The Falmouth soldier serving in Basra (Letters Packet, January 10) cannot fail to know that there was much dissent across the entire world about the rights and wrongs of attacking a country without provocation and without UN sanctions.

Millions of people of all ages, professions and religious persuasions demonstrated in London, France, Italy, Australia, and even America - they were certainly not an ineffectual minority.

Modern warfare invariably involves huge numbers of civilian deaths and wholesale destruction of civilised life, water, food and power. The war is now over, but still there are enormous problems in Iraq and no doubt the coalition forces are doing the best they can. We hear a great deal about the deaths of soldiers, but rarely about the continued suffering of the ordinary people of Iraq.

The Falmouth demonstrators that the soldier complains about are now trying to address this by organising an exhibition "Voicing Dissent" to be seen at Falmouth Arts Centre from February 13-21. The exhibits are freely donated and all money from sales will be sent to "Child Victims of War" a charity working with the effects of depleted uranium contamination in Iraq.

From Francis Hewlett, joint organiser, "Voicing Dissent", Penwerris Terrace, Falmouth.