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16-05-2007, 03:04
US military takes Iraq war to YouTube
BBC News, Washington, 14 May 2007.
The US military has taken the war in Iraq into cyberspace, with the launch of its own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube.
Its 25 brief clips include footage of US soldiers firing at unseen snipers in Baghdad, handing out footballs to Iraqi children and rescuing an Iraqi family injured by an explosive device.
In two months, the Multi-National Force-Iraq channel has climbed to 16th in YouTube's most subscribed-to listing and has, the military says, just passed the 1 million video views mark.
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A look at the comments posted beneath the clip Troops Give Gifts to Iraqi Children reveals a wide range of opinion.
One viewer posts a one-word reaction: "Propaganda."
Another says: "No matter how you spin it, it is a 'Winning the hearts and minds' campaign. We did the same thing when I was there. Yes it's to pass along a gift, but also to buy them off so they don't toss grenades or other explosives at us or into our compound."
Sources: Yahoo/BCC/OccNews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6640000/newsid_6645200?redirect=6645207.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1
Ahh.. Youtube goes to War, or viceversa.
BBC News, Washington, 14 May 2007.
The US military has taken the war in Iraq into cyberspace, with the launch of its own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube.
Its 25 brief clips include footage of US soldiers firing at unseen snipers in Baghdad, handing out footballs to Iraqi children and rescuing an Iraqi family injured by an explosive device.
In two months, the Multi-National Force-Iraq channel has climbed to 16th in YouTube's most subscribed-to listing and has, the military says, just passed the 1 million video views mark.
...
A look at the comments posted beneath the clip Troops Give Gifts to Iraqi Children reveals a wide range of opinion.
One viewer posts a one-word reaction: "Propaganda."
Another says: "No matter how you spin it, it is a 'Winning the hearts and minds' campaign. We did the same thing when I was there. Yes it's to pass along a gift, but also to buy them off so they don't toss grenades or other explosives at us or into our compound."
Sources: Yahoo/BCC/OccNews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6640000/newsid_6645200?redirect=6645207.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1
Ahh.. Youtube goes to War, or viceversa.