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Military reviews rules for helmet cams after Niger attack
« on: March 15, 2018, 10:08:34 am »
Military reviews rules for helmet cams after Niger attack

    By lolita c. baldor, associated press

WASHINGTON — Mar 13, 2018, 1:14 AM ET


U.S. military leaders are considering new guidelines for the use of helmet cameras on the battlefield after Islamic State-linked fighters in Niger exploited footage taken by a fallen American soldier to make a propaganda video that highlighted the killing of four U.S. forces.

Weeks after the deadly October ambush, people linked to the militants shopped around the grisly footage to news organizations. When few expressed interest, the insurgents added music and propaganda, made a short movie and posted it online. Then it was written about in a number of news stories around the world.

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