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Following are excerpts from a clip that was posted on the Internet on April 14, 2011, showing Syrian security forces beating and arresting demonstrators in Baydha:
Security forces member to detainee: Get up, you son of a bitch. Get up.
Security forces member to fellow member of security forces: Ali, come over for a second. Film me beating them a little.
Ali, member of security forces: Give me the camera, I will film you. Step on him, step on him. These are dogs, these are traitors. Take this, you traitor.
Security forces members: Allah, Syria, Bashar, and that's it.
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