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Iraqi Insurgents Favor YouTube for Propaganda Films
A short item on former CNN boss Eason Jordon's new IraqSlogger blog points out how insurgents in Iraq are now using the online video site to post clips of bombings, attacks on U.S. troops, and other scenes that may recruit and inspire members.
The IraqSlogger post only gives one example of such videos on YouTube, but points to an insurgent Web site called Al Basrah that contains links to several more YouTube clips, as well as some from Google Video.
Of course, a quick search on the site will also find plenty of videos posted by U.S. soldiers mixed in among the insurgents' clips.
An episode of ABC's 20/20 called "Caught," which aired last Friday but is not yet posted online, gave a nice overview of how U.S. troops are using helmet-mounted cameras to create on-the-ground footage of war never seen before. The piece noted, interestingly, that while there are restrictions on blogging by U.S. troops, the military does not yet have similar rules about posting online video clips.
