p2p news / p2pnet: A Dutch game-based movie is actually a recruitment tool for Muslim militants, believes the Bush administration.

“The 11-minute video shows a man in an Arab headdress carrying an automatic weapon into combat with U.S. invaders, and it was shown to a U.S. Congressional Committee this month as evidence of a militant campaign to recruit Muslim youth on the Internet,” says Reuters.

But, “It was just for fun, nothing political,” Samir, its author, told Reuters. “It has nothing to do with recruiting people or training people.”

The flic is based on “Battlefield 2,” which, “usually shows U.S. troops engaging Chinese or Middle Eastern forces,” says the story.

“Samir borrowed part of the sound track from a satirical movie, ‘Team America: World Police,’ including the words: ‘As quickly as they had come, the infidels were gone. It was on that day I put a jihad (holy war) on them’.”

Also See:
Reuters – Dutch gamer’s clash with U.S. government, May 24, 2006

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