Videogames Used to Train Terrorists?

kalpatin writes "Reuters reports that videogames are being used to train terrorists. The title Counter-Strike is apparently being used as a tool to prepare individuals for a mission: blowing up an oil tanker. The ultimate goal is to 'make the strait of Hormuz impassable, the Jomhouri-ye Eslami daily reported. About two-fifths of globally traded oil passes through the channel. The game illustrates a warning by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said in June that oil exports in the Gulf region could be seriously endangered if the United States made a wrong move on Iran.'"

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[gEvil (beta)]

I've heard that America's Army is useful for understanding the American military mindset. Maybe it should be reclassified as a state secret...

Hope so

[Unc-70]

The thought of highly trained terrorists running around shouting 'BOOOOM Headshot' whilst shooting or stabbing randomly at the scenery or team mates, does not fill me with fear.

Re:WTF?

[joe 155]

very true, although I could use something like this to plan a mission I would die immidiately if my gun didn't act exactly like it does in the game, people have better than average AI, I actually die when I get shot once (and a medi-pack couldn't stop the blood and make me ready for action again).
I would also need to be able to find guns lying around...

Other than that it would be exactly like the game and I'd be an ace terrorist.

CounterStrike?

[Xaroth]

And here I thought that CounterStrike would only train terrorists to lay on the ground, half-dead, shouting "OMG WTF AWP CAMPING FAG!1!1!!". Advanced CounterStrike classes involve running around vandalizing walls with pr0n.

Re:Is this just a counterstrike map?

[XxtraLarGe]

Congratulations, you've just been added to the terrorist suspect list ;-)

Re:Hope so

[wired_LAIN]

CIA agent: Sir, the terrorists seem to be using some sort of code...
Terrorist 1: d00d these guys are camping.
Terrorist 2: fuxing n00bs. use noob stick gogo pwn them.
Terrorist 1: OMG lag!!! they r using som hax. cia clan sux i'm out.
Terrorist 2: *shoots terrorist 1*
Terrorist 1: why u TKing??? fag
Terrorist 2: gg no re

In other news

[spinkham]

In a recent report, it was discovered that toilet paper is used by terrorists during training.
Free yourselves from the potential dangers of terrorism by burning all your TP!

Re:CounterStrike?

[Lord Kano]

Advanced CounterStrike classes involve running around vandalizing walls with pr0n.

I used to spray Mr. Goatse with the caption "I fucked you" whenever I'd get a particularly sweet kill.

LK

Re:Guns used to train terrorist too....

[Skevin]

Yes, video games have been used to train terrorists for years. Case in point:

Pacman trains potential terrorists to avoid TSA guards in twisty airports, surviving indefinitely by eating crumbs off the floor if you have to (my first time on O'Hare, it may as well have been a maze).

Frogger teaches potential terrorists to hide amongst crowded streets until they are ready to deliver a lethal payload to a densely populated area.

I won't even get started about Elevator Action.

Time Pilot trains potential terrorists to crash your plane into larger aircraft when they're too drunk to shoot straight.

Terrorists use Tetris to learn to lay down acoutic floor tile over hidden trap doors to hide even more games^W training software from authorities.

Centipede trains terrorists to destroy entire trains, one car at a time. The bombing in Spain was performed by a terrorist who had a console cabinet of Centipede in his garage.

Dig Dug provides a methodic exercise for Terrorists to develop complex subterranean networks by which to pump deadly nerve agents into unsuspecting groups. This video game was implicated in the Sarin gas attack in the Japanese subway several years ago.

There are several other known, but classified, examples perpetrated by the terrorist group Ar'Qaida, who have set up several cells masquerading with fronts such as "Chuck E. Cheese" and "Dave and Buster's". Be alert. Be vigilant. The Computer is not your friend.

US proud to announce another step against terror..

[voice_of_all_reason]

Gentlemen, it's time we declared a war on food.

For far too long, food has been aiding and abeting terrorists all over the world. It makes them stronger and healthier, keeping them in a dangerously potent condition. Studies conducted throughout history show that as stockpiles of food decrease, the morale and will of an enemy grows lower. We cannot afford to lose this vital tool in the war for freedom.

I hereby ask all Americans to voluntarily discard any food they are in possession of before it falls into the hands of the terrorists. Food has betrayed us by helping our enemies, and we can show no quarter. Remember, if it's not with us, it's with the terrorists.

Re:Guns used to train terrorist too....

[roseblood]

You missed the big one.

MS Flight sim to train kamakazie jihadist. We all know how well that worked. "WTF DOOD, THERES NO MOUSE! WHERE IS F6, I NEED THE CHASE PLANE VIEW TO FLY THIS TUB"

Re:It's propaganda, not training

[Mister Whirly]

"The Iranian government in particular wants to distract its population from the failing economy. The radical president of Iran was elected to fix economic woes, but he has been sidetracked by international conflict."

There are some serious spelling errors here. You misspelled "American" as "Iranian" and "the USA" as "Iran".

Re:Not Surprising, and it's already being done

[geminidomino]

What is fearmongering using terrorists for political purposes?

"Republican"