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Monday, April 16, 2012

Why YouTube is an intelligence source


A tall, muscular figure silhouetted against a palm-studded city block shoulders a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, aims and fires at a Syrian armored vehicle in the distance.

The video of the attack, one of thousands posted on YouTube by the Syrian opposition, reveals the rebels' growing capabilities and the wear-and-tear on the Assad regime's forces, said Jeffrey White, a retired US defense intelligence analyst.

The Russian-made BMP infantry fighting vehicle was buttoned up tight, a sign the soldiers inside were wary, he said.

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