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Radical Islamists Post Killings on YouTube

Anyone with an Internet connection can now watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces _ shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site. I guess the sick bastards feel that they aren’t getting enough exposure.

With the global spread of high-speed Internet connections and the relative anonymity afforded by the world's biggest and busiest sites, extremists have found a new theater to display violence and their anti-American propaganda crap.

Until recently, videos shot by terrorist groups were posted predominantly on specialist Internet forums, which often only those knowing what to look for could find. But more are turning to mainstream sites like YouTube, which draw millions of visitors around the world each day. Such egotistical camel sniffers.

A recent search brings YouTube users to a video carrying the logo of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni insurgent groups including al-Qaida in Iraq.

In the video, a man stands in a deserted field beside a blue car. Speaking in Arabic, he gives what he describes as his final testament before a suicide car bombing that he claims will target a U.S. convoy in Tal Afar, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad.

"I ask God this day to enable us to kill the infidels and to grant us the highest martyrdom," he says. "I dedicate a special greeting to sheik Abu Abdulla (Osama bin Laden), Sheik Ayman (al-Zawahri) and our Sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi." Gosh, they aren’t content with blowing us up, now they want to talk us to death.

Moments later, the footage shows what appears to be a checkpoint, followed by an explosion. The man shooting the film screams, "Allahu akbar. (God is great.)" I hope and pray that all of this poor slobs 76 black-eyed virgins are infested with sand fleas.

In another video entitled "Qanaas Baghdad Episode II," a man purporting to be an Iraqi sniper offers tips on attacking U.S. soldiers. As music plays, a group of soldiers stand at the side of a bustling, dusty street. The sniper locks on to one of them. A second later, the soldier falls to the ground. May God have a HUGE foot when He shoves it up this guy’s a$$.

The site had recorded 30,000 hits for the video since it was posted in November, according to YouTube's view counter on the site. The video was removed from the site Thursday, but other videos showing sniper shootings of American troops were still available.

Mark Rasch, a former Justice Department computer crimes prosecutor, said the videos at YouTube and other sites are evidence of "a new front in the propaganda battle." You don’t say!

"It's here to stay," Rasch said. "It's going to get worse _ we are going to see real-time executions with higher production values."

Great, just what we need, some more garbage for our kids to be bombarded with on the internet. Like we don’t have enough to worry about.