An independent ad campaign attacking Barack Obama will air in North Carolina.

The 60-second spot, called "Victims," will be aired later this month as part of a plan to raise the Democratic presidential candidate's negatives among Republican voters, Time reports.

It is being spearheded by a group of conservative activists led by Floyd Brown, who created the famous Willie Horton ad that helped derail Michael Dukakis' candidacy.

The ad attempts to tie Obama's record on crime to his handling of terrorism.

A narrator recounts the deaths of three Chicago residents in gang violence in 2001, when Obama was a state legislator.

"That same year, a Chicago state senator named Barack Obama voted against expanding the death penalty for gang-related murders," the narrator says. "So the question is, can a man so weak in the war on gangs be trusted in the war on terror?" 

A second ad focusing on driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will also air in North Carolina.