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El Paso, TX, United States (AHN) – The latest edition of EA Games’ “Medal of Honor” allows users to be a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan or an Afghan Taliban fighter tasked with killing American and NATO soldiers. This role playing choice has prompted U.S. officials to ban the game’s sale on its military bases.

Billed as the closest thing to actual combat, the highly anticipated video game will not be sold at any of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s 181 locations in the country and abroad, or on its online site.

Interestingly enough, the game was developed with advice from elite American special forces and takes place during Operation Anaconda, part of the Western war in Afghanistan that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gamers are typically given the option of playing the enemy in role playing games and EA Games believes that games are an art form and should not get any more flack than movies or books. In fact a top EA official believes games should be given First Amendment protection.

What has enflamed critics of the game is the fact the hundreds of U.S. soldiers have been wounded or killed at the hands of the Taliban.

Britain’s defense secretary has also asked retailers not to sell the game.

Liam Fox, the British defense secretary, said recently, “It’s hard to believe any citizen of our country would wish to buy such a thoroughly un-British game. I would urge retailers to show their support for our armed forces and ban this tasteless product.”

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