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My Friends, in this page you’ll see, what it’s mean to be a truth warrior and how much it costs. My Story as an asylum seeker is 6 years: From 13/6/96 - 26/4/2002. Here in my web site I'll tell you as a refugee my story, which I started 2 weeks ago from 26/4/02 - 10/5/02. On April 26 2002 I had an appointment at the UNHCR Beirut office to see the result of the application for the refugee status that I submitted 6 years ago. And since I was so sure that the result would be recognized, so I prepared a written message. You can see the copy of the message here:

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Dear staff of the UNHCR (Beirut Office), since the result of my application is recognized and you informed me two weeks ago to bring photos. I wonder for what these photos. If it's for refugee card, I'm sorry to inform you that it's out of my interest since that according to my experience as asylum seeker in Lebanon for 6 years, the Lebanese government will not approve this card and it's for nothing outside the office of UNHCR. So for all of this, I want to skip this stage and I am looking to know what's after since there is nothing on the announcement board or on your internet web page or by any means of media or publicity that indicates for the community of the refugees/asylum seekers what the procedures or the help that you offer according to (51 UN convention). I ask this to arrange myself I am sorry to use this way (message) to contact you because there's no another way (I tried by e-mail with no response of you) and I do not understand this. Could you please answer me with a written document? Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

The Truth Warrior

Osam Altaee

My E-mail

Osre5@hotmail.com

Ossam33@hotmail.com

osre6@hotmail.com

osre7@hotmail.com

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Like you can see I was asking for some information about the kind of help they give for the refugees. So I went to the office of UNHCR and I met the reception officer (I think they call her like this). And she told me the result is recognized and she said this "you need to come in two weeks with 4 photos for the refugee card." I answered, "thanks, and I wanted the answer for this message." I gave her the message, she answered, "sorry I can't answer," but I insisted to have the answer and I told her "I'll do nothing unless I know for what I could do." So she said this, "I'll give your message to my supervisor, and you'll have the answer in 2 weeks." so it's OK for me.

I left the office. Since I know them well, I'm sure they will not answer my question(s). I sent my message (can they put me in freezer) to all of my friends on the net. After two weeks, in 10/5 again I went to the office of UNHCR to see if they’ll answer my question. I did the procedures, so again I met the receptor, this time she led me to one office, there I found a woman that looked like a foreigner (not Arabic) and directly this woman spoke this "What is about all these messages" I answered "Please, introduce yourself, so I know with whom I am speaking" her answer was "I am Layla the protection officer." My answer was "Ha, you're Layla, I mentioned your name in my web site." And she asked me this "please don't mention my name in your web site." I told her "I mentioned your name because you are an employee in this office, and because another employee mentioned your name to me." Again she asked me to delete her name. I told her "You don't have the right to ask me this, and please I want the answer for this message. She answered, "I will not answer your message."

At this moment I understood that everything had finished. So I left the office. Let me to explain what this means: First for nearly 9 years in Iraq, I've been a fugitive, after for 6 years I've been an asylum-seeker in Lebanon. I can't explain my suffering in all of these years.

And for the moment I don't have work or security or even a legal place for sleep (I don't have my own house) I speak this just to show you what it means for me to be a truth warrior and to refuse the help of UNHCR, because I refused to delete one word off my web site.

Before years I read in a book this sentence (The Human is one word) Now I know what that means. Second: This woman (Layla) is a Canadian, so it's not normal she would do something like this, if she is an Arabic I can understand, "But A Canadian??", it's strange! Do you know what could be the secret for her behavior? It's the place where she lives now (Lebanon) one country of the Arabic world, where there is no Justice and no Democracy. People there have no sense of Justice.

This is one proof to what I speak about in my messages. The point is: The behavior of Human Beings depends on the circumstances he faced in his life, and where he/she is lives. And notice that she didn't care about the refugees, or the Organization, or at least about her colleagues (whom I mentioned their names in my web site) but she only cared about her name, can you see how selfish she is? Or how selfish she has become?

My friends until now, and through 6 years I met 4 of the staff of the UNHCR in Beirut, each one gave me a bad impression about the people of who work there. Do you think it's by chance? No it's not. There is one reason for this behavior; it's absence of the eye of Justice. This is because nobody watches these people, so they can do what they want, and they know that the refugees here in Lebanon are alone and nobody cares about them, and this was one of my reasons to do a web site, and if any one looks again in my pages and how we can help, he will notice the truth that I spoke, and that we need to find one system to control the job and actions of the people of UNHCR and I spoke much on that page, but I am sorry, because I didn't find much understanding.

Any way I did this to help many refugees. And I spoke about this for many months that I don't have any hope with the people of UNHCR, so do you understand how much I'm Knowledge I gained about the UNHCR? Now I declare, I refuse to be a refugee with the people of UNHCR in Beirut (I've been a refugee for 2 weeks only). I am not for sale. I have my plan to go to Europe; maybe I'll find Justice there. Its just hope.

So my friends remember, just remember: The man, who stands alone, with the suppression.

The truth warrior

Osam Altaee