Apache
killing video becomes viral news
Posted: 14 January 2004 By: Jemima Kiss
Email: jemima@journalism.co.uk
A graphic US military video showing the killing of three Iraqi
people is being circulated via the web after appearing on US TV news channel
ABC News.
The one-minute file, filmed from a US Apache helicopter, shows three
suspected Iraqi insurgents being shot with 30mm cannon fire. The clip was
cut from a longer video obtained by ABC News last week and verified by a
senior US army official.
The MPEG format file has been posted to several right-wing US forums, where
the effectiveness of the Apache's firepower has been celebrated.
So far though, in spite of its graphic nature, the film does not seem to
have attracted much attention from the anti-war movement.
Tony Sleep, a freelance photographer in the UK, was one recipient of the
file. He was emailed a link to a US academic site that temporarily hosted
the MPEG file.
"It's very uncomfortable to watch because it's so calculated," he told
dotJournalism. "It's quite pornographic actually."
Video download (WARNING: some viewers may find this material disturbing):
http://www.journalism.co.uk/imagesn/apache.mpeg
See also:
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/US/apache_video_040109.html
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story795.shtml
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