within 100 meters of the individuals that were fired upon with 30mm AH-64 Apache cannons. Soldier on 2007 Apache Attack: What I Saw, 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. [Then] we were just told to move to this [other] location. 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. Two men were identified by Crazyhorse 1/8 as carrying an RPG launcher and an AKM or AK-47. 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. [32], U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized WikiLeaks for releasing the video without providing any context. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye." An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. 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. I was up on a rooftop at that time. McCord's courage and integrity has nothing to do with his US army training. However, according to the co-pilot for Crazyhorse 1/8 they failed to positively identify the occupants as combatants and returned to the previous engagement area. 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. [18][25][31] As the U.S. soldiers moved towards the site of the attack, a van stopped near Chmagh. I've spoken with other soldiers who were there. The editors asked to see the remaining footage so Reuters could check whether it had been edited or manipulated. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. 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. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. 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WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". I had blood all down the front of me from the children. 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. 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. New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region. We did unto you what we would not want done to us.". It has also ignored many veterans who have returned physically injured or mentally troubled by what they saw and did in your country. . 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. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. McCord: I have never seen anybody being shot by a 30-millimeter round before. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. 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. WikiLeaks stated that the footage shows the "murder of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists". There's houses behind where the van was. 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"The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away and they were zooming in on these guys . [60] The Pentagon eventually blocked the FOIA request[25] despite several follow-up requests by Reuters. They wrote that:[71][72][73][74]. 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. Advertisement. [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. [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. The ground troops that secured the site of the first two strikes then receive small arms fire from nearby buildings. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. 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. [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). I'm going to help that person. When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . Knowing that I was part of the system that took their father away from them and made them lose their house it's heartbreaking. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". 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". [92], On February 28, 2013, Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 specified charges. How to Make Sure Youre Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location, Security News This Week: Sensitive US Military Emails Exposed. 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. They split up and the footage follows one who appears to be armed. It shouldn't have surprised you what you saw. China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors. Some of them [say] I don't care what anybody says they're not there. [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. 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. 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. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. Their overall mission that day was to protect us, to provide support for us, so I can see where the initial attack on the group of men was warranted. 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. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. [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. The men become obscured behind a building as the Apache moves around the group. [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. Ethan applied for mental health support following this incident and was denied by his commanding officer. 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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. The story was then overtaken by a more updated one out of Washington that incorporated reporting from the original piece. Ethan Cord (Horsley) is still a man with a conscience, and kids, but he is also less reluctant to rely on his ability with a gun. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. You can hear the medic saying on the video, "There's nothing I can do here, she needs to be evac'd." 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. WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. You can make out in the video [someone] carrying an AK-47, swinging it down by his legs. And as far as the way that the soldiers are speaking in the video, which is pretty callous and joking about what's happened that's a coping mechanism. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. [19], The events between the attack on the van and the attack on the building (approximately 30 minutes) were not captured on the leaked video footage. "[32][77] He said that WikiLeaks "does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. We lost our country and our lives were destroyed. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." ", 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. One second later he screams, "He's got an RPG!" 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. There's no front lines here. McCord: Yeah. I was told to go pull security on a rooftop. "[60], Early in 2010, the Internet whistleblower site WikiLeaks made a public request for assistance in decrypting a video it described as "US bomb strikes on civilians", specifically requesting access to supercomputer time. He's no longer in the Army. Ethan McCord: Right. 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. 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. Global Policy Forum distributes this material without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. [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. Instead, the Apaches decided to completely obliterate everybody 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. He later sought help for psychological trauma, but was ridiculed by his NCO and told that if he were to go to the mental health officer, "there would be repercussions". It was more of a child who was frightened out of her mind. We heard the gunships open up. [67], WikiLeaks released a 39-minute version, which shows all three incidents, and a 17-minute version, which shows only the first two incidents. Our government may ignore you, concerned more with its public image. 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. [Then I] took my children to school one day and I came home and sat down on the couch and turned on the TV with my coffee, and on the news I'm running across the screen with a child. [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 soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. [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. There is no bringing back all that was lost. That stays with you. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. We have asked our fellow veterans and service-members, as well as civilians both in the United States and abroad, to sign in support of this letter, and to offer their names as a testimony to our common humanity, to distance ourselves from the destructive policies of our nation's leaders, and to extend our hands to you. The footage was portrayed as classified,[7] but the individual who leaked it, U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning,[a] testified in 2013 that the video was not classified. [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." Major Brent Cummings claimed they took great pains to prevent the loss of innocent civilian lives. 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. 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