A new Arabic video game has been created that allows players to kill President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and a number of Middle East leaders, according to a report. The Middle East Media Research Institute has the game, reportedly called "The Night of Bush Capturing," in a demonstration form on its website.
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At one point during the game the player, peering over the top of a gun, shoots down a camouflage-dressed soldier and after he falls, shoots him again as he struggles to push himself up off the ground.
The report says the video game is on Islamist websites.
"Jihad beginning" is how the fuzzy video in the demonstration clip launches. It appears to have the faces of Bush and Blair superimposed on bodies of soldiers. They are, of course, gunned down.
One man was shot down in what appears to be a dark room with a map of Iran on an illuminated wall.
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