Daily Mail cites video game as proof of terrorist doomsday plot


	Daily Mail cites video game as proof of terrorist doomsday plot

rustajb

5-31-2008 6:41 PM

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fallout 3, doomsday, washington, daily mail, fraud, yellow journalism

rustajb says:

Mongering at it's finest.

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