[61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. 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". Seven men (including Noor-Eldeen) were killed during this first strike; Saeed Chmagh, who was injured, later died in a hospital. Two children were found in the van, a four-year-old girl with gunshot wounds and embedded windscreen glass wounds and an eight-year-old boy with multiple wounds, including brain damage arising from shrapnel damage to his right temporal lobe. So, the first thing I did was grab the girl. If you or I saw someone wounded on the ground what is your first inkling? Minutes after the first engagement ended, the van returned traveling in an opposite direction (north) once again on this same road. McCord: There were approximately two to three other people who were moving who were still somewhat alive, and the medics were attending to them. So if people have a different opinion, the full material is there for them to analyse and assess. Wired.com: Do you support Wikileaks in releasing this video? 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. 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. As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs. He responded, "I hadn't heard of WikiLeaks before yesterday. [30], Assange stated that some of the press had not reported on the third airstrike, in which three Hellfire missiles were fired onto an apartment complex, which only appears in the longer unedited version of the two videos.[31]. It was nominated as a Documentary Short Subject for the 84th Academy Awards. It claimed reporters' "furtive attempts to photograph the Coalition Ground Forces made them appear as hostile combatants". 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. Home: Wichita, Kansas, AN OPEN LETTER OF RECONCILIATION & RESPONSIBILITY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE From Current and Former Members of the U.S. Military. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. 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. WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. McCord: When it was first released I don't think it was done in the best manner that it could have been. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. I was pretty distraught over the whole situation with the children. 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. That's not leaking, that's a pure editorial." Wired.com: Was anyone moving when you got there other than the two children? BACKGROUND ON JOSH STIEBER: Branch of service: United States Army (USA) Unit: 1st ID Rank: Spc. 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 . 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 . [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. That classified video created its own firestorm. WikiLeaks also does not point out that at least one man was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. This is urban combat and we're taking the war to children and women and innocents. 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. The company was charged with clearing their sector of any small armed forces, and had been under fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). 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Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24a.m. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. 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. It wasnt like a cry of pain really. This is his account of what he saw. 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. Smoked is basically like you're doing pushups a lot, you're doing sit-ups crunches and flutter kicks. [43] He walks into a building which has been identified as the source of fire at U.S. ground troops. [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". 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. Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. I was also told that there would be repercussions if I was to go to mental health. That's why so many soldiers come back home and they're no longer in the situations where they have other things to think about or other people to joke about what happened and they explode. It's very disturbing. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. Stuff like that happens on a daily basis in Iraq. . Reuters responded, "It is absolutely untrue that this story was spiked. She said that she was "aghast" at Finkel's portrayal of the incident. [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). [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. Two men were identified by Crazyhorse 1/8 as carrying an RPG launcher and an AKM or AK-47. It happened because my content was bad. [But] I was actually starting to get kind of better. And that in turn is what helped me and Josh write the letter, hoping that it would find its way to them to let them know that we're sorry. FAIR USE NOTICE: This page contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. [16] The military reported that it could not find its copy of the video. Wired.com: Civilians are supposed to know that they're not supposed to pick up a wounded person crawling in the road? There is a period of 20 minutes not included on the leaked tape. An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. [17] Politifact stated: "When Assange points out in the context of justifying the title 'Collateral Murder' that the word 'RPG' was not used until after permission to engage was given, he leaves the impression that the soldiers were given the okay to open fire on a group of unarmed men, or men believed to be unarmed. 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. [81], Publicity of the incident ballooned following the release of the footage. He is seen swinging the weapon below his waist while standing next to the man holding the RPG. 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. [42] According to the internal legal review, the helicopters engaged a group of armed insurgents, and that some were seen entering a nearby building. 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. They're trained as soldiers to go into a building and clear a building. "I grabbed him and ran to the Bradley myself". They also found two Canon EOS digital cameras with telephoto lenses. [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." [Then] we were just told to move to this [other] location. McCord: It was random sporadic spurts. Hanzlik said images gathered during a military investigation of the incident show multiple weapons around the dead bodies in the courtyard, including at least three RPGs. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. [115], While the Air Weapons Team was providing support at the first engagement area they were informed by ground troops that they were receiving small arms fire from the south/southwest. Knowing that I was part of the system that took their father away from them and made them lose their house it's heartbreaking. [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. Ad Choices, U.S. [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. Well in all actuality, we brought the battle to your kids. 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. [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". However, personally I don't feel that the attack on the van was warranted. 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. After getting permission to fire, the Apache crew fired on the van. I've spoken with other soldiers who were there. 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. WikiLeaks identified the leak's source as "a number of military whistleblowers". [84], Finkel had reported the day in his book The Good Soldiers,[62] including conversations which closely matched the subsequently leaked video footage. Advertisement. But the time is long overdue that we say that the value of our nation's leaders no longer represent us. 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. A passing van then stopped and attempted to load a wounded man. Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. You can hear the medic saying on the video, "There's nothing I can do here, she needs to be evac'd." The film received an Oscar nomination in January. I was called a pussy and that I needed to suck it up and a lot of other horrible things. [18][25][31] As the U.S. soldiers moved towards the site of the attack, a van stopped near Chmagh. [32], U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized WikiLeaks for releasing the video without providing any context. With Russia regularly knocking out Ukraines power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the worldand itself. [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. The story was then overtaken by a more updated one out of Washington that incorporated reporting from the original piece. 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. Their age, their weapons, and the fact that they were within the distance of the forces that had been engaged made it apparent these guys were potentially a threat. [104][105][106][107] Pursuant to a commutation by President Obama, Chelsea Manning was released on May 17, 2017. [47] The Australian newspaper said the group was displaying "no obvious hostile action". With such pain, friendship might be too much to ask. [25] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said that "the vast majority of the men were clearly unarmed". Ethan applied for mental health support following this incident and was denied by his commanding officer. 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. [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. [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. 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. When a congressman tried to jail him for his actions that day he . McCord: Yeah. [19], As the tape resumes, two men, one holding an AK-47, are seen walking. We heard the gunships open up. It's painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. One second later he screams, "He's got an RPG!" "[112], On April 5, 2010, the same day as the release of the video footage by WikiLeaks, the United States Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released a collection of documents including two investigative reports. I went back outside to the van, and that's when the boy took, like, a labored, breath. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. But this particular eventthis is clearly murder. 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. "[31], In May 2011 the Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival awarded the investigative film Collateral murder, Hellfire, done by Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks spokesperson, and Ingi Ingason, with the award for International Journalism and Human Rights. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. They were stating that these people had no weapons whatsoever, that they were just carrying cameras. 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"[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. Among the group were two Iraqi war correspondents working for Reuters, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. 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. I've had nightmares. She concluded that command structures need to be in place to identify "combatants with serious psychological problems". I was up on a rooftop at that time. Towards the end of the show, the star actor became an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and after he left "Adam-12." 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. [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. 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. 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 know the van, I know the faces of everybody that was there that day. But for Army veteran Ethan McCord, it was just another day on duty. For instance, the Web site takes special care to slow down the video and identify the two photographers and the cameras they are carrying. Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more. [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. Reuters also stated that local police described the attack as "random American bombardment". A unit from Bravo Company 216 was within 100 meters of the individuals that were fired upon with 30mm AH-64 Apache cannons. We took her in there and we're checking to see if there were any other wounds. In an interview on NPR on April 6, the day after the Collateral Murder video release, David Finkel said that the Reuters reporters were not embedded with anyone, but working independently. 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. She draws parallels with soldiers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder in earlier wars. 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. 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". soldiers. Vehicle; "When I saw those kids, all I could picture was my kids back home". [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. I know the scene by heart; it's burned into my head. This is why we called it Collateral Murder. In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. 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. [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. The second strike, also using 30mm rounds, was directed at a van whose driver, Saleh Matasher Tomal, appeared to happen to drive by and who proceeded to help the wounded Chmagh. Our government may ignore you, concerned more with its public image. Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C 107. McCord: I doubt that they were a part of that firefight. 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. It was pretty much a shock when we got there to see what had happened, the carnage and everything else. 2023 Cond Nast. The ground controller responds, "If you've [positively identified] the individuals in the building with weapons, go ahead and engage the building". 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? It's obviously a hard thing to see. Ukraine Suffered More Wiper Malware in 2022 Than Anywhere, Ever. Oh well", and a minute later continued, "Well, it's their fault for bringing kids into a battle". 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. 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 . [94], WikiLeaks said they were unable to confirm whether or not Manning was the source of the video, stating "we never collect personal information on our sources", but saying that "if [Manning is the] whistleblower then, without doubt, [s]he's a national hero"[95] and "we have taken steps to arrange for [her] protection and legal defence". Was to go into a building to get kind of better I him. Made them appear as hostile combatants '': Civilians are supposed to pick up wounded. 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