Picture from Al-Baghdadia Web sitePunk’d, Iraqi-Style, At A Checkpoint -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi reality television program broadcast during Ramadan has been planting fake bombs in celebrities’ cars, having an Iraqi army checkpoint find them and terrifying the celebrities into thinking that they are headed for maximum security prison.
The show “Put Him in [Camp] Bucca” has drawn numerous protests but has stayed on air throughout the fasting month, broadcasting its “stings” on well-known Iraqi personalities.
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My Comment: Iraq is clearly starved for some humor if this is what passes for entertainment. Come to think of it, after decades of war, deprivation, occupation, and sectarian violence .... how can anyone look for "entertainment" .... I will be looking for a way out of such a hellhole.
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