The first YouTube war?

This article from the New York Times describes the novel phenomenon of a war (Iraq / Afghanistan), to be first documented in masses of video clips from the soldiers themselves (almost live). Of course sooner had already soldiers hand-held cameras there, but it&s the combination of readily available technology in the form of small cheap camcorders and mass are performed automatically records via on-board cameras with video sites such as YouTube creates the possibility, however, thousands of videos directly to make a combat zone accessible worldwide . The result is sometimes brutal, revealing, and sometimes quite terrible http:/ / www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHXgFU7qNI comic () videos. Usually without any context that makes clear what we actually see there - but you get a little insight into modern "asymmetrical" warfare - particularly by those of www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Apache+Taking+ out + line + of + Insurgents & aq = f (Apache helicopters made from videos), the document will be turned off as quite rational for observation using infrared camera and consult with the command by pressing a button man ".  more infos at bei www.nytimes.com deutsche Version dieser Seite: Der erste YouTube Krieg?