Quote from BBC news:
An American teenager is on his way back to Florida after secretly travelling to Iraq to research a journalism project. Farris Hassan, 16, did not tell his parents - who are both Iraqi - anything about his trip before leaving. ...
"I know I can't do much. I know I can't stop all the carnage and save the innocent. But I also know I can't just sit here," he wrote.
"Going to Iraq will broaden my mind. We kids at Pine Crest live such sheltered lives. I want to experience during my Christmas the same hardships ordinary Iraqis experience everyday, so that I may better empathize with their distress."
"If I know what is needed and what is right, but do not act on my moral conscience, I would be a hypocrite. I must do what I say decent individuals should do. I want to live my days so that my nights are not full of regrets. Therefore, I must go," he concluded.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4569712.stm
Published: 2005/12/30 16:08:49 GMT
Quote from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005:
"There is a struggle in Iraq between good and evil, between those striving for freedom and liberty and those striving for death and destruction," [Farris Hassan] wrote.
"Those terrorists are not human but pure evil. For their goals to be thwarted, decent individuals must answer justice's call for help. Unfortunately altruism is always in short supply. Not enough are willing to set aside the material ambitions of this transient world, put morality first, and risk their lives for the cause of humanity. So I will."
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/13511872.htm
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