Major anti-suicide-bombing ad shot in L.A.

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The last time we saw a suicide bomber in a commercial, it was in that controversial viral for the Volkswagen Polo (shown here). But over the weekend, the warehouse district east of downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a busy Baghdad market to shoot a commercial for Iraqi TV aimed at discouraging suicide bombings. “Suddenly, a fireball and a tableau of hysteria and carnage: A stuntman was blown onto the hood of a passing car.

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