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I knew Riad Hamad alSoloh as a tireless advocate of the Palestinian cause. He was a Lebanese who founded the Palestinian Children's Welfare.

When you sat with Riad you realized he was a simple man yet an intense man. He was Christ on a mission to save the children of Palestine from hunger and homelessness.

I remember him stepping up in an event in Austin to defend Arab nationalism when i sprung to do the same.

It was immediate with Riad. It didn't take much time for him to do so. He was really very dynamic and spontaneous. He was a quick trigger that sprung into action when the mention of Palestine was made or the cause of the Arabs was made. I also remember seeing him at the demonstrations to defend his beloved country of Lebanon on Congress street in Austin.

This last week on Wednesday April 16 2008, Riad's bound and gagged body was found in a lake in Austin. The authorities claim it was a suicide.

I suspect this was a murder and I think the Jews did it. From what I have read Riad was being threatened for his work on Palestine.

This could not have been a robbery whoever killed Riad did so and did not try to hide it by leaving his body bound and gagged. I think the Jews wanted to send a message out if so.

If the Jews killed Riad then he gained martyrdom something that would have honored him as i knew him.

And if the Jews did kill Riad then it proves that the USA is their breeding ground and a place they love to thrive and multiply.

Good-bye Riad and may you have gained what you wanted and that is the honor of dying for Palestine. It is the greatest honor and greatest of glory. We shall continue in the work you have done and to march on the path you have chosen.

Riad couldn't go to sleep when he knew a Palestinian child was sleeping hungry that night, or that he was under attack by on-going air-strikes of the enemy. He couldn't live his life and ignore that. If the Jews killed him he gained martyrdom and i know that is something that makes him feel very happy. We wish one day to join him.

To the Jews we say: your oppression is only going to make us stronger and it is us that shall come out victorious.