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Hajy's praise of the Iraqi resistance:

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From Basra's greenery in the south to Safawi up north

Our wolfpacks pick the sheep off as they bumble back and forth

From Ninevah to Samawa, and everywhere in between

Prowl packs of deadly cheetahs that will pick gazelles' bones clean

From every corner of the land the Bedouin's great sons

Qahtanis and Adnanis, joining forces, fight as one

Like lions they will gulp you down, delicious barbecues!

Just ask Paul Bremer. He'll tell you if he's been crying in his booze.

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Ghassan Surur Al-Shabaylaat (of the Banu Hasan)On Corruption in Jordan

Hello and welcome one and all!Wait, where'd this blight come from?

New price-hikes took us unawares,As nasty as they come!We are the world's crown jackasses,Content to get the worst,Men letting upstarts lay them lowEven those of noble birth.We do as we are told, and knowwe better not ask why.Money is the master nowFor whom we'll bravely die.We're not the type to open our mouthsOr stand up for men's rights,We beg our rights from errandboys,then cave without a fight.

So long live our Arab leaderswith antennae on their cars,Who ride red limos while they planto snatch more of what's ours.Oh wife who weeps in widow's clothes,Weep on! For we are weak.Weep all the tears of grief you can,and let them soak your cheek.Our valiant men have gone forever.What's to cheer today?They pawned their sabers long ago.Their cavalry rode away.

Now any twofaced empty shirtcan use them as his pawns

Reducing men of noble bloodto tending his fake lawns.He's ready with his orders now,starts blasting left and rightA thunderous barrage of memos allin lethal black and white,Raising the price of kerosene

by two dinars, or four.The people watch their children starveto help his cash-pile soar.He's got his whisky, got our money,feasts on lamb, grows fatWhile the people choke on chaff, and justthank God they still have that.

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