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• Games: Video Games: Computer Platforms: Windows  (99)
• Games: Video Games: Shooter: S: Stone Throwers, The  (2)
• Games: Video Games: Shooter: U: Under Ash  (6)
• Society: History: By Time Period: Twentieth Century: Wars and Conflicts: Arab-Israeli Wars: Lebanon War and Occupation 1982-2000  (4)
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Special Force - - Game placing players in different stages of Hizballah operations against Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. Official site with screenshots, information and demonstration download.

Wikipedia: Special Force - - Short encyclopedia article on the game.

America's Army, Meet Special Force... The Terrorists' Action Game - - "Meet Special Force, a game allegedly produced by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. The game's designers seek to 'correct' the influence of western gaming concepts on the Middle East." [Ars Technica] (September 4, 2003)

News Tribune - - Game overview focusing on the political climate surrounding the game's release. (May 25, 2003)

Video Game Mounts Simulated Attacks Against Israeli Targets - - "The hottest video game for the teenagers of Beirut's southern Shiite neighborhoods is 'Special Force,' a creation of Hezbollah, the strongly anti-Israel militant organization that is on the United States' terror list." [New York Times] [Registration required.] (May 18, 2003)

War Games Becoming All Too Real - - "Each stage of the game was inspired by actual Hezbollah operations. Everything is based on real-life battles that took place before Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000 -- even down to the number of Israeli soldiers that players face." [Sunday Herald] (March 9, 2003)

Trouble in the Holy Land: Hezbollah's New Computer Game - - "The terrorist group Hezbollah, backed by Iran and based in southern Lebanon, has begun marketing a computer game simulating attacks on Israeli soldiers and allowing target practice using Israeli officials such as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon." [WorldNetDaily] (March 3, 2003)