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Stop the Fake Child Soldier!!!!

Stop the Fake Child Soldier!!!!

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50 Supporters

Anthony D.
started this petition to
Europe, UNICEF, UNHCR, USA and others Stop the Fake Child Soldier!
The book, “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah is a Hoax! What really is Ishmael telling our youths and those who need inspiration when in reality he is not what he said he is?
It’s time for us to correct one of the greatest hoaxes the world has ever seen. If we fail to act now, this lies will continue to blind us all to the truth, especially those young children who are been encourage to end their child soldier lives!
Ishmael Beah, the writer of the book, "A Long Way Gone" said he was a Child Soldier with the Sierra Leonean Army. He lied to us! He deceived the world with his lies! Because of such lies, he became a UNICEF ambassador and travelling the world to educate people about his fake experience which he said he had during the Sierra Leonean civil war. He was trained by the staffs of Children Affected by War in Sierra Leone (CAR) to lied that he is a child soldier in order for the organisation to get fun from Western donors.

I can assure you that Ishmael is a liar, and I have all evidence to prove that he is deceiving the world. He is being crown with a glory that belongs to someone else. He lied about the event of his war in southern Sierra Leone. His accounts are false. I came from the same region myself.
There was no war in the region as he wrote at that time. All the events he wrote about in his memoir which he called "The True Story of a Child Soldier" are Fake!

For so many years after the publication of the book in 2007, Ishmael has been stealing from the world through the sale of his fake story and endorsements from world leader at the expense of the true sufferers of the Sierra Leonean conflict. The real story about the war and the life of the Child Soldiers which his story had blocked are yet to be told.

Some of those who detected that his story is fake and tried to challenge him ended failing because they weren't able to provide enough evidence to support their claims. I can pave the way for us to bring this man to justice. We need to STOP him from spreading his lies and start looking into the right direction for the truth if we really want to know what a Real Child Soldier from Sierra Leone has to say.
If there is anybody or journalist out there that want to know the truth which will bring Ishmael Beah to justice, this is the time. Real journalism should be for the good of the public. A historical fact of such as the Sierra Leonean civil conflict which serves as a lesson for our future generation should be accurate.

Ishmael Beah wasn’t a Child Soldier, he never witnesses the Sierra Leonean war. His writing is based on guessing and rumour he hears from people. The events he put together; like the attack on the mining site and the cutting of limbs happen at different places at a different time during the war.
The actual attack on the Sierra Rutile Mining Company where the story occurred happen in 1995 January and not 1993 which he wrote in his book. I saw the last batch of the Sierra Leonean military that ran for their lives from that region when the RUF overpowered them.
There was no rebel activity in that region in 1993, we were in school and that region was far from the ongoing war in the east of the country.

The cutting of civilian hands wasn’t known until 1996 when the RUF demanded “ peace before elections” while the government was pursuing “ election before peace ”.

To stop people from voting, the rebels started cutting hands in order to discourage the election from happening. Ishmael Beah knew nothing of this. He is a corrupt individual that need to be brought to justice for deceiving the Sierra Leonean struggle and deceiving the world and preventing the truth from being told.

I came from the same region as Ishmael Beah, and I have proof to show that all the events described in his best‐selling book are FAKE! He is 100% FAKE! The Book is a Best Selling Fake!

Join this fight for the truth once and for all and force him to answer for his lies. Nothing like what he wrote about in his book happen in that part of the country at that time.
Let us sign this petition to encourage people with the power to bring Ishmael Beah, the Fake Child Soldier to Justice. He is not a Child Soldier, he knows nothing about the Sierra Leonean war. He stole the story. He only lied about the war to make money. He needs to be brought to justice!

People claiming to be who they are not is common in Sierra Leone. During the Disarmament and Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) process, many of those who called themselves ex‐fighters that went and disarmed by the United Nation weren't fighters. They were buying guns from the same UN worker to be disarmed as fighters.

I was invited to buy guns as well by some of my friends. They called themselves rebels in order to get the money. Ishmael Beah is one of such people.
Please! If you stand for the truth and believe that Ishmael Beah should answer for his lies and be STOP from deceiving the world, sign this petition and help this cause.

We have to confront him through public support. We need to gather documentaries from people who came from the same region where Ishmael said his fighting with the Sierra Leonean Army took place, but to achieve this, we need all your support.
If there is any journalist or news organisation out there that want to work with us, we will guide you until you get all the information which other journalists who detected his lies from the early days couldn't have. Let us strive for the truth and fight for justice!

Let us help the dead souls who Ishmael Beah have lied about to enrich have their rest. Let us work together and open the eyes of the world which Ishmael Beah had blind with his lies.
Let us uncover what Ishmael is hiding. Let us STOP this man from lying to our young generations in their schools. Thank you so much for your support. Let us spread the word that Ishmael Beah, the author of "A Long Way Gone" is a Fake Child Soldier!


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