Source: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/08/11/side-scrolling-mod-said-be-terrorist-propaganda-tool

Side-Scrolling Mod Said to Be Terrorist Propaganda Tool

A site which tracks developments in the Middle East reports that a radical Islamist website has posted a video game encouraging players to battle Americans, Israelis and Shi'ite Muslims.

Of the game, which appears to be a crude adaptation of a side-scroller, MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, writes:

On July 21, 2008 a member of the Islamist forum Al-Ikhlas posted a video game designed to encourage children to fight against "the forces of tyranny". The game enables the player to shoot at planes marked "Shi'ite", "Jewish" or "American".

 

Throughout the game, inciting speeches by Osama Bin Laden are heard, accompanied by the sounds of explosions and gunfire. The player is exposed to images of bin Laden, Zarqawi and other prominent Al-Qaeda members.

Although we don't know much about MEMRI, the site has in the past been given high praise by David Kaplan, chief investigative reporter for U.S. News & World Report:

MEMRI... does translations of media from the Muslim world, focused on jihadist propaganda and efforts by reformists. The group's new MEMRI Blog serves up news stories, videos, and postings from 60 leading Islamist websites. Hey, where else can you get headlines like "Mega-Evil Zionist Queen Stars in Iranian Sci-Fi Movie"?

 

Thoughts on this?  Seems like Osama likes video games too. As an industry, video gaming must never support this kind of game.

This can offend some people...

interesting.... where can I download it what game does this mod?

How is this game something so wrong? When CoD4 has people killing Arabs or Americas Army is a straight up recruitment tool.

Years ago there was a qauke mod "ubder seige" that let you be a Palestinian fighter killing israeli soldiers. I would like to play a new fps that has been modded so you can fight the jews in israel or the americans in iraq.

I support this game. I support free speech. No worse than making the bad guys Korean in Die Another Day.

yeah, I don't see the big deal. Maybe its too political, but, nearly all of the war games are from our point of view, hunting 'terrorrist' etc. Meh, same thing reversed. One person's terrorist is another's hero.

Yeah. Atleast they barely know how to even make a game.

Love the black-box airplanes.

Maybe the terrorists are striking out because their video games are of such poor quality? We should send them a few Wiis and let them play Wii Sports or something along those lines.

It's ok to kill Germans, the Japanese, Arabs, hookers, drug addicts, etc. but not Americans, Jews or Shi'ites? Interesting.

Haha. I wish we'd see it on Wii someday. Definately would be a must-buy.

I don't get what the writer complains nor the news value. Atleast once a month we get a western game that does the exact same thing. And the only one i see saying that these games shouldn't be supported is Jack Thompson.