I HAVE DECIDED
DUE TO COMMENTS I FIND UNPROFESSIONAL FROM SENIOR STAFF HERE AT THE
ROYAL COURT OF AFFAIRS TO START A DAILY JOURNAL TO PROTECT MYSELF AND AS
A RECORD OF THE ABUSE I AM RECEIVING FOR BEING EUROPEAN.
17-6-2007 COMMENT BY
SALIM ALMAHROOQY BRITISH AND AMERICANS SHOULD GET OUT OF IRAQ AS WE ARE
STEALING THE OIL AND GIVING FOOD ON TOP AND WEAPONS UNDERNEATH WHATEVER
THAT MEANS.
LATER THE SAME DAY
SALIM AGAIN SAYS WHY ARE THERE 18 CHURCHES IN OMAN NO OMANIES ARE
CHRISTIANS?
I FIND IT VERY STRANGE
HOW THE ABUSE ONLY BEGAN AFTER I SIGNED MY CONTRACT AFTER THE 3 MONTH
PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
18-6-2006 I HAVE AGAIN
TODAY SPOKE TO COL ABDI ABOUT THE STATE OF SOME OF THE HORSES HERE AND
AT SAFANAT I GOT THE SAME BLANK LOOK IF HORSES WERE LIKE THIS AT HOME
THEY WOULD HAVE THE RSPCA THERE AND BE EUTHANIZED. I FIND IT AMAZING
THEY PAY VAST AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR THESE HORSES AND THEN DON’T CARE FOR
THEM PROPERLY.
CONSIDERING THESE ARE
THE SULTANS HORSES AND ARE KEPT AT WHAT COL ABDI DESCRIBES AT HIS 5 STAR
HOTEL FOR HORSES I’M GLAD I’M NOT A PAYING GUEST.
THE REASON WHY THE
HORSES ARE LEFT TO EAT THERE BEDDING AND DIE IS AGAIN A SAD SCENARIO BUT
SADLY TYPICAL OF THIS PLACE WHEN HORSES ARE DEAD THEY CAN THEN BE
REPLACED THIS MEANS A TRIP TO EUROPE OR AS IN A RECENT TRIP TO ARGENTINA
TO BUY POLO PONIES SO THE PERSON WHO’S SECTION IT IS GETS A JOLLY (FREE
TRIP) ALL EXPENSES PAID AND A KICK BACK FROM THE VENDOR A MINIMUM I AM
TOLD OF TEN PERCENT (THE RACEHORSE TRAINER JULIAN SMARTS NICKNAME FOR
COL ABDI IS THE KICK BACK KID) THERE IS ALSO A PART OF THE STABLE WHICH
I SHALL TRY TO TAKE PICTURES OF CALLED THE KILLING FIELDS WHERE HORSES
ARE SENT TO DIE AND GIVEN THE BARE MINIMUM TO LIVE.
IN A RECENT INCIDENT AT
THE STUD IN SALALAH THE PEOPLE THERE WANTED 3 DAYS OFF SO THEY PUT 3
DAYS FEED INTO THE BOXES FOR THE HORSES OF COURSE ANY IDIOT WOULD KNOW A
HORSE IS A GRAZING ANIMAL AND IF FOOD IS THERE IT WILL GRAZE TILL ITS
ALL BEEN EATEN. BESIDES THIS IT CAUSED LOTS OF COLIC’S THIS IS TYPICAL
OF THE MISMANAGEMENT WE EUROPEANS ARE SENT TO SORT OUT HOWEVER THIS IS
NOT THE CASE THE EUROPEAN IS USED AS A SCAPEGOAT TO DIWAN (ROYAL COURT
OF AFFAIRS) AS WE ARE EXPENDABLE THEY CAN HARDLY GET RID OF THE LOCAL
BOYS THEY CAN’T EVEN SACK THEM FOR MISCONDUCT OR LAZINESS THAT’S WHY THE
HORSES ARE IN SUCH A POOR STATE AS WELL AS THE REASONS I MENTIONED
EARLIER SO THERE IS NO INCENTIVE TO LEARN OR WORK HARD AS THEY ARE NOT
REWARDED FOR THIS ITS WHO YOU ARE A RELATIVE TO AS TO ANY PROMOTION OR
PAY RISES NOT THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK THAT COUNTS.
THE ONLY THING I HAVE
FOUND SO FAR OMANIES DO WELL IS DRINK COFFEE, TEA AND READ THE NEWS
PAPER ALL OF WHICH THEY DON’T PAY FOR IN OUR SMALL OFFICE WE HAVE 4 TEA
BOYS.
18-6-2007 THE VEHICLE I
WAS GIVEN A TOYOTA AVALON WHICH I USED TO RESCUE 3 OMANI WOMAN AND A
BABY IN THE RECENT STORM GONU AND WAS HIT BY A TREE IN THE STORM
SCRATCHING IT AND PUTTING A SMALL DINT IN IT AND BENDING THE ARIAL
BESIDES REEKING INSIDE FROM THE WATER AND THE ENGINE NOT WORKING TO WELL
(WHICH IN THE END I TOOK TO TOYOTA AND PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE
FIXED AS IT’S THE ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORT I HAVE) EITHER FROM THE WATER
I FIND MYSELF BEING RIDICULED WHEN I ASKED TO HAVE IT SORTED OUT AND
FIXED AND BEING TREATED LIKE SOME SORT OF VANDAL THE REASON FOR THIS OF
COURSE IT MEANS SOMEBODY HAS TO DO SOME WORK GOD FORBID.
I CERTAINLY FEEL A
HOSTILITY TOWARDS ME I’D LIKE TO THINK ITS ME BEING PARANOID BUT HOWEVER
WHEN IN THE COMPANY OF COL ABDI AND SALIM M (WHO BOTH SPEAK PERFECT
ENGLISH) THEY NOW TALK IN ARABIC WHICH IS STRANGE (AS THEY NEVER USE TO
IN MY PRESENCE BEFORE) I CAN STILL MAKE OUT MY NAME IN THE CONVERSATION
WHICH IS ALSO VERY VERY ANNOYING AND UPSETTING AS THERE IS NO NEED FOR
IT UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON AS I AM NOT A PARANOID TYPE OF
PERSON. I AM NOT LIKE FRENCH FRANK (WHO HAS JUST LEFT AFTER HIS 6 MONTHS
CONTRACT AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A NEW CONTRACT TO RETURN IN NOVEMBER) HE HAD
A 3 PAGE LETTER OF COMPLAINT FOLLOW HIM BACK FROM SALALAH (THE ROYAL
STUD) AND HE WAS ONLY THERE A DAY (AS I BELIEVE HE LAID INTO THEM OVER
THE DISGUSTING CONDITION THE HORSES WERE IN) AFTER THE SEVERAL VERBAL
WARNINGS HE HAD HE GOT FOR DOING THE SAME HERE AT THE ROYAL STABLES. SO
HE RECEIVED A WRITTEN ONE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FAISAL I
HAVEN’T HAD A WRITTEN OR VERBAL WARNING SO I CAN’T SEEM TO HAVE DONE
ANYTHING WRONG TO BE TREATED IN THIS MANNER.
20/6/2007 THANK GOD
THIS WEEK IS OVER. I ASKED SALIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE ROYAL
FLIGHT CLUB FOR THE WEDNESDAY EVENING BARBECUE AS MY GUEST SO I COULD
CLEAR THE AIR AND MAKE FOR A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT HE REFUSED NOT
EVEN GIVING AN EXCUSE.
23/6/2007 MY TRIP TO
RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA WITH LT COL RAMZI AS MY TRAVELLING COMPANION ( A
WELL KNOWN ALCOHOLIC AND WELL KNOWN FOR BEING RATHER ABUSIVE WHEN
DRUNK BUT GETS AWAY WITH IT AS HIS FATHER WAS KILLED WHEN THE SULTAN
TOOK OVER IN THE UPRISING AGAINST HIS FATHER) WELL THE TICKETS ARE NOT
AS MY CONTRACT CLEARLY STATES THEY ARE BUSINESS CLASS AND NOT 1 ST CLASS
AS MY CONTRACT STATES ANOTHER DELIBERATE BREACH OF MY CONTRACT
ALSO THERE IS NO MONEY TO TRAVEL WITH SO I WILL BE USING
MINE.
ARRIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA
AFTER LONG TIRING TRIP LT COL RAMZI THE WORSE FOR WARE AND NO ONE TO
PICK UP AS SALIM ARRANGED AND THE MOBILE PHONE NUMBER HE GAVE US FOR THE
CONTACT IS NOT WORKING SO I PAY THE 65 SAUDI RIAL TO GET US TO THE
HOTEL.
HARD TO DESCRIBE THIS
PLACE EXCEPT ITS VERY DANGEROUS FOR EUROPEANS IT CAN’T BE TO GOOD FOR
THE LOCALS EITHER.
25/6/2007 RETURN TO
MUSCAT NO ONE THERE TO MEET US AT THE AIRPORT RAMZI AGAIN DRUNK (NOT A
NICE DRUNK EITHER ABUSIVE) I AGAIN PAY THE TAXI TO THE ROYAL CAVALRY
GLAD THAT’S OVER.
26/6/2007 TRY TO TALK
TO COL ABDI BUT HE IS TO BUSY GETTING READY FOR HIS JOLLY (TRIP TO
EUROPE) TO EUROPE.
AGAIN I TRY TO FIND OUT
WHERE THE 1ST CLASS TICKETS FOR MY FAMILY ARE BUT I’M GREETED
WITH THE SAME SILLY SMILE AND ANSWER OF LATER LATER THE TICKETS ARE A
MONTH PLUS OVER DUE AND ANOTHER BREACH OF MY CONTRACT THINGS ARE NOT
GETTING ANY BETTER.
27TH
WELL ANOTHER WEEK OVER AND THINGS ARE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER I HAVE NOT
HAD MY 300 RIAL TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE OR MY EXPENSES FOR THE TAXIES I
PAID FOR.
1/7/2007
I WAS CALLED TO
DIRECTOR GENERAL FAISALS OFFICE AND SURPRISE SURPRISE I WAS TOLD MY
CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED FOR BRINGING INTO THE COUNTRY WHAT CAN BE
DESCRIBED AS A FEMALE MASSAGERS (VIBRATORS) WHICH I BROUGHT INTO THE
COUNTRY IN APRIL 2007 AND PAID I BROUGHT THIS LOT (THE SECOND LOT I
BROUGHT IN) AS GIFTS FOR SEVERAL OF THE SENIOR OFFICERS WHO ASKED THEM
TO GET THEM FOR THEM ITS STRANGE DON’T YOU THINK THAT THEY CAN TERMINATE
MY CONTRACT FOR THIS. BEFORE BRINGING THE VIBRATORS INTO THE
COUNTRY I CHECKED THE ROYAL OMANI POLICE WEBSITE AND THE CUSTOMS WEBSITE
AS I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT BREACHING ANY OF THE BACKWARD LAWS
EITHER ISLAMIC OR OTHERWISE OF THIS COUNTRY AS THE BOOK WE ARE GIVEN BY
CHARLES KENDAL STATES QUITE CLEARLY ANY PORNOGRAPHIC DVD’S OR MAGAZINES
( AND I HAD ALREADY GIVEN 6 TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE SO IF THEY
WERE ILLEGAL WHY DIDN’T THEY TELL ME AS THEY WERE SENIOR OFFICERS 2 OF
WHICH WERE FULL CAPTAINS ?) WILL BE CONFISCATED (NOTHING ABOUT
TERMINATION OF CONTRACT) THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT THE TERMINATION OF
MY CONTRACT IS THAT SINCE THIS INCIDENT (BRINGING IN THE VIBRATORS) WAS
UNDER THE 3 MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD THEY COULD HAVE QUITE EASILY SAID
TO ME AT THE TIME WE ARE TERMINATING YOUR CONTRACT THIS THEREFORE IT
GOES TO SHOW THAT I WAS NOT PARANOID IN THE WAY I WAS BEING TREATED AS
MY CONTRACT HAD BEEN SIGNED BY THE SAME MINISTER. THE TERMINATION OF 15
DAYS AGAIN BREACHES MY CONTRACT AND AS I HAVE SERVED 5 MONTHS I
WILL LOSE MY ENTITLEMENT TO MY HOLIDAY MONEY AND FLIGHTS (WHICH I HAD
ALREADY BOOKED AND ARE NONE REFUNDABLE FOR MY HOLIDAY IN SEPTEMBER) I
NOW HAVE TO SUFFER 15 DAYS OF BEING TREATED IN A WHAT CAN ONLY BE
DESCRIBED AS LIKE BEING SOME ONE WITH A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE AS IT WON’T
BE GOOD FOR ANYONE TO BE SEEN WITH ME OR BE AMICABLE TO ME. AS WELL AS
BEING IGNORED I HAD ONLY JUST REPLACED ALL THE ARTICLES IN THE HOUSE
FROM THE CYCLONE GONU AND HAVE NO CHANCE OF SHIPPING THIS FURNITURE OR
ITEMS HOME DUE TO THE COST AND TIME I HAVE LEFT AS THEY TAKE FOREVER TO
DO A SIMPLE TASK AND I DOUBT VERY MUCH I WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY I
WAS PROMISED FOR REPLACING THE ITEMS ALL THE RECEIPTS WERE GIVEN TO THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
HOWEVER THE WAY MY
CONTRACT HAS BEEN TERMINATED IS CLEARLY IN BREACH AS THE CONSTRUCTIVE
METHOD THEY TRIED DID NOT WORK SO THEY RESORTED TO THIS AS THERE WAS NO
FAILINGS IN MY WORK WHAT SO EVER AS MY WORK WAS EXEMPLARY ESPECIALLY
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES I HAVE HAD TO ENDURE CHARLES KENDAL WERE AT NO
TIME HELPFUL TO ME AT ANYTIME WHEN I ASKED THEM FOR ASSISTANCE VIA
EMAIL.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE
HAS COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND I SHALL HAVE TO TRY AND GET IT BACK SOME
HOW THROUGH THE COURTS ON MY RETURN HOME I AM HAVING TO LEAVE BEHIND A
HOUSE FULL OF NEW ELECTRICAL GOODS AND FURNITURE AS I DON’T HAVE
ANYWHERE TO SELL IT NOR TIME TO AND THE COST OF SHIPPING IS OUT OF THE
QUESTION AS WHAT WOULD I DO WITH IT IN THE UK.
THE FINAL INDIGNITY
TODAY WAS I TRIED TO PUT PETROL IN THE CAR AND IT WAS REFUSED EVEN
THOUGH MY CONTRACT STILL HAS 2 WEEKS TO RUN.
I HOPE TO GOD I
GET OUT OF HERE IN ONE PIECE AND BACK TO MY FAMILY AGAIN I ASKED IF I
COULD GO RIGHT NOW AND PAY FOR MY OWN TICKET BUT WAS REFUSED I AM
BASICALLY A PRISONER AS I CANNOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITHOUT MY PASSPORT
AND A LETTER FROM THEM IT IS TO SAY THE LEAST VERY STRESSFUL AND MY
FAMILY ARE VERY VERY WORRIED WHEN WILL THIS NIGHTMARE BE OVER I HAVEN’T
SEEN MY CHILDREN IN NEARLY 5 MONTHS EVEN PRISONERS GET
VISITS.
2/7/2007 SALIM TODAY
SAID THAT THE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN IRAQ ARE THERE ONLY TO KILL CHILDREN
HE SAID THIS IN FRONT OF A PACKED OFFICE IN FRONT OF MARCO THE FRENCH
FARRIER. WHAT CHANCE DID I HAVE AS AN EMPLOYEE WHEN THE 2ND
MAN IN CHARGE HAS THIS ATTITUDE ? I ASKED HIM IF HE REALLY
BELIEVED THAT AND HE DID HE WAS NOT JOKING HE SAID ARE SOLDIERS ARE
FIGHTING AND KILLING CHILDREN.
4/7/2007 ITS 4 AM I
HAVE JUST WOKE IT ALL SEEMS A NIGHTMARE I REACHED ACROSS THE BED HOPING
TO FEEL MY WIFE THERE BUT SADLY THE NIGHTMARE IS A REALITY AND NOT A
NIGHTMARE AND ANOTHER DAY OF HELL AWAITS.
I’VE JUST TURNED THE TV
ON TO BBC WORLD NEWS AND ITS QUITE SURREAL ALTHOUGH MY SITUATION
IS NOT AS BAD AS ALAN JOHNSTON HE HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY
I’M NOT SAYING MY CAPTIVITY IS THE SAME AS HIS BUT I DO HAVE AN APATHY
WITH HIM AS I AM A PRISONER IN ALL BUT NAME AS I CAN’T LEAVE THE COUNTRY
AS THEY WILL NOT GIVE ME THE NO OBJECTION LETTER I CANNOT GET MY HEAD
ROUND THIS WHY DO THEY WANT TO KEEP ME HERE IF THEY DO NOT WANT ME (I
HAVE HEARD OF MANY CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS FOR
EXAMPLE THERE WAS A TRAINER HERE IN THE CAVALRY SEVERAL YEARS AGO CALLED
BUCKLEY WHO WAS REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS) SO WHY AM I BEING KEPT AGAINST
MY WILL THE BRITISH EMBASSY HAVE BEEN THERE NORMAL CIVIL SERVANT SELF
AND DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND SENT ME AN EMAIL WITH A LIST OF
SOLICITORS WHICH HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO POWER AGAINST THE ROYAL COURT OF
AFFAIRS WHO ARE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES AS THEY MAKE THE LAWS UP AS THEY
GO ALONG.
I WON’T GIVE THE
OMANIES THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING ANY WEAKNESS AS THAT IS WHAT THEY
SEEM TO ENJOY LIKE THE HORSES THEY GET A POWER TRIP FROM BREAKING THERE
SPIRIT THEY WON’T BREAK MINE I KNOW THIS NIGHTMARE CANT GO ON FOREVER
AND IF I DON’T SHOW ANY WEAKNESS THEN IT MIGHT COME TO A QUICKER END I
CAN ONLY HOPE MY NIGHTMARE WILL BE OVER SOON.
I HAVE JUST FINISHED
ANOTHER STRESSFUL DAY AND TO TOP IT OFF I HAVE BEEN TOLD MY BOXES WHICH
WERE TO BE RETURNED TO THE UK TODAY HAVE BEEN HELD AND MY AIRLINE TICKET
CANCELLED BUT THAT’S NOT THE BIG KICKER I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO THE
MINISTERS OFFICE AT 8.30 AM ON SATURDAY MORNING THE 7TH
MY TICKET WAS FOR THE 8TH NO ONE WILL TELL ME WHAT THE
HELL IS GOING ON (MORE MIND GAMES) TO SAY THIS IS WORRYING IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT THE BRITISH EMBASSY HAVE BEEN THERE NORMAL JOBS WORTH’S
SELVES AND HAVE GIVEN ME A LIST OF SOLICITORS SOMETHING A BLOODY IDIOT
COULD HAVE DONE ITS QUITE OBVIOUS WITH BY THERE ATTITUDE THEY DON’T WANT
TO GET INVOLVED I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE IN ONE PIECE TO MY FAMILY
BUT WITHOUT THE NO OBJECTION LETTER I CAN’T LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND I
REFUSE POINT BLANK TO SIGN A LETTER PUT IN FRONT OF ME IN ARABIC WHEN
THEY HAVE 2 FULL TIME TRANSLATORS IN THE OFFICE THEY MUST THINK I AM
TOTALLY STUPID. THEY MADE ME WRITE ONE LETTER IN ENGLISH WHICH I PRINTED
A COPY OFF FOR MYSELF AND KEPT.
6/7/2007 WELL ANOTHER
SLEEPLESS NIGHT WORRYING ABOUT SATURDAY I HAVEN’T HAD A DRINK IN OVER A
YEAR NOW BUT MY GOD I FEEL LIKE A STRONG ONE BUT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF
LETTING THEM WIN. ONE THING MADE ME THINK WHEN I WAS IN COL ABDIES
OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY HE KEPT MENTIONING HOW I AM NOT A PRISONER WHICH
MADE ME THINK CHARLES KENDAL HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THEM AS IT WAS
MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IF I’M NOT A PRISONER HOW COME I CAN’T LEAVE THE
COUNTRY I TOLD THEM I AM WILLING TO PAY FOR MY OWN TICKET I JUST DON’T
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY GET OUT OF KEEPING ME HERE ?
I HAVE AGAIN EVERY DAY
EMAILED CHARLES KENDAL WITH EITHER NO RESPONSE OR VERY LITTLE MY WIFE
PHONES THEM SEVERAL TIMES DAILEY THEY PROMISE TO RETURN HER PHONE CALLS
BUT NEVER DO I SUPPOSE THEY JUST DON’T WANT TO UPSET THERE GRAVY TRAIN
AND I AM OF NO VALUE TO THEM WHATSOEVER.
7/7/2007 WELL THE
MEETING WITH THE MINISTER WAS CANCELLED AT THE LAST MINUTE AND I WAS
TAKEN BY FAISAL, SALIM AND THE TRANSLATOR HAJ TO COL ABDIES HOUSE WHERE
HE IS CONVALESCING FROM HIS HERNIA OPERATION SURPRISE SURPRISE MY
CONFIDENTIAL EMAILS WHICH I HAD SENT TO CHARLES KENDAL WERE ON THE TABLE
THIS SHOWS WHERE CHARLES KENDAL’S LOYALTIES LIE.
AFTER WHAT CAN ONLY BE
DESCRIBED AS A HEATED DISCUSSION (4 AGAINST 1) OVER PICTURES OF THE
STATE OF HORSES IN THE ROYAL CAVALRIES’ CARE IN AN EMAIL WHICH THEY HAD
SENT TO THEM FROM EMIRATES RACING I WAS FORCED TO SEND A RETRACTION TO
EVERYONE IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS BOOK OR QUITE PLAINLY I WOULD NOT BE
LEAVING THE COUNTRY ANYTIME SOON. WHEN WILL THIS NIGHTMARE END I CANNOT
BELIEVE BERNADETTE OF CHARLES KENDAL WOULD PUT MY LIBERTY AT RISK AND IT
SEEMS THE ONLY RECOURSE NOW I WILL HAVE WILL BE TO SUE CHARLES KENDAL
AND THE SULTAN OF OMAN. I AM SO TIRED I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVEN’T SLEPT
FOR A WEEK I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN (AS THE BRITISH EMBASSY ARE USELESS)
AND JUST HAVE TO PLAY IT BY THERE RULES ITS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FILM
A KILO OF HEROIN WILL TURN UP NEXT IN THE HOUSE THAT’S HOW IT
FEELS.
I JUST WANT TO GO HOME
AND BE WITH MY FAMILY I AGAIN OFFERED TO PAY FOR MY TICKET AND GET ON
THE 3.55 PM TO HEATHROW BUT AGAIN I WAS REFUSED. THE WORST THING IN ALL
THIS IS I HAVE HAD TO PLAY THERE LITTLE GAME AND BELITTLE
MYSELF.
THIS WILL BE THE
LAST ENTRY AS IM GOING TO EMAIL MY JOURNAL TO MY WIFE FOR SAFE KEEPING
AND DELETE IT FROM MY LAPTOP FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
