October 9, 2006
Iraqi insurgent attacks on YouTube
Videos showing insurgent attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq, long available in shops in Baghdad and on Jihadist Web sites, have steadily migrated in recent months to popular Internet video-sharing sites, including YouTube and Google Video. The New York Times reports.
"...With The Bush administration restricting images of coffins of military personnel and the Pentagon keeping close control over coverage of combat operations, the videos give Americans an exposure to combat scenes rarely available before.
Their availability has also produced some reaction. In recent weeks, YouTube has removed dozens of the videos from its archives and suspended accounts of some users who have posted them - in response, it said, to complaints from other users
The Web sites also contain a growing number of video clips taken by U.S. soldiers.
A spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, which oversees troops in Iraq, said the military was aware of the use of common Internet sites by both insurgent groups and U.S. soldiers.
"Centcom is aware we are facing an adaptive enemy that uses the Internet as a force multiplier and as a means of connectivity," Major Matt McLaughlin, the spokesman, said by e-mail."
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