Anyone seen this news?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060504/us_nm/security_videogames_dc_4

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401374.html

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6068963.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194416,00.html

The video the retarded writer is referring to is not made by terrorists. It was made by a member of the Planetbattlefield forums. The voice of in the video is not a terrorist - it is Trey Parker from the movie Team America World Police. The article also claims it is a mod created by terrorist. It is not a mod. It is the Special Forces Expansion pack that anyone can buy.

Here is the real source of the video.

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=13670&tid=1806909&p=1

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=7419&tid=1888667

David Morgan is a horrible writer and should be fired. I can't believe he works for Reuters. Pathetic reporting.

I think this is more a case of the pot calling the kettle black. What bothers me most is the hypocrisy that only the United States is allowed to create and decimate propaganda.

If the writers of Battle Field 2 are upset, then let them go after the radical islamists under the DMCA

BTW, the Yahoo link is down. Maybe it was pulled?

I tried the Yahoo link again. It worked for me.

There is no mod. The video was created with Fraps while playing the EA/Dice game Battlefield 2: Special Forces. The writer just assumed it was a mod with checking to see that it is EA content.

There is still a ton of hypocrisy. The US Army makes Americas Army which is a free FPS. It is openly used a recruiting tool.

Still no update to the story on Reuters site. Probably won't be one by now.

There probably is a militant website, and it may have even had SonicJihad's video, but it's obvious there is no mod and SonicJihad is not a militant.

I really doubt the militants have time for mod making anyway. Several great mod teams have been working for a year on BF2 mods and are just now releasing alphas and betas.

DCON CTF is the best yet. Try it out.

http://www.desert-conflict.org/

I agree: the guy is a moron.

Anyone who doesn't realize that people have been playing as "terrorists" on CounterStrike - for years - has been living in a cave.

I also laugh at the idea that this is a "recruiting tool' - as if terrorist wanna-bes are having LAN-parties to learn tactics...

Can anyone help me out. I'm interested but don't understand. Who has created this video and why? Is it to make a political point. Why does the writer think it's on a militiant website if it comes from Battlefield website. Isn't it possible that it is fundamentalist that have created it?

It seems someone was listening to the facts about the case. The video's creator has been contacted by ABC and CNBC news. Here is his post from the Planetbattlefield.com forums.

"Edited by SonicJihad on May 11 2006 1:34AM

In Reply To #233
I'm still alive and kickin'fellaz...Again I want to thank evreyone 4 their support...

I have been quit bussy in the meanwhile...I have a tv interview 4 ABC and CNBC news coming up...I'll post the links when they up...

I have had a interview with GamePolitics.com and this sunday you can join me in a radio interview at dcextended.com (sunday 1600 western europe time)...

so keep up the support guys!!!!

PS...that Photoshop pics idea was a great suggestion...lets make a Photoshop contest about this subject....Make what ya feel like, but be ware ...we're being watched!
Peace out....I'll post the interviews as soon as they hit the streetz...

Ooh yeah Why the HELL didnt they make a STICKY of this topic? It's the biggest BF news ever..."

Here is a link to the Gamepolitics.com interview.

http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/285129.html#cutid1

Still no update or retraction from Reuters.

It seems that Reuters was reporting on congressional hearings on the matter. Here is a link to the transcrips of that hearing and more information on the story.

http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000555.shtml

http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000556.shtml

I wonder if the Congress would be upset if they knew they where given false information? No wonder the US has a problem gathering intelligence. They allow so called "experts" to manipulate them.

I don't know who, but someone should get fired.

Thank you for posting this Julie. I'm not a gamer but I do recognize the importance of misleading Congress.

They seriously need to employ me to stand in Congress and yell at stupid people, I would pay them 10 dollars an hour.

Nice thread.