In 2009, Stieber left the military as a conscientious objector and became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. [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". 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 in New York next week. They also found two Canon EOS digital cameras with telephoto lenses. But you're not supposed to do that in Iraq. 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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. [84], Finkel had reported the day in his book The Good Soldiers,[62] including conversations which closely matched the subsequently leaked video footage. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. Among the group were two Iraqi war correspondents working for Reuters, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. I know the van, I know the faces of everybody that was there that day. 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. Some of them [say] I don't care what anybody says they're not there. The girl suffered from a stomach wound and glass in her eyes, and the boy a head injury. 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. Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story, "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. [39][40] Just as the van was destroyed, U.S. ground troops made their final turn and arrived on the road with the van. 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. 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. That's not leaking, that's a pure editorial." 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. 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. [92][93] The Internet chats between Manning and Lamo were revealed to the public by Wired. As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building. 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. Captain James Hall stated they couldn't drive in Bradleys in fear of running over bodies. They also found 10-year-old Sajad Mutashar and his five-year-old sister Doaha covered in blood in a van. 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. That's a violation of the laws of war and of course what the mainstream media have omitted from their stories is this context. 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. 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. [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. 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. They arrived on station in New Baghdad at 9:53a.m., where sporadic attacks on coalition forces continued. There's no front lines here. 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. Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny. 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. 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. [2], After the U.S. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own "Rules of Engagement", WikiLeaks released the classified Rules of Engagement for 2006, 2007 and 2008, revealing the rules before, during, and after the attacks. 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. 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. 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. Was it reasonable for the Apache soldiers to think that maybe the people they attacked were part of that insurgent firefight? Their request was denied at the briefing and they were told to seek access under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. I would like the American people and the whole world to understand what happened here in Iraq. I was also told that there would be repercussions if I was to go to mental health. As the pilot positions the helicopter to attack the building, two unarmed men walk towards, and perhaps into, the building. There is a period of 20 minutes not included on the leaked tape. 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. She wrote that the co-pilot urged a dying, unarmed journalist to pick up a weapon as he tried to crawl to safety and that "the Apache crew open[ed] fire on civilians". An Apache maneuvered around a building to get a clear field of fire and shot all nine men, killing eight. [16] The military reported that it could not find its copy of the video. The soldier, Ethan McCord, has since been discharged from the military and has been an outspoken voice against the Iraq War. [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. It's very clear that that is the approach, to try and find any mechanism to excuse the behavior, and that is what ended up happening. 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". There's houses behind where the van was. The film received an Oscar nomination in January. "[46] Assange later said "Based upon visual evidence, I suspect there probably were AKs and an RPG, but I'm not sure that means anything". [65][66] I just kept telling him, "Don't die; don't die." [116] The military did not include the attack on the building in their report. Wired.com: How much sniper fire were you getting? If there's anything I can to do help, I would be more than happy to. Wired.com: But you had been in combat before. It didn't seem real, in the sense that it didn't look like human beings. [20] According to a military review, soldiers in that company "had been under sporadic small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire since" the operationdescribed as "clearing their sector and looking for weapons caches"began. He kept saying, we were there, we know the truth, they're saying there was no weapons, there was. [18][25][31] The Apache crew requested permission to engage, stating it "looks like [the men] possibly, picking up bodies and weapons" from the scene,[33] and repeated their request to shoot,[7][34][35][36][37] before they received permission to begin firing on the van and its occupants. The missile hits the building, and the man is caught in the explosion. [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". Soldier Ethan McCord speaking about the civilian massacre documented in WikiLeaks's April 2010 vid. Solemnly and Sincerely, Josh Stieber, former specialist, U.S. Army Ethan McCord, former specialist, U.S. Army. I always questioned it in the back of my mind. But for Army veteran Ethan McCord, it was just another day on duty. There is no bringing back all that was lost. He opened his eyes when I was carrying him. 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. 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. And I picked him up and started running with him over to the Bradley. I think that the people could have been deterred from doing what they were doing in the van by simply firing a few warning shots versus completely obliterating the van and its occupants.[52][53]. Wired's Kim Zetter reached McCord at his home in Kansas. They're like, oh yeah, we're the "collateral murder" company. The Apache crew then alerted the ground troops that they believed that they could see an injured child moving around inside the destroyed van. 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". Highlighted in the 17-minute version of the video are Noor-Eldeen with a camera and Chmagh talking on his mobile phone. 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. More than a dozen people were killed in three attacks captured in the video, including two Reuters journalists, one carrying a camera that was apparently mistaken for a weapon. [96] Her trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013. 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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. 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. Smith describes this reaction as inhuman. How is this guy supposed to [decide] should I stop and pick them up, or is the military going to shoot me? It was a scene that had played repeatedly in his mind the last three years, and he knew exactly who the soldier was. [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". 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In the first strike, the crews of two Apaches directed 30mm cannon fire at a group of ten Iraqi men, including some armed,[17][18][19] standing less than 100 meters away from U.S. ground troops at a location where insurgents earlier that day had attacked an American Humvee with small arms fire. classified video created its own firestorm. Though we have acted with cold hearts far too many times, we have not forgotten our actions towards you. Those guys could have just been protecting their area". I've lived with seeing the children that way since the incident happened. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our livesfrom culture to business, science to design. 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 smoking you, they're making you tired. Now, as far as rules of engagement, [Iraqis] are not supposed to pick up the wounded. That's when I started screaming, "The boy's alive! Ethan McCord who says he scooped up the children and at least one of his comrades say the incident revealed the bankrupt brutality of the war. 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." [81], Publicity of the incident ballooned following the release of the footage. 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". [22], In the video on the morning of July 12, 2007, the crews of two United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopters observe a gathering of men near a section of Baghdad in the path of advancing U.S. ground troops, some armed with AKMs and RPGs. [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'. [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. 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. What was shown in the Wikileaks video only begins to depict the suffering we have created. [17] Julian Assange said "permission to engage was given before the word 'RPG' was ever used". A unit from Bravo Company 216 was within 100 meters of the individuals that were fired upon with 30mm AH-64 Apache cannons. [78] Gates stated: "They're in a combat situation. If you or I saw someone wounded on the ground what is your first inkling? [67], WikiLeaks released a 39-minute version, which shows all three incidents, and a 17-minute version, which shows only the first two incidents. 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. "These people can put out anything they want, and they're never held accountable for it. It was nominated as a Documentary Short Subject for the 84th Academy Awards. I've spoken with other soldiers who were there. The flood of emotions came back. Wired.com: What did you understand that to mean? Ethan applied for mental health support following this incident and was denied by his commanding officer. US Soldiers from Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video Apologize. [61] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building.[43]. The crew then reposition the helicopter and fire two more missiles into the upper floors of the building[44], WikiLeaks said in the preface to one of their videos of the incident that "some of the men appear to have been armed [although] the behavior of nearly everyone was relaxed" in the introductory text of the shorter video. It's obviously a hard thing to see. 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. Fox News later stated that "although it could be argued AK-47 rifles are common household items, RPGs are not". I was diagnosed with chronic, severe PTSD. It could be that since he and Amelia (Sigrid Thornton) have quit. 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. McCord: There were approximately two to three other people who were moving who were still somewhat alive, and the medics were attending to them. [But] I was actually starting to get kind of better. The men become obscured behind a building as the Apache moves around the group. Well in all actuality, we brought the battle to your kids. [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. 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. A passing van then stopped and attempted to load a wounded man. 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. Stuff like that happens on a daily basis in Iraq. However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. [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". And where the soldier said [in the video], "Well, you shouldn't take your kids to battle." McCord's courage and integrity has nothing to do with his US army training. "[88] In this interview, McCord reports that repercussions for seeking mental health help could include being labeled as a "malingerer", a crime under U.S. military law. Seven men (including Noor-Eldeen) were killed during this first strike; Saeed Chmagh, who was injured, later died in a hospital. This is his account of what he saw. 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. . He was kind of sitting on the floorboard of the van, but with his head laying on the bench seat in the front. Ethan and Josh are available for interviews. "[90], James Spione made a short documentary film about the airstrikes called Incident in New Baghdad, featuring a first-person account from Ethan McCord. [61] Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, a U.S. Defense official confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio and video. 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. 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 was called a pussy and that I needed to suck it up and a lot of other horrible things. We took her in there and we're checking to see if there were any other wounds. [43] He walks into a building which has been identified as the source of fire at U.S. ground troops. McCord: She had a stomach wound and she had glass in her eyes and in her hair. McCord added, "I don't say that Wikileaks did a bad thing, because they didn't. 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. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C 107. 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. 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