Ethan McCord: Incidents Like 'Collateral Murder' Happen Almost Daily in Iraq

[HolyCity2012]

Run time: 11:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaTcLWNOFtY   Posted on YouTube: April 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: videonation Views on YouTube: 409   Posted on DU: April 23, 2011 By DU Member: HolyCity2012 Views on DU: 664

 
Just over a year ago, WikiLeaks released footage from a gunsight camera of an Apache helicopter engaged in an attack that killed two journalists and eight civilians in Baghdad. The "Collateral Murder" video, as it came to be known, was a shocking document of America's war in Iraq, and was greeted with a firestorm of controversy on its release. 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.

McCord, in New York for the festival premiere, told the story of what he experienced while saving two children wounded in the incident. When he returned to the Forward Operating Base, he requested mental health support to deal with the scenes he had witnessed. He was laughed at and told to "suck it up."

According to McCord, what Americans can see in the video is "one incident of many," and that similar abuses of American military power occur almost daily. "You can see from that one incident that we shouldn't be" in Iraq, McCord concludes.

[sabrina 1]

1. He picked up one of the children who was wounded in the van

He is a hero for telling the truth to the American people.

I saw those two children in a documentary released later. The little girl looked so scared. You could tell she was probably going to be scarred, both physically and emotionally for life.

Still no investigation into those crimes which is shameful.

[annm4peace]

2. Courageous man. True Hero

I hope traveling and speaking out he heals.

I also home Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz have him on.