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Nuke dispute is basis for Iranian PC game
Cnet News / Reuters ^ | 05/29/2006

Posted on 05/29/2006 3:36:59 PM PDT by Panerai

Rugged veteran Iranian special forces hero "Commander Bahman" will soon be tackling one of his toughest missions, rescuing one of his country's top atomic scientists captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.

Or he will be doing so soon on computer screens across the Islamic Republic, the Fars news agency reported Sunday.

The agency said a computer game detailing the fictional Commander Bahman's adventures, designed by schoolchildren belonging to the Union of Islamic Student Societies, would be available before March 2007.

When contacted by Reuters, the Union declined to give any details of the game but said it would hold a news conference as soon as the cyberspace rescue mission is launched.

The Fars news agency said that in the game's narrative Iranian atomic scientist "Doctor Kousha" goes on a pilgrimage to the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Kerbala in Iraq where he is seized by U.S. troops.

If the game reaches the shops, it will be a sharp riposte to a popular U.S. computer game about a special forces mission to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.

"U.S. attacks Iran" or "Assault on Iran" was made by Kuma Reality games whose war games often tie into news stories. Those downloadable troops angered many Iranians who signed a petition asking that it be scrapped.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iran; pcgame

1 posted on 05/29/2006 3:37:01 PM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai
In every scenario Iran turns into a smoked glass parking lot.
2 posted on 05/29/2006 3:41:45 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Proud soldier in the American Army of Occupation..)
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To: Panerai

The Fars news agency said that in the game's narrative Iranian atomic scientist "Doctor Kousha" goes on a pilgrimage to the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Kerbala in Iraq where he is vaporized by a Shi'ite suicide bomber
recruited in Iran.

Works for me.


3 posted on 05/29/2006 3:45:07 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Panerai
Those downloadable troops angered many Iranians who signed a petition asking that it be scrapped.

'Downloadable troops'?

4 posted on 05/29/2006 3:48:06 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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