Student Chants in Mosul



For those interested in crowd behavior, I note from al-Hayat the chants of student protesters in Mosul below. They are really quite ugly, like something out of the Chinese cultural revolution, but what is clear is the nationalistic undertone to the protests. By now Saddam is just a symbol of defiance to occupation. He doesn't deserve to be such a symbol.



Ba`thiyyah, Ba`thiyyah

Wa la naqbal al-`ar



Baathists, Baathists,

and we do not accept humiliation!



Na`m, na`m

li'l-Qa'id Saddam



Yes, yes, to the Leader Saddam!



Ma natanazzal `an ithnayn:

al-`Iraq wa Saddam Husayn



We will not back down from two things:

Iraq and Saddam Hussein!



Bush, Bush, isma` zayn

kullna n'hibb Saddam Husayn



Bush, Bush, listen well:

We all love Saddam Hussein!



Namut, numut

wa yahya al-watan

Fa'l-tasqut Amirika





We'll die, we'll die,

but the Nation will live!

And America will fall!



Majlis al-Hukm, Ya Jaban

Ya `Amil al-Amrikan!



Governing Council, you cowards!

Agents of the Americans!