Online Gaming, Iranian Style

04:31 | Dan Verton | Jul 18th, 2007 4:20pm |

Iran’s terror-sponsoring government is taking aim at the U.S. gaming industry by promoting a new video game that developers openly proclaim “supports a culture of martyrdom.”

This raises the stakes for the U.S. and its allies in terms of the long-term ideological struggle we face with radical Islamic terrorists. Will we let them brainwash young people into believing terrorism is the answer, or will we defeat this enemy on the ideological front as well?

Tags: gaming, video game

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