17-12-2003, 19:59
********* BREAKING NEWS ************
This report from CIN
“:Late last night a spokesman for the Rogue Nation of Moosette announced that at 23:59 12/17 all borders and airspace will be closed to all inbound and over flight traffic both civilian and military until further notice.”
More from our correspondent on the ground in Moosette; <cut to Moosette>
“Good morning Bill”
“Good Morning Sandy or should I say good evening for you”
“Bill, this is a very surprising action by Moosette, have you been able to talk to anyone to find out the reasons behind this action?”
“Actually Sandy we have been unable to find out very much at all. What I can say is that throughout the night official cars have been arriving at the Ministry of the Interior’s office complex dropping off various high level government officials. However we have been unable to get any further information on what the current situation is.”
“Bill, has anyone confirmed President Slovan’s whereabouts?
“Wait one”
“Sandy, I have just been informed by my producer that there will be a news conference within the next 30 minutes although the exact location has not been confirmed. You where asking?”
“Yes Bill, has anyone confirmed President Slovan’s whereabouts?
“Not at this time although talking to some of my press colleagues I can confirm that a motorcade arrived at the Ministry of the Interiors office at about 3:00am my time this morning”
“Thank you Bill we will come back to you in a few minutes” <Cut to CIN Studio in New York>
“Coming up, Donald Meyer political analyst and former security advisor will be here to explain what may be occurring in Moosette” <Cut to Commercial>.
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“Well come back as we continue our coverage of “Crisis in Moosette”.
“Earlier today with no warning a spokesman for Moosette announced that all borders and airspace would be closed until further notice. There was no further information given”
“Here with us is political analyst and former security advisor Donald Meyer”
“Good Morning Donald”
“Good Morning Sandy”
“So Donald with the information available do you have any ideas what may be occurring in Moosette?”
Well Sandy, last night’s announcement of the closing of their borders and airspace came as a complete surprise to everyone.
Moosette, has always been what would appear on the surface as a relatively stable country, which has adhered to many of the rulings by the Untied Nations, freely allowed trade across its borders and although being somewhat of an isolationist regime, has never been seen as an aggressor nation. In fact President Slovan in recent weeks has requested that the UN to monitor it upcoming presidential elections.”
“So Donald what do you think maybe happening here, a coup, a revolution or an internal conflict?”
“Much like Russia in the sixties very little information is forthcoming from Moosette, the state run media outlets tend to give a very biased and positive view on the goings on within the borders of Moosette and although various nations have compiled large dossiers on Moosette the fact they have never been seen as a threat to anyone has basically taken them on the intelligence communities radar screen, now this is obviously going to change over the coming days. One thing of note is that there has been no reports of any military buildup or unusual movement of troops over the past few weeks. The only military activity has been a small joint forces exercise taking place in the mountain region of Moosette and this exercise was announced to be taking place over 6 months ago”
“Thank you for being here Donald and we will come back to you shortly”
“When we return, more information on the relatively unknown nation of Moosette and why this sudden turn of events” <Cut to Commercial>
“Good Morning”
“We are following live the breaking news coming out of Moosette”
“Late last night an announcement that all borders and airspace will be closed on December 19th has caught the world by surprise. Very little is known about Moosette or its long time leader President Slovan”
“Here with us in our Los Angeles studio is to provide more information about Moosette is Tom Burke, former member of the state department, political consultant, Director of the Institute of Foreign and Domestic Policies and author of the book “Unknown Nations: What We Don’t Know”, Tom Burke”
“Good Morning Tom” <cut to split screen>
“Good Morning Sandy and thank you for having me”
“Tom, what is known about Moosette? Up until today very little was heard from this nation, in fact I had to check an atlas just to see where Moosette is!”
“Actually Sandy that does not surprise me, Moosette has never been what would be classed as a high profile country, they are an active, though somewhat quiet member of the UN, who stance has been to never want to make “waves” They have a somewhat successful trade position with many of their bordering countries and have maintained a prosperous economic society. Moosette is seen as a self-sufficient nation with an abundance of natural resources although they are dependant on fuel oil imports and have had to request Aid in the way of grain imports over the last few years”
“ Many people I have spoken to who have worked contracts and been advisors to the government of Moosette and the general consensus is that Moosette borders on a communist state but never quite crosses the line”
“What about their military Tom?”
“Surprisingly Moosette has been very open about its military capability, they have a large modern mechanized army, a substantial air force, mainly based on ground attack aircraft, and a small Navy, really looked on as a coast guard.”
“What can you tell us about President Slovan?”
“President Slovan is somewhat of an enigma, sweeping to power 11 years ago during a time of political unrest, very little is known of him prior to that other than he was a high level military officer with what many said no political ambitions. Breek who was the President at the time some felt had dragged the country down to economical ruin. Slovan was a breathe of fresh air for the people and the many industries with Moosette. Within a very short time he had turned the economy around, encouraged free enterprise and improved the welfare of the people to a level comparable to many other nation states. However with that the country became more and more isolationist, large tariffs where levied on many imports, foreign industry was discouraged and the government began a somewhat strange process of buying and nationalizing many of the more successful companies within Moosette. I recently spoke to the ex CFO of a large Steel company in Moosette who explained that the government approached them not with threats but with buyout offers that where so fair and generous that many companies took the offer and those that did not want to did not suffer any repercussions at all. The exception to that was the media industry who although offered fair prices did not have the option not to sell”
“Excuse me Tom we need to go back to Bill in Moosette”
<cut to Moosette>
“Bill”
“Well Sandy here I am in the Ministry of the Agriculture’s pressroom, our Moosette media relations officer came to the where most of the media reporters had gathered out side the Interior Ministry along with two buses and asked us to accompany her to a press briefing. We where taken on about a 15min drive to the Ministry of Agriculture and taken into their pressroom. One thing to note was that on the drive here we where escorted by 3 police cars with sirens and lights.”
“Wait one……………okay the media relations officer has just walked up to the podium”
<Cut to CIN studio>
“We are bring a live news conference to you from the nation of Moosette”
<Cut to Moosette and cut to Podium>
“Good Morning and thank you for attending this conference. My name is Anne Durant I am the media relations officer for the office of the President. Shortly the Minister of Health will make a short statement and will have a short time to take questions. To make things as smooth as possible and to allow as many questions as we can I would ask that when you are called upon please state your name and media affiliate prior to asking the question. Copies of the minister’s statement will be made available immediately following this conference.”
“Bill, have they given you any idea what the Minister of Health is going to say”
“We are just as much in the dark as you Sandy, this has been a very strange morning indeed”
<Cut to Podium>
“Good Morning, my name is Alex Burrel, as many of you know I am the Minister of Health. I have here a short statement from President Slovan that I will read and then I will allow questions.”
“As many of you are aware as of 23:59 tonight all borders and airspace will be closed to all inbound and over flight traffic until further notice. Further more any nation that has an Embassy or Consulate in Moosette has until 11:00pm tonight to close and ensure that all foreign diplomatic personnel taken to Moosette International Airport where arrangement have been made for them to taken outside of the borders of Moosette. Anyone who is unable to comply by that time will be taken into protective custody for his or her own safety and held there until further notice. This also applies to all foreign journalists.”
“I strongly suggest that all nations inform any of their nationals working or living with the borders of Moosette make every attempt to repatriate their citizens immediately”
“As of this morning Moosette has withdrawn from the United Nations and has revoked all treaty’s and resolutions decreed by the UN or its partners”
“Moosette will continue to conduct its self in the same manner as before and although no longer legally bound to uphold the mandates and resolutions of the UN will continue to honor them”
“Thank you”
“I have a few minutes to take questions, the gentlemen to my left with the green jacket”
“Good Morning sir, Peter Scott CBB World News, Can you give us any indication why your government is taking such drastic actions”
“Unfortunately I am unable to give further information about this situation at this time but rest assured this is not something we are doing lightly or without necessity”
“The lady with the red skirt”
“Good Morning, Sarah Clarke NCY Times what implications do you feel this will have with not only your neighbor nations but with the world as a whole”
Well Sarah, that is not for me to speculate on, but having said that I will say that I hope all Nations understand the rights of any other Sovereign Nation to do what that nation feels is in its own best interest and honor any non aggressive decision that country make”
“Yes you sir”
“Mike Balden CNB, Do you not feel that expelling foreign diplomats may be seen as an act of aggression by other countries and what does President Slovan feel he is going to gain by taking this action”
“Let me answer your second question first if I may, the President does not feel he is going to gain anything, the decision to remove foreign diplomats was not made lightly, it was made for internal reasons that we do not feel we need to further explain.”
“In answer to your first question No this is not an act of aggression it is a restructuring of our country. For any country that sees this as an act of aggression I can only say that this is not the case or the intent.”
“Last Question”
“James Quinten, NFP, is their going to be a war?”
“No, that is a ridicules question”
“Thank you”
<Cut CIN Studio>
“If you have just joined us that was a press conference for Alex Burrel Minster of Health for Moosette”
“When we return more on “Crises in Moosette”
<Cut to commercial>
“Good Morning”
“Let go to Bill on the ground in Moosette”
“Sandy, We have just been informed by the media relations officer that we are to be escorted immediately to the international airport and flown out to a neighbor country”
“We have been given 15 minutes to file our stories before we have to board the buses to the airport” “Looking out of the window of the press office I can see an increased police presence around the busses that brought us here” “I will have to go now and will continue to report as soon as I am able”
“Good luck Bill and have a safe trip and be careful”
“To summarize what has happened overnight, the Nation of Moosette is closing all its borders and has expelled all foreign diplomats , a brief press conference held earlier has shed no real light on what is going on in that country”
“CIN continue to watch and report on “Crises In Moosette” as we get more information”
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This report from CIN
“:Late last night a spokesman for the Rogue Nation of Moosette announced that at 23:59 12/17 all borders and airspace will be closed to all inbound and over flight traffic both civilian and military until further notice.”
More from our correspondent on the ground in Moosette; <cut to Moosette>
“Good morning Bill”
“Good Morning Sandy or should I say good evening for you”
“Bill, this is a very surprising action by Moosette, have you been able to talk to anyone to find out the reasons behind this action?”
“Actually Sandy we have been unable to find out very much at all. What I can say is that throughout the night official cars have been arriving at the Ministry of the Interior’s office complex dropping off various high level government officials. However we have been unable to get any further information on what the current situation is.”
“Bill, has anyone confirmed President Slovan’s whereabouts?
“Wait one”
“Sandy, I have just been informed by my producer that there will be a news conference within the next 30 minutes although the exact location has not been confirmed. You where asking?”
“Yes Bill, has anyone confirmed President Slovan’s whereabouts?
“Not at this time although talking to some of my press colleagues I can confirm that a motorcade arrived at the Ministry of the Interiors office at about 3:00am my time this morning”
“Thank you Bill we will come back to you in a few minutes” <Cut to CIN Studio in New York>
“Coming up, Donald Meyer political analyst and former security advisor will be here to explain what may be occurring in Moosette” <Cut to Commercial>.
*********************************************************************
“Well come back as we continue our coverage of “Crisis in Moosette”.
“Earlier today with no warning a spokesman for Moosette announced that all borders and airspace would be closed until further notice. There was no further information given”
“Here with us is political analyst and former security advisor Donald Meyer”
“Good Morning Donald”
“Good Morning Sandy”
“So Donald with the information available do you have any ideas what may be occurring in Moosette?”
Well Sandy, last night’s announcement of the closing of their borders and airspace came as a complete surprise to everyone.
Moosette, has always been what would appear on the surface as a relatively stable country, which has adhered to many of the rulings by the Untied Nations, freely allowed trade across its borders and although being somewhat of an isolationist regime, has never been seen as an aggressor nation. In fact President Slovan in recent weeks has requested that the UN to monitor it upcoming presidential elections.”
“So Donald what do you think maybe happening here, a coup, a revolution or an internal conflict?”
“Much like Russia in the sixties very little information is forthcoming from Moosette, the state run media outlets tend to give a very biased and positive view on the goings on within the borders of Moosette and although various nations have compiled large dossiers on Moosette the fact they have never been seen as a threat to anyone has basically taken them on the intelligence communities radar screen, now this is obviously going to change over the coming days. One thing of note is that there has been no reports of any military buildup or unusual movement of troops over the past few weeks. The only military activity has been a small joint forces exercise taking place in the mountain region of Moosette and this exercise was announced to be taking place over 6 months ago”
“Thank you for being here Donald and we will come back to you shortly”
“When we return, more information on the relatively unknown nation of Moosette and why this sudden turn of events” <Cut to Commercial>
“Good Morning”
“We are following live the breaking news coming out of Moosette”
“Late last night an announcement that all borders and airspace will be closed on December 19th has caught the world by surprise. Very little is known about Moosette or its long time leader President Slovan”
“Here with us in our Los Angeles studio is to provide more information about Moosette is Tom Burke, former member of the state department, political consultant, Director of the Institute of Foreign and Domestic Policies and author of the book “Unknown Nations: What We Don’t Know”, Tom Burke”
“Good Morning Tom” <cut to split screen>
“Good Morning Sandy and thank you for having me”
“Tom, what is known about Moosette? Up until today very little was heard from this nation, in fact I had to check an atlas just to see where Moosette is!”
“Actually Sandy that does not surprise me, Moosette has never been what would be classed as a high profile country, they are an active, though somewhat quiet member of the UN, who stance has been to never want to make “waves” They have a somewhat successful trade position with many of their bordering countries and have maintained a prosperous economic society. Moosette is seen as a self-sufficient nation with an abundance of natural resources although they are dependant on fuel oil imports and have had to request Aid in the way of grain imports over the last few years”
“ Many people I have spoken to who have worked contracts and been advisors to the government of Moosette and the general consensus is that Moosette borders on a communist state but never quite crosses the line”
“What about their military Tom?”
“Surprisingly Moosette has been very open about its military capability, they have a large modern mechanized army, a substantial air force, mainly based on ground attack aircraft, and a small Navy, really looked on as a coast guard.”
“What can you tell us about President Slovan?”
“President Slovan is somewhat of an enigma, sweeping to power 11 years ago during a time of political unrest, very little is known of him prior to that other than he was a high level military officer with what many said no political ambitions. Breek who was the President at the time some felt had dragged the country down to economical ruin. Slovan was a breathe of fresh air for the people and the many industries with Moosette. Within a very short time he had turned the economy around, encouraged free enterprise and improved the welfare of the people to a level comparable to many other nation states. However with that the country became more and more isolationist, large tariffs where levied on many imports, foreign industry was discouraged and the government began a somewhat strange process of buying and nationalizing many of the more successful companies within Moosette. I recently spoke to the ex CFO of a large Steel company in Moosette who explained that the government approached them not with threats but with buyout offers that where so fair and generous that many companies took the offer and those that did not want to did not suffer any repercussions at all. The exception to that was the media industry who although offered fair prices did not have the option not to sell”
“Excuse me Tom we need to go back to Bill in Moosette”
<cut to Moosette>
“Bill”
“Well Sandy here I am in the Ministry of the Agriculture’s pressroom, our Moosette media relations officer came to the where most of the media reporters had gathered out side the Interior Ministry along with two buses and asked us to accompany her to a press briefing. We where taken on about a 15min drive to the Ministry of Agriculture and taken into their pressroom. One thing to note was that on the drive here we where escorted by 3 police cars with sirens and lights.”
“Wait one……………okay the media relations officer has just walked up to the podium”
<Cut to CIN studio>
“We are bring a live news conference to you from the nation of Moosette”
<Cut to Moosette and cut to Podium>
“Good Morning and thank you for attending this conference. My name is Anne Durant I am the media relations officer for the office of the President. Shortly the Minister of Health will make a short statement and will have a short time to take questions. To make things as smooth as possible and to allow as many questions as we can I would ask that when you are called upon please state your name and media affiliate prior to asking the question. Copies of the minister’s statement will be made available immediately following this conference.”
“Bill, have they given you any idea what the Minister of Health is going to say”
“We are just as much in the dark as you Sandy, this has been a very strange morning indeed”
<Cut to Podium>
“Good Morning, my name is Alex Burrel, as many of you know I am the Minister of Health. I have here a short statement from President Slovan that I will read and then I will allow questions.”
“As many of you are aware as of 23:59 tonight all borders and airspace will be closed to all inbound and over flight traffic until further notice. Further more any nation that has an Embassy or Consulate in Moosette has until 11:00pm tonight to close and ensure that all foreign diplomatic personnel taken to Moosette International Airport where arrangement have been made for them to taken outside of the borders of Moosette. Anyone who is unable to comply by that time will be taken into protective custody for his or her own safety and held there until further notice. This also applies to all foreign journalists.”
“I strongly suggest that all nations inform any of their nationals working or living with the borders of Moosette make every attempt to repatriate their citizens immediately”
“As of this morning Moosette has withdrawn from the United Nations and has revoked all treaty’s and resolutions decreed by the UN or its partners”
“Moosette will continue to conduct its self in the same manner as before and although no longer legally bound to uphold the mandates and resolutions of the UN will continue to honor them”
“Thank you”
“I have a few minutes to take questions, the gentlemen to my left with the green jacket”
“Good Morning sir, Peter Scott CBB World News, Can you give us any indication why your government is taking such drastic actions”
“Unfortunately I am unable to give further information about this situation at this time but rest assured this is not something we are doing lightly or without necessity”
“The lady with the red skirt”
“Good Morning, Sarah Clarke NCY Times what implications do you feel this will have with not only your neighbor nations but with the world as a whole”
Well Sarah, that is not for me to speculate on, but having said that I will say that I hope all Nations understand the rights of any other Sovereign Nation to do what that nation feels is in its own best interest and honor any non aggressive decision that country make”
“Yes you sir”
“Mike Balden CNB, Do you not feel that expelling foreign diplomats may be seen as an act of aggression by other countries and what does President Slovan feel he is going to gain by taking this action”
“Let me answer your second question first if I may, the President does not feel he is going to gain anything, the decision to remove foreign diplomats was not made lightly, it was made for internal reasons that we do not feel we need to further explain.”
“In answer to your first question No this is not an act of aggression it is a restructuring of our country. For any country that sees this as an act of aggression I can only say that this is not the case or the intent.”
“Last Question”
“James Quinten, NFP, is their going to be a war?”
“No, that is a ridicules question”
“Thank you”
<Cut CIN Studio>
“If you have just joined us that was a press conference for Alex Burrel Minster of Health for Moosette”
“When we return more on “Crises in Moosette”
<Cut to commercial>
“Good Morning”
“Let go to Bill on the ground in Moosette”
“Sandy, We have just been informed by the media relations officer that we are to be escorted immediately to the international airport and flown out to a neighbor country”
“We have been given 15 minutes to file our stories before we have to board the buses to the airport” “Looking out of the window of the press office I can see an increased police presence around the busses that brought us here” “I will have to go now and will continue to report as soon as I am able”
“Good luck Bill and have a safe trip and be careful”
“To summarize what has happened overnight, the Nation of Moosette is closing all its borders and has expelled all foreign diplomats , a brief press conference held earlier has shed no real light on what is going on in that country”
“CIN continue to watch and report on “Crises In Moosette” as we get more information”
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