Ibrahim, 29, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2010 for attempted murder after he and two other men robbed a currency exchange and shot at the police.
It is the latest shot in the "currency wars", in which some emerging economies are using a variety of measures to stop their currencies appreciating.
A politically correct monk (Henry Stram) argues that the resurrected Jesus (Andy Taylor) should be murdered because his absolute moral standard is too elitist: only by letting "all standards float, like currency" does everyone get a shot at being virtuous.
Pivoting off reports that the business lobby has used foreign donations for its campaign activities, the spot ends with fairly conspicuous if not ominous shot of Chinese currency being stacked up -- ostensibly for use against Democratic candidates.
China's move to devalue its currency could be the first shot across the bow towards a wider currency war (which some would argue was already underway in the form of monetary easing) across the world, and especially in the emerging markets.
But in the end, the United States, as the only major power not devastated by war and with its currency now globally dominant, called the shots.
In fact, a weaker currency was needed to give a vital shot in the arm for UK exporters.
OpenCoin believes that it is facilitating the evolution of Bitcoin, and by creating a multi-currency, security-focused exchange, it can have a better shot at selling the concept of a distributed, global virtual currency to the mainstream.
He told me, "2020 seems doable, and Jackson seems like the low-hanging fruit as Presidents on the currency goes, so I think they probably have a shot".
The Australian dollar received a shot in the arm from policymakers, infusing its currency with more bullish commentary.
