Hizballah Computer Game Teaches Kids to Kill Israelis

(AP/Ha'aretz) "Special Force," a new three-dimensional computer game on the Lebanese market, pits a guerrilla armed with a knife, a pistol, hand grenades, and a Kalashnikov assault rifle against Israelis operating from fortified positions in southern Lebanon protected by land mines, a Merkava tank, and an Apache helicopter. "It's great," said Karim Arab, a Lebanese 10-year-old, as he pounded at an IDF outpost before his "guerrillas" prepared to storm it. He said he liked being able to shoot at Israelis, "which I cannot do in real life."


2003-05-08 00:00:00

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