I am
Dr. Muhammad. With an invitation from a Japanese NGO (Save Iraq
Children, Nagoya), I came from Iraq to Japan with a child suffering
cancer and had been hospitalized in Basra, Iraq. The organization is not
related to the Japanese Government and is looking for evidences of
Depleted Uranium which contaminated the land of Iraq and affecting many
Iraqi people and solders, as well as the return of Japanese soldiers to
their country.
It has
a peaceful meaning that there are Japanese who went to Iraq to help
improving the health conditions of people in my country. In addition,
those people’s activities support other Japanese who want to do the
same to us. The kidnapped three Japanese were a part of those people.
They went across my country border in order to show their meaning of
peace apart from the decision of their government. However, now they are
paying for what their government did.
I am
all the same that I am facing the reality of occupation, even with
determination, but not in the same way as you are. What you are doing
right now is not the Islamic way to say “No” to occupation. We have
to differentiate between the peaceful people and war minded people, then
not to use this kind of aggressive illegal methods. The action you are
taking will make many Western and Eastern people believe that Islamic
people are war minded. So, all we have to do is to express what Iraqi,
Arab, Muslim really want in order to ensure the peace while pursuing our
freedom.
Muhammad
April
10, 2004
http://www.iraq-c.gr.jp