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Shiite Iraqi poets, speaking at a religious gathering in Karbala in celebration of the birthday of the Mahdi, roused the crowds in anti-ISIS rhetoric. "You want to march on Baghdad?! Bring it on as soon as possible. By Allah, we have already dug your graves," poet Hussein Al-Karbalai cried, to the cheers of the crowds.
Following are excerpts from the recitations, which were posted on the Internet on June 13, 2014.
Poet Hussein Al-Karbalai, a.k.a. Abu Iraq: A spokesman for ISIS says: "We will march on Baghdad."
You want to march on Baghdad?! Bring it on as soon as possible.
You want to march on Baghdad?! Bring it on as soon as possible.
We are not frightened by half-men.
We, the brave men, have tasted battle.
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You want to march on Baghdad?! Bring it on as soon as possible.
By Allah, we have already dug your graves.
Ask your predecessor – the dogs have eaten him.
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ISIS people, Jerusalem is in the hands of the Jews.
Only a few kilometers separate you from Palestine.
If you throw the agal of your keffiyah, it will land in Tel Aviv.
Your prostitution matches that of the prostitute Israel.
Or is it forbidden?! Fighting Israel is haraam?!
They are your brothers. You were breastfed on apostasy together.
The grave we have prepared for you in Tuwarij awaits you,
So that it will be all the easier to kill you, old man [Saudi King Abdullah].
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Poet Hassan Al-Jabouri: Give me an "ahhhh"!
Crowds: Ahhhh.
Hassan Al-Jabouri: ISIS does not want to wipe out the shame.
You can ask anyone about us, oh scion of shame.
When the day of battle arrives, it will be a day of vengeance.
We shall crush ISIS on the day of battle.
Crowds: We shall crush ISIS on the day of battle.
Hassan Al-Jabouri: We shall crush ISIS on the day of battle.
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On the day of battle, we shall step on your necks with our boots.
The zeal of Al-Abbas pounds within our hearts.
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Poet Zayd Al-Salami: Give me an "ahhhh"!
Crowds: Ahhhh.
Zayd Al-Salami: Give me an "ahhhh"!
Crowds: Ahhhh.
Zayd Al-Salami: Oh ISIS, your ignominy has brought you over here.
Oh ISIS, your ignominy has brought you over here.
As soon as the pilgrimage of the birthday of the Mahdi is over,
The smallest child among us will turn into a soldier.
Beware, I bring you tidings of blood.
Beware, I bring you tidings of blood.
Beware, I bring you tidings of blood.
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The Arabs who are addicted to the love of Tel Aviv
give away their oil.
Qatar is half a jackal that eats the lion's share.
[Former Emir] Hamad is a little kitten, who growls like a tiger.
Oh husband of Moza... [moza = banana]
The Arabs who are addicted to the love of Tel Aviv
give away their oil.
Qatar is half a jackal that eats the lion's share.
Hamad is a little kitten, who growls like a tiger.
Oh husband of Moza, Hamad, since you are a proud man –
Know that your banana of a wife is at a dance club with her peel off...
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