When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. Ethan McCord: From Atrocities in Iraq to Resisting U.S. Wars Tweet This interview was done by and first appeared in Revolution newspaper Revolution: In the attack shown in the WikiLeaks video, you were part of the unit that was at the scene, on the ground. The story was then overtaken by a more updated one out of Washington that incorporated reporting from the original piece. 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 . "[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. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. [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". 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 . This is his account of what he saw. Knowing that I was part of the system that took their father away from them and made them lose their house it's heartbreaking. 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. soldiers. [16][18][30] After the lead helicopter fires, one of the crew shouts "Hahaha. [19], The team observed several individuals from this group, some possibly wounded, run into a large multistory building. [63] The site stated on its Twitter account on January 8, 2010, that it had a copy of gunsight footage of the incidents. Two men were identified by Crazyhorse 1/8 as carrying an RPG launcher and an AKM or AK-47. [85] Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever. They're like, oh yeah, we're the "collateral murder" company. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. [43] It concluded that an investigating officer would want to know how the armed men were identified as combatants from the earlier engagement; would question the nature of the collateral-damage estimate carried out by the crew before the missiles were launched; and would wish to determine whether a missile attack was a proportionate response to the threat. [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. 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. In the video, you can clearly see that they did have weapons to the trained eye." BACKGROUND ON JOSH STIEBER: Branch of service: United States Army (USA) Unit: 1st ID Rank: Spc. It shouldn't have surprised you what you saw. 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. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." I know the scene by heart; it's burned into my head. It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. 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]. 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. 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. A passing van then stopped and attempted to load a wounded man. [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 company was supported by two Apache helicopters from the 1st Cavalry Division's Aviation Brigade, call signs "Crazyhorse 1/8" and "Crazyhorse 1/9". The WikiLeaks edited video did not add arrows pointing to these men, or label them, as it did with the men carrying cameras. "When I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there," he said. Since then, McCord has been receiving threats to him and his family on a regular basis. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". You are seeing only a very narrow picture of the events". 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. He gave his view of the context of the killings: the Reuters guys walked into the hottest spot of a very hot morning. There's no easy way to kill somebody. I just kept telling him, "Don't die; don't die." "These people can put out anything they want, and they're never held accountable for it. 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. They're smoking you, they're making you tired. Wired.com: How much sniper fire were you getting? 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. I grabbed the medic and we went into the back. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. [58] Reuters subsequently asked the U.S. military to probe the deaths. McCord is the father of three children. As the ground troops advanced, a wounded Chmagh was seen crawling and attempting to stand. [56], The Washington Post reported it was unclear whether the journalists were killed by U.S. fire or by shooting from the targeted Iraqis. The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. If you or I saw someone wounded on the ground what is your first inkling? WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. They were destroyed. [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. 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. [32] The Apache crew alerted the ground troops of the van and requested permission to engage the vehicle before the ground troops arrived. 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. That stays with you. He condemned and reported the massacre as soon as it happened. [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. 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. 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. 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. When we were on that roof, we were still taking fire. When he is rescued, suddenly that belief changed. She continued, "the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are inflicting huge psychological damage on combatants". Nearly every Iraqi household has a rifle or an AK. I've lived with seeing the children that way since the incident happened. 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". I based the account in my book on multiple sources, all unclassified". Our hearts are open to hearing how we can take any steps to support you through the pain that we have caused. 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 Apache crew saw unarmed[25] men exit the vehicle and move to Chmagh. This is the problem that we're speaking out on as far as the rules of engagement. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". Fox News reported in 2010 that the rules of engagement in Iraq had not been changed since the incident occurred. I have a huge place in my heart for children, having some of my own. She had a stomach wound? [18][19] The crew estimates the group is twenty men. McCord's courage and integrity has nothing to do with his US army training. There had been running gun battles. (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? Colbert asked "So 'Collateral Murder' is to get political impact?" 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. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. Give us a picture of what happened that day. McCord: I've spoken with one of the medics who was there. Vehicle; "When I saw those kids, all I could picture was my kids back home". And where the soldier said [in the video], "Well, you shouldn't take your kids to battle." 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. 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. "[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. 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. He was shot and killed. 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. Soldier Ethan McCord speaking about the civilian massacre documented in WikiLeaks's April 2010 vid. It's painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. 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. 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. 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 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. It's very disturbing. Josh states that these casualties demonstrate the impact of U.S. military policy on both the civilians and the soldiers on the ground. [67], WikiLeaks released a 39-minute version, which shows all three incidents, and a 17-minute version, which shows only the first two incidents. 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. 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. Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. But you guys did have a firefight a couple of blocks away. 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. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. [23] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. There were some people taking pot shots, sniper shots, at us on the rooftop. Please accept our apology, our sorrow, our care, and our dedication to change from the inside out. There had been a lot of RPG, grenade fire and so on, and they were doing what journalists do. However, the long version of the video shows that this van had already been targeted by one Apache (Crazyhorse 1/8), prior to the second strike, as it traveled south toward the Reuters employees who were simultaneously targeted by the other Apache (Crazyhorse 1/9) as they walked with the group of men north on the same road toward the van. [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. I'm guilty of it, too, myself. 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. When I saw their faces, I was relieved, but I was just heartbroken. [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". Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". 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. Plus: Irans secret torture black sites, hacking a bank account with AI-generated voice, and Lance Bass unhinged encounter in Russia. The event was covered by Al Jazeera English and Reuters,[16] and later by The Washington Post,[82] The New York Times,[2] The Christian Science Monitor,[83] the BBC,[66] and CNN. 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. Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story, "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. [61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG". The majority of us aren't. The review was not released in full until 2010, after the video of the incident had been released by WikiLeaks. McCord: There were approximately two to three other people who were moving who were still somewhat alive, and the medics were attending to them. He responded, "I hadn't heard of WikiLeaks before yesterday. I did see a video on YouTube after the Wikileaks [ video ] came out, of the children being interviewed. [59] Reuters requested a copy of the full video under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the same day. [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. 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. 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". Responsibility for civilian deaths in such encounters rests with those who violate the rules of war. 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. 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. 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. After the incident, we went back to the FOB [forward operating base] and that's when I was in my room. Part of Banksy's, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 21:26. That classified video created its own firestorm. Reuters responded, "It is absolutely untrue that this story was spiked. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG. 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. 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. It didn't seem real, in the sense that it didn't look like human beings. 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 did see a guy moving from a rooftop from one position to another with an AK-47, who was firing at us. For instance, the Web site takes special care to slow down the video and identify the two photographers and the cameras they are carrying. 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. [103], On August 21, 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment, reduction in rank from private first class to private, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a dishonorable discharge. Using short sentences, similar punctuation, or using the same words frequently as well as using Grammarly can boost your content as AI written. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. 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". Wired.com: But you had been in combat before. The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops. Ethan Mccord and Josh Stieber deployed to Baghdad with Bravo Company 2-16 in 2007. [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. 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. [92], On February 28, 2013, Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 specified charges. [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. However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary. 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. And cracking jokes is a way of pushing that stuff down. [87], McCord discussed his experience in the battle in an interview with the World Socialist Web Site on April 28, 2010, stating, "What happened then was not an isolated incident. [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". We did unto you what we would not want done to us. [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. 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. When Bravo Company arrived at the scene, they reported finding two RPGs and an AK-47 or AKM. 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". They request permission to fire a missile at the building, describing it as "abandoned" or "under construction". I'm going to help that person. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". [25] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said that "the vast majority of the men were clearly unarmed". Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. 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