(Telegraph-UK) Toby Harnden - At Champions computer arcade in Beirut's southern suburbs, the urban stronghold of Hizballah, where Hizballah flags hang from the ceiling and there are pictures of Nasrallah and Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, the group's spiritual inspiration, in the entrance, children play a game called "Special Forces," produced by the Hizballah Internet Bureau. Seven-year-old Hassan el Zein takes aim with his pistol and pumps three bullets into the forehead of Ariel Sharon. In the next room he swiftly dispatches Shaul Mofaz, the defense minister of "the Zionist enemy," with a commando knife. Twenty more points. "May Allah's blessings and peace be upon you" flashes across the screen in Arabic and stirring martial music plays as Hassan blows up an Israeli special forces soldier with a hand grenade.
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