Rapping the revolution: Syrian sets war to music If his words were bullets, Ahmad El-Khalaf, would have already brought down President Bashar al-Assad to end the bloodshed tearing apart his family's homeland of Syria. But for now, this 23-year-old has to make do with setting the revolution to his own rap music, putting his indignation into stanzas slamming international inaction and calling for Assad's ouster -- his message to the world. Images and soundbites