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Game placing players in different stages of Hizballah operations against Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. Official site with screenshots, information and demonstration download.
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specialforce This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them...."Hizbollah's Internet center created the game, Special Force, in commemoration of the battles of the Shi'ite Muslim group whose attacks helped force Israeli troops out of Lebanon." [Reuters]
http://www.ds-osac.org/print.cfm...414B56&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820
"The terrorist group Hezbollah, backed by Iran and based in southern Lebanon, has begun marketing a computer game simulating attacks on Israeli soldiers and allowing target practice using Israeli officials such as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon." [WorldNetDaily]
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WorldNetDaily: Hezbollah's new computer game Players take target practice on Sharon, Israeli leaders Posted: March 3, 200312:17 p.m. Eastern 2003WorldNetDaily.com The terrorist group Hezbollah, backed by Iran and based in southern Lebanon, has begun marketing a computer game simulating attacks on Israeli soldiers and allowing...Short encyclopedia article on the game.
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Special Force Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Force allows the player to take the part of an armed member of the Islamic Resistance to the Israeli invasions of Lebanon and to attack Israeli positions and Israeli politicians. It carries a deliberate and specific political message, that is..."Each stage of the game was inspired by actual Hezbollah operations. Everything is based on real-life battles that took place before Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000 -- even down to the number of Israeli soldiers that players face." [Sunday Herald]
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War games becoming all too real Sunday Herald] We can only have a chance of making some difference By Foreign Editor David Pratt in Balakot, Pakistan Analysts tip Rice-Clinton race for US presidency By Caitriona Palmer In Washington DC Bishops refuse to end celibacy rule to recruit priests..."The hottest video game for the teenagers of Beirut's southern Shiite neighborhoods is 'Special Force,' a creation of Hezbollah, the strongly anti-Israel militant organization that is on the United States' terror list." [New York Times] [Registration required.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/1...rnational/middleeast/18VIDE.html
"Meet Special Force, a game allegedly produced by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. The game's designers seek to 'correct' the influence of western gaming concepts on the Middle East." [Ars Technica]
http://www.arstechnica.com/archive/news/1062703467.html
Game overview focusing on the political climate surrounding the game's release.
http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2003/05/25/export16774.txt