October 11, 2006

JUST SAY, "NO":

Graphic anti-terrorism advert launched in the Middle East (Daily Mail, 11th October 2006)

A shocking television commercial showing bodies exploding during a suicide bombing has been screened across the Middle East in a bid to prevent terrorism.

The £800,000 advert shows people, cars and broken glass flying in slow motion through the air.

Packed with special effects, the graphic commercial uses the time-suspension technique made popular in the Hollywood film Matrix.

The 60-second clip opens with a young boy watching a man walk through a crowded market.

The man stops and exposes yellow explosives strapped to his body.

He detonates the bomb seconds later, sending cars flying and people crashing through the windows of a cafe.

The advert then shows victims weeping amid the fires and wreckage, before ending with the words "Terrorism has no religion" in Arabic.

The identity of the commercial's backers is shrouded in secrecy, prompting speculation that the US Government is attempting to deter potential terrorists away from violence.


Posted by Orrin Judd at October 11, 2006 8:07 AM
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