The rebels have just attacked Freeport and it is horrifying! They are KILLING ANYONE with NO remorse. If they knew i was writing this I would surely be killed. The amount of blood and death I have seen is more than anyone should have to see. Maybe Haji was being completely honest after all. My mind has completely change, and I just hope to get my true thoughts out and say something needs to be done. I will update you further as long as I am alive to
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I will be leaving soon. I can not wait to get back to the United States. This journey has been not so great and all I hope is that for doing this I can get a raise at the least. I have been writing my paper for this. Justin seems way too interested in this.
It is getting boring here. The stories I hear from the former soldiers all feel too violent and unreal. I just can not see all of the horrors they are talking about being real. I really just want to leave, but I have to stay here for a while longer. I don't think I will post on this blog much more.
It is the next day after I wrote the article about the boy soldier Haji, and two days since the interview. Haji's story seemed particularly graphic and scary, but was he exaggerating. He was just a boy after all, could his mind of played tricks on him, did he make up parts to make it seems worse to gain attention. Like I said in my previous post I have not heard anything about it here in Freeport so until I see it or hear it from more people I do not know if I can believe him fully I have been in Freetown, Sierra Leone for a few a little bit and have not heard of anyone in the city speaking about the war. I do not think it's as big of a deal as it was made out to be. The so called RUF I was told about is nowhere to be seen, and i have not so much as heard a gunshot or explosion in the distance. So far the war seems to be blown out of proportion. In a few days time i will be interviewing a former child soldier who had to run from his home to see how bad it really is. Updates to this post will follow the interview and any other major events.
I am going to Sierra Leone for some trip for awareness of human rights or something. I am just hoping for a promotion after all this
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