Following are excerpts from an anti-Assad song chanted by Ibrahim Qashoush and posted on the Internet on June 28, 2011. Qashoush's body was found several days later, with his throat cut.
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Leave us alone, take [your brother] Maher and get out! You've lost your legitimacy with us.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Bashar, you lowlife, the blood of the martyrs isn't cheap. Pack your things and get out!
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Bashar, you lowlife, the blood of the martyrs isn't cheap. Pack your things and get out!
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: You're nothing but a thief, along with [Riyadh] Shalish, Maher [Al-Assad], and Rami [Makhlouf]. They stole from my brothers and my uncles.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: You're nothing but a thief, along with Shalish, Maher, and Rami. They stole from my brothers and my uncles.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Bashar, stop moving around. You're a wanted man in Hama.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Bashar, stop moving around. You're a wanted man in Hama. Your sins are not absolved.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Maher, you coward, you are a collaborator with the Americans. The Syrian people will not be humiliated.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Maher, you coward, you are a collaborator with the Americans. The Syrian people will not be humiliated.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: To hell with you, Bashar – you and your supporters. We can't stand the sight of you.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: To hell with you, Bashar – you and your supporters. We can't stand the sight of you.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Damn you, Bashar, we won't take orders from you. We won't forsake the blood of the martyrs.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Damn you, Bashar, we won't take orders from you. We won't forsake the blood of the martyrs.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
[…]
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Bashar, you infiltrator, go to hell, along with your Ba'th Party. Get rid of your lisp.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Bashar, you infiltrator, go to hell, along with your Ba'th Party. Get rid of your lisp.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Bashar, you liar, to hell with you and your speech. Freedom is knocking on the door.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Oh Bashar, you liar, to hell with you and your speech. Freedom is knocking on the door.
Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
Ibrahim Qashoush: Get out, Bashar!
Crowd: Get out, Bashar!
[…]
Ibrahim Qashoush: Our flag bears the words: "Bashar is the traitor of our homeland."
Crowd: Our flag bears the words: "Bashar is the traitor of our homeland."
Ibrahim Qashoush: Our flag bears the words: "Bashar is the traitor of our homeland."
Crowd: Our flag bears the words: "Bashar is the traitor of our homeland."
Ibrahim Qashoush: We prefer death to humiliation.
Crowd: We prefer death to humiliation.
Ibrahim Qashoush: We prefer death to humiliation.
Crowd: We prefer death to humiliation.
Ibrahim Qashoush: We prefer death to humiliation.
Crowd: We prefer death to humiliation.
Ibrahim Qashoush and crowd: The people want to topple the regime!
The people want to topple the regime!