NYT:

In some videos, the troops do not appear to have been seriously injured; in one, titled “Sniper Hit” and posted on YouTube by a user named 69souljah, a serviceman is knocked down by a shot but then gets up to seek cover. Other videos, however, show soldiers bleeding on the ground, vehicles exploding and troops being loaded onto medical evacuation helicopters….

More than four dozen videos of combat in Iraq viewed by The New York Times have been removed in recent days, many after The Times began inquiries. But many others remain, some labeled in Arabic, making them difficult for American users to search for. In addition, new videos, often with the same material that had been deleted elsewhere, are added daily.

YouTube may do a lousy job of policing the enemy, but it sure is vigilant in suppressing and excluding our side in this war, as they did recently with Michelle Malkin.

By its laxity in enforcing its “rules”, YouTube has effectively taken sides in a war — it would have been nice if they had chosen to be on our side.

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