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The college republicans are calling the arts department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "a terrorist safe haven."

Turns out one of the students, a 41-year old created a "virtual jihadi." 

The origin of this student's work is a video game called "Quest for Saddam."

It's a game, where players target the ex-Iraqi leader.

There is now an Al Qaeda spin-off called "The Night of Bush Capturing."

Bilal hacked into that game and created a work that puts "his own more nuanced spin on this epic conflict," according to the arts department. In Bilal's version, unveiled at RPI Wednesday, the Iraqi-born artist casts himself as a suicide bomber who gets sent on a mission to assassinate President Bush.

Yeah, and the Pentagon is sending millions of dollars to RPI to support research.

The artist is being surveyed by the FBI.

All things considered, I prefer the option of free speech.

However, in a country where people can say anything, some people will say anything.  Some people will even take money from the people they are speaking against.

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