Last month, I almost went to Iraq to attend a meeting of the Non-Aligned Students and Youth Organisation (NASYO) but at the last minute I could not go. Today, our friends in Iraq are in war. Whether Saddam is a devil or not, people are dying. Dying of bullets or starvation etc.

As the GYSD activities gear up worldwide, let us remember our friends in Iraq. It does not matter on which side of the war you are on. Just remember that some innocent lives are being lost and we need to remember them