OPEN LETTER TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS AND PEACE ACTIVISTS

OPEN LETTER TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS AND PEACE ACTIVISTS

from Fernando Suarez del Solar

2003-08-20

Today's terrorist attack (AUGUST 19, 2003)is the unfortunate result of the illegal occupation of Iraq by the U.S. military. And unfortunately it is only the beginning of a wave of attacks around the world.

Our young people are exposed to death every day. They are wounded in faraway lands merely for the whims and lies of President Bush.

The death of some twenty civilians and military personnel in this cowardly act is terrible. This is why it is important that British and American soldiers withdraw immediately from Iraq. The United Nations must take control of the situation so that the Iraqi people understand that this is not an occupation or conquest of their nation. The United Nations must undertake a real and humanitarian reconstruction.

According to the religious beliefs of many of the Iraqi people, their land is being trampled. In the beginning, they appreciated their liberation from tyrant Hussein but for them time is eternal and now they see foreign troops trampling their land.

It is time for those troops to come home so that the Iraqi people, with genuine help from the world community through the UN and other peace organizations, can restore their political, social, and economic life without imposed preconditions or interference from any foreign power.

Enough death and destruction!

It is time for the entire world, everyone--Anglos, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians--everyone, to unite and take action. We must not allow the destruction of our youth. We must not lose a generation of young people. Let us act now. Let us demand immediate action from all world governments in order to stop this terror.

In the name of my son Jesus Alberto Suarez del Solar Navarro, in the name of the almost 300 young people who have died, in the name of the mutilated Iraqi children, in the name of all the mothers who weep for the loss of their children, in the name of all the brave soldiers who weep for their absent loved ones, I beg you, I implore you, let us act now!

Fernando Suarez del Solar Escondido, California