Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Anti Vice President Hashemi Ad From Iraq

This ad from Iraq uses an image of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi of the Iraqi National Movement (INM) to promote silencers for pistols. It talks about how accurate and efficient they are. Hashemi is currently on trial for allegedly running deaths quads using his bodyguards. As a result he fled to Turkey, and is being tried in absentia. This advertisement was obviously run by an opponent of Hashemi and his list the INM.

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