UK: Shop bars twin towers game

Posted by Robert on January 17, 2005 9:59 AM

Who made this game? Why? From [1] The Guardian, with thanks to Twostellas:

A cheap children's game has been withdrawn from sale because it features players pretending to be Osama bin Laden steering a passenger jet into New York's twin towers.

The tasteless £1 liquid crystal game - aimed at children aged five and over - has been removed from the shelves of a discount store in Warrington, Cheshire, after protests from religious leaders. Laden Versus USA also has packaging which features a photograph of the World Trade Centre on fire along with a picture of the al-Qaida leader and a grimacing George Bush.

The game, imported from Asia, had been on sale at a Pound Store in Warrington. But, after protests, the company has agreed to remove it from the shelves. A headline in a local paper asked: "Is this the sickest toy ever?"

[2] Maybe [3] not.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/01/uk-shop-bars-twin-towers-game.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1391955,00.html
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/000252.php
[3] http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/003000.php