Many complaints about the show were published in Iraqi newspapers. More than 1,600 people joined a Facebook group called "No to put him in Bucca". As part of a regularly recurring segment on his program Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann named the producers of Put Him in Bucca as the "Worst People in the World" in one day's broadcast. Producer Najim al-Rubai defended the show, saying, "It's all genuine. That's comedy... We want viewers to laugh about al-Qaida."Smoltczyk, Alexander. "Life after the Americans", Der Spiegel, January 7, 2011. By laughing at the tactics of the terrorists, he believes, audiences lessen the visceral impact of those tactics.Rageh, Rawya. "Iraq comedy show under fire" (Video), Al Jazeera, September 10, 2010, 1:32-1:41.
