NationStates Jolt Archive

The Religion Tolerance Acts passed in the Republican Senate by a vote of 123-2.

After the Act was put in to effect thousands of police and military officials began the process of rounding up all of those in violation and imposing one of the three punishments available. The Islamic militants have taken to the streets and have began looting local buisness and setting buildings on fire. They are also resisting police and military offcials quite violently. We have had scattered reports of numbers our police dead at about 36 and military casualities at about 87. We have began combating the islamic militants and have confirmed atleast 334 militant casualties. More information will be released later.

Foreign Ambassador Ryan Young
Talking to the haven14 people at a news conference held minutes ago.
Assistance is welcome

To: President Wills
From: General John Mallon
Subject: Islamic Uprising

Sir, The rebels have taken the capital. We have evacuated all personel and we are in the process of encircling the city. We have successfully evacuated most citizens from the city. Those that survived. We will have a full parimeter by 4 p.m. today. All Police forces have been deployed to other major citys or are protecting government facilitys. They fought bravely today next to the military and we will not forget their courage. We have about 19,000 troops and about 30,000 more on the way. We hope to sqush this uprising quickly. We have the Final numbers in for today. They are as accurate as can be made. We speculate more civilian and militant casulities than we have counted.

Military Deaths: 84
Military Wounded: 45
Police Deaths:46
Police Wounded: 57
Civilian Deaths: 104
Civilians Wounded: 204
Militant Deaths:400 Estimate
Militant Wounded: Hopefully Alot

Most of the Civilian and Militant Deaths came from the Airstrike after all police and military units evacuates. We expect more deaths on in all catagories. We need more supplies. I am asking that you activate the South Eastern Sectors supply brigades just so we have more than enough supplies in our fight. If you feel like you would want to you could activate the fighter sqaudrons, helicopter squadrons, and infintry units from this sector however.

Your Loyal Servant,
General John Mallon

Sir, The Encirclement is complete. We have stopped all supplies going into the city. We have been lacing the city with mortars for the last few hours. We have begun mobilizing our units to retake the city. We had a group of 5 teenage militants that tried to surrender. They were all executed. We think that the battle to retake the city may take about 4-5 days. The information we got from the teens before they were killed was that there are over a thousand militants that are scattered all around the city. The order i am giving to the men is leave no survivors. We must make an example. We are sending in our first special operations teams to clear the way for a convoy to get inside the city and set central command just inside the city. The encriclement will remain full strength until the end of the conflict. We have lost another 2 soldiers to sniper fire.

General John Mallon

i M.L.W. van den Berg ruler of the democratic states of hollandia mayor is glad to send you military troops to help combat this fundametalist thread

The People's Republic of Independent Wiccans have an official statement on behalf of High Priest Takha: "Told you so!" (OOC: :D couldn't resist)

We support your people's wishes to engage in democracy and true religious tolerance. We formally ask the international community to provide no assistance to this oppresive regime.

MLW Van Den Berg,

If you could provide me with what military forces you are going to provide. So that they can become involved in the operation as soon as possible.

OOC: Independent Wiccans, Why don't you support them trough possible aid or something.....:) I am just trying to get alittle rp going.

IC: Independent Wiccans,

We have no idea what you mean about us being an opressive government. We just outlawed islam and a few other religions, most of which were practice by very few. Islam is the only major religion and they constantly cause trouble and do not follow rules. This will be quilled, and i am doing them a favor in the mean time....i am going to send all of them to allah. That is what they want. They want to be killed fighting for allah and i am willing to grant them that. So in some since i am helping them.

General John T. Mallon the III

Sir,

We made our first move to retake the city. We sent in 4 Special Operations Team of 10 soldiers each. They were to clear a path so that our invasion convoy could set a perimeter just inside the city to cordinate further attacks. All 40 of the soldiers are presumed dead. The operation was a complete failure. We have suspended sending in more troops until we have figured out what happened. Our last radio transmission with them was 1 hour ago and they said that they had encounter feirce resistence and that our estimate of a thousand militants were a bit weak. They were estimating at least double. They had to be planned. They must have planned it while the act was still passing through the senate. The end of the transmission is when we presume they were all killed they had already suffered severe casualties. We have uped Airstrikes and Morter Attacks. The Troops moral is falling. I am asking that we call up for troops. The City is taken and our troops are not really trainined in Urban Combat. They only we can win in through blunt force. It is my recommendation that we call up another 30,000 men from the Eastern Sector, and also Take the remaining combat troops from the southern sector. We also need more helicopters and Aircraft. We might need to pound them with helicopter fire and airstrikes for a few more days before we can take the city. It has just come to my attention that they have aquired mortars and have began fireing them at military positions in the encirclement. We have no idea if anyone was hurt but the only new casualties that i know of right now are the 40 Special Operations Soldiers. We are still in need of help sir.

General John Mallon

To: President Matthew Wills
From: Operation Clearhouse Central Command
CC: Republican Senate
CCC: Central Republic House
Subject: Retreat, Assassination of General Mallon

Dear, Mr. President

Today about 45 minutes ago, minutes after General Mallons last letter, the militants launched an offensive. We lost many people because we were not prepared for offensive action against us. They wired cars to explode and also had hummers and RPG, Mortars, and All types of weaponry. We believe that have found our underground Guard base. They came at us with all they had. We had to retreat about 3 miles back. We now have no way to contain them to one city. We have massed our troops in Princeton. We have set up defensive postions and have began trying to form some sort of offensive. On to the death of General Mallon. We were in our tent when we got word of the invasion. We went outside to take command and that is the last time i seen him. We have his body though and we have sent it to Froteen Airforce Base. He was shot in the head and mutaliated. It was said that he went to a forward position to announce the retreat and was overtaken by militants. In our retreat most went back to the city or were going in different directions. I have another Casuality Report. It is only reporting Military deaths.

In the attack today we lost 14358 military men and also 35 officers and Also the most honored General John Thomas Mallon the 3rd. This is a bad day for the Armed Forces of Haven14. We are afraid to confirm that this fight is going to get alot worse and is probably going to spread.

Brigadier General Vincent Ramerez

The United Imperium of Crossman is glad to see oppressed people fighting for their rights. Your nation deserves what it gets after trying to outlaw and restrict people's religious freedoms.

-Emperor Crossman

The People's Republic of Independent Wiccans have an official statement on behalf of High Priest Takha: "Told you so!" (OOC: :D couldn't resist)

We support your people's wishes to engage in democracy and true religious tolerance. We formally ask the international community to provide no assistance to this oppresive regime.

We offcially back Idependant Wiccans request. Haven14 will recieve no aid from us. We too encourage other nations to take similar actions.

we the people of hollandia mayor now what those vile islamic can do they kill and rape burn destroy spreading their hate propoganda i will send you 2.000
of mine best troops the will be under your command use them wisely

From: President Matthew Wills
To: Operation Commanders, Senate, House, and The International Community

We have activated the entire Eastern Sector. This consist of about 85,000 Troops, 56 Helicopters, 200 Hummers, 100 Tanks, and 24 Stealth Fighter Jets. Also the Rest of the Southern Sector, Combat and Supply has been called up. We have Imposed Marshall Law in the Entire nation due to the escape of some terrorist and the threat of terror cells popping up. We also have recieved Troops from Hollindia Mayor. They have sent 2000 Special Ops Troops. They will be placed under the Command of Lt. Col. Jerry Smith to began Sweeps in the nations capital. They will all be promoted in rank to captain and also begin being paid by our government also. We really appriciate the help. To the entire International community refusing us aide. Shame on you, these people have been causing problems in haven for the past 15 years and now we have decided to evict these rats and you all say we are doing a bad things. We asked them to leave peacefully but as you see they didn't i will gladly allow all of these people refusing aid to us the right to come in pick them up and leave. They will probably kill you also. they don't want the help, they want violence. It is hereby ordered that all muslims be killed on sight. This will go into effect in 3 days. Until then they are welcome to leave government planes and ships will deport them all to the independent wiccans since that is what they want.

President Matt Wills
:sniper: :mp5:

OOC: Sorry i posted under the wrong nation. Anyone out there who have been playing for awhile, is this roleplay good? bad? Miserable? This is the first time i have ever tried anything like this and i am trying. Any hints or pointers?

OOC: It looks fine to me..., I'd love to join in... but I'm a highly peace-loving nation, as my name would suggest (Wicca is a very benevolent religion). I don't think I could justify sending my forces in to help slaughter the (currently) losing side.

We, the people of the Holy Empire of Armandian Cheese understand your nation's plight, as we have recently thrown off the shackles of Islamic fundamentalism ourselves. I, Emperor Armand will send in our elite bio weapons squad. We are still a fledgling, albeit militarily powerful, nation, and thus cannot contribute more, but if you manage to evacuate all non-hostiles from the capital for a few days, we can recover it quite quickly. Would you be willing to accept this aid, sir?
Sincerely,
Holy Emperor, His Cheesiness, Armand Domalewski

I am happy of the offer but this has went from a one city war to an uprising of sorts. Biological Weapons will not handle the problem. If i wanted that i could have done it from the beginning. Also, if i did that i couldn't reclaim and rebuild the capital. Thanks for the offer. Now if you have troops, fuel, food, weapons of other kinds, or even medical workers we would be glad to accept.

Ryan Young
Foriegn Ambassador

From: General Vincent Remerez
To: Whom it may concern

Military forces today raided the senate building in a surprising attack in the dead of night. The forces of our allies helped in the raid. We have found that this is a full out uprising. We found an official who named himself to be battle commander for the city. After introgation he has given us some vital information. The number of rebels total is in the range of about 12,000. They have cells in a few others citys which he wouldn't name and that they have only counted 342 Casualties. Some of this information is useful but the casuality numbers can't be right. We feel like there might even be more rebels. He seem kind of left in the dark but this is big. After Speaking to president Matthew Wills, the nation is now on full alert. All troops are in the process of being activated and all immigration has been suspended. The Planes and Ships that were going to deport have been closed. 1500 People were all that were sent before being closed. They are on the ship name OPEI. It should arrive in Independent Wiccans in the next 3 to 4 days. All rebels or people fleeing the country will be killed on sight by government forces. We have had many casualitys. We have had total military deaths reports at about 5900. These numbers will increase but not as much as rebel casualtys.

Thank you,
General Remerez

I realize that is more than a one city war, but reclaiming any significant city with minimal military casualties would be a large boost to your nation's morale. Also, if all people were...cleansed from a city, then our forces would simply complete a massive, spray down effort to cleanse any residual bacterium. Besides, the bacterium was genetically engineered to be short lived, especially if it has consumed all hosts in the area. While we offer biological troops, we can also offer a full squadron of our smart bomb equipped aerial forces, which are made up of Joint Strike Fighters and Comanche helicopters. Please refer to my Air Force Chief Of Staff, General Assad. for any further questions on the availability of aerial forces.

The United Islamic Alliance of Johor is concerned at the actions of the Anti-Muslims, and is showing a strong concern for the supposive "Islamic Fundamentalists" If continued killing escalates to an even larger scale, Johorian Armed Forces will be forced to take action.

Johor encourages all Muslims of Haven who are truly being oppressed to come to Johor.

terrorists have blown up one of our most important powerplant the entire north coast is without power ive it wasnt for our emergency backup systems many people would have died the people want blood and blood i will give them hollandia may not have a big fighting force but our navy is possibly one of the best trained and equiped in the world this so called religion of peace will pay expect to see several dreadship bombergalleons and chaoscruisers popping up near your coastline

Hollandia, was that a threat directed to Johor? I suggest you don't give such threats. And no, your navy isn't one of the best equipped in the world.

A segment of the Johor Armed Forces has been put on alert for rapid response to any threats or attacks:

10 B-1 Bomber
10 B-52 Stratofortress
10 FB-111 Fighter Bomber
20 F-16 Fighting Falcon
10 SU-34 Fighter Bomber
10 Typhoon EF-2000 Eurofighter

1 Illeana Vassili-Class Carrier
2 SSN-688 Los Angeles Sub
3 Seawolf Subs
5 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 Oliver Hazard Perry Destroyer/Frigate
3 Arleigh Burke AEIGS Destoryer

1 Nimitz Class Carrier
3 Spruance Class Destroyers
2 Ticonderoga Cruisers
3 Oliver Hazard Perry Destroyer/Frigate
2 Arleigh Burke AEGIS Destroyer

1 Illeana Vassili-Class Carrier
2 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
3 Spruance Class Destroyers
2 Oliver Hazard Perry Destroyer/Frigate
15 LHD-1 Wasp Class Amphibious Assault ships
10 LSD-49 Harpers Ferry Class Amphibious Assault ships
45 LCAC
30 AAVP7A1 Assualt Amphibian Vehicle Personel

1 Aii Nuclear Submarine

Johor,

Actually he is one of my closest allies in this conflict. You have no place to get involved on either front. The muslims were offered a chance to leave. They were not oppressed. They have been causing problems for awhile and we have been deporting them quite rapidly. Due to the conflict i can not risk planes and boats that the terrorist might take over. I have said over and over, they were offered tranportation to any country. They chose to stay and fight. So now they will all die or surrender and rot in prison for the rest of their lifes. Negotiation is futile. They will be killed.

Thank you,
President Matthew Wills
(more news to come later)

OOC: Is there room for another player in this?

To the Nation of Haven 14,
The Grand Republic looks upon your acts as a breach of religious freedom and we look to you to stop these agreesive acts or we will be forced to act on behalf of these oppressed people. Cease these atrocities or there will be consequences.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foriegn Affairs Wheatly

OOC: There is always room for more people...I am just trying to have alittle fun so this thread should hopefully go on for awhile but you want to RP in it go for it....hopefully it will be on my side considering everyone else seems to be against me....:) its fun though

wdgf news 53 Reported:

Today government forces clashed with rebels in the nations capital. This is an ongoing conflict that began just 4 days ago with the passage of the Religion Toleration Act that passed through the Republican Senate. With its passage armed Islamic Rebels began an uprising. They took the Nations Capital by suprise and also fought to brake out to spead the uprising. Government Forces were caught off guard by this. Now we have had reports of fighting in 4 Major cities and countless small towns. The people are behind the government and have in some places taken the fight to the rebels by their own hands. BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! Government Forces have retaken the Capital!!!! They lauched a suprise offensive this mouring and took the city by storm... As many as 14000 Troops Stormed the city in which could be the biggest fight in the uprising. They have captured rebel leadership and are in the process of killing of the rest of the insurgents there and securing the city. More to come on the tragic saga of rebellion against such a loved nation. Military Casualities have reached 7598. We would like to thank our allies.... Hollindia Mayor and Armadian Cheese

(sorry this rushed i will add a report later)

it was not ment for you johor

To: The Current Leader of Haven14

The actions taken by Haven14 to forceably expell the muslims were not appopriate, we strongly suggest that u cease all military actions. It is in your best intrest to declare a cease fire, before you are overwhelmed. Also the Kingdom of Aaragon_99 is willing to accept any perssons wanting to flee, Haven14, no matter what their religion is. I also ask the nations of this world to cease their aid to Haven14 unless it is for medical reasons, and denounce their declaration of war upon muslims. The Kingdom of Aaragon_99 will be more than happy to provide any medical assistance needed to every-one, be they muslim or non-muslim

[OOC: Sorry, but a group called the Mudjaheddin is rather unlikely to support the government. ;) If there is anything wrong with this post, tell me. And would it be possible to get some idea of your country's layout and terrain?]

A town on the border of Haven14

They did not announce themselves, nor did they rush in waving flags and screaming slogans. That was not how the Mudjaheddin worked. That was not how the man known only as Ghalib thought.

The suppresion of Islam and the murder of Muslims could not go unpunished, but one had to be thoughtful, precise. A random act of violence would serve no purpose. In order to truly strike fear into the oppressors, one had to do better than a simple terrorist action. One had to do something truly frightening and devastating to the enemy. Something that would show a true will to fight.

Ghalib was standing on a hill overlooking his chosen target. This small town was firmly on the side of the oppressive government. This was where the first blow would be struck, the first sign to those fighting oppression that they did not stand alone. The Mudjaheddin, the great freedom fighters, stood with them.

He examined all possible routes into the town, thoughfully stroking his chin. Unlike many radicals, Ghalib was clean-shaven, the better to blend into the general populace of the towns and cities that would be alert for anyone who resembled a stereotypical Muslim, but who would likely not give a second glance to someone who just sported slightly darker skin and no other signs of his Arabic heritage. He was wearing a simple green uniform, and had an assault rifle slung over his shoulder. Assaulting the town would not inspire fear, he decided. It would simply be a waste of lives. He only had about twenty men to work with, though they were his best and most capable. He was sure he could recruit more rank and file soldiers once the campaign for freedom had begun.

Then his eyes travelled away from the town, following the roads, searching for something. Every place had a weakness that could be exploited. Where was this town's? Where could the most damage with the least losses be dealt?

There was a noise behind him, and he didn't have to look back to know it was Abdul coming up behind him. Abdul breathed too heavily, he needed to get into better physical shape. Still, his mind was a valuable asset, and that was why Ghalib had made him his right hand man.

"Well?" he asked as Abdul came to stand beside him. The other man was dressed similiarly to his leader, although the rifle slung over his shoulder was different, an AK-47 as opposed to Ghalib's FN-FAL. Abdul also looked like a more traditional Muslim, with a turban on his head instead of the military cap Ghalib wore, and a long beard on his face.

"All are ready," Abdul answered shortly. "We will strike on your command."

"Look at this place, Abdul," Ghalib said quietly. "I do not want to directly attack this town. I want them to feel fear without knowing who is causing it. How shall I do that?"

Abdul studied the town's layout the same way Ghalib had done a few moments earlier. Ghalib wanted him to choose the method of attack. It was an important step in Abdul's training.

"Water," Abdul said after a moment.

"Water?"

"Electricity can be lived without," Abdul explained. "Getting to an entire food supply would be impossible. Blowing up random buildings with bombs will not do a lot of overall damage. But all men must drink, and this town will all drink from the same water supply. Get to the water, and we will hurt them."

Ghalib smiled. Abdul was coming along nicely. "What do you propose we put in the water?"

"Something unexpected," Abdul replied. "The whole world watches closely for biological weaponry, but there is a simpler solution. Furthermore, it will take us only a few hours to acquire the necessary supplies."

"And that would be?" Ghalib asked.

Abdul explained his plan.

OOC: Awesome post i have no problem at all minus one thing. I shut down all of my border just 12 hours after the uprising began. I would understand about 10-20 getting in but not anymore than that. Other then that great job. I like it. The terrain of my country is foresty...;) so cliffs and hills and trees. There is probably a moutain Range near by....have fun...

Arcadain Cheese,

Inscripted Message: no one can read but him

Commence the attack on cordinates 503-2458. Launch two....thanks

[OOC: That's just fine, in fact having only twenty men at his disposal (at least at first) will make Ghalib have to think even more carefully. Which is perfect for a good clever RP. Previous post has been edited for appropriate numbers. Thanks for letting me join.]

First, they would need a vehicle. For that, Ghalib selected one stretch of roadway about ten miles from town. He'd seen only light traffic on it, and the forest around the road meant that disposing of any problems would not be hard.

Midafternoon found Ghalib and another of his subordinates, a man named Esam, crouched in a patch of thick brush by the road, waiting for a suitable target. Abdul was back at what passed for their base camp, stowed in the forest a few miles away, far off even small dirt roads. They had selected the location because the only possible way to reach it was by foot, or maybe an all-terrain vehicle. As much as Ghalib would've like to bring his friend along, Abdul was simply too obviously foreign for what they had in mind. Esam was so light skinned that he could pass for a white man in some places, and a very thorough coloring job had changed his hair from black to brown. At the moment, he was wearing the same uniform style as Ghalib, only with no cap on his head. Also, his only weapon was a pistol, a Beretta.

It was taking longer than they had planned. Though several acceptable cars had come by, none had come by alone, and they needed a solitary target. So far though, when there had been cars on the road, there had never been less than two. At this point, Ghalib had decided that the plan would not be executed until the next day, probably the next evening. That gave them this night and the next day to get everything they needed.

Finally! A truck had just turned the corner, the driver at the wheel appeared to be a man in a white t-shirt. That was all Ghalib could see. The truck had no cars behind it, and that was what he needed. He stood up and boldy stepped out into the center of the road, raising a hand to flag the vehicle down. His uniform did not look exactly like what the local military wore, but he was hoping it would be close enough to at least get the driver to stop.

It worked. The truck slowed to a halt as Ghalib jogged to the driver's side door. The driver regarded him curiously.

"Uh, what can I do for- hey! What the hell?!"

Without a word Ghalib yanked open the door and pressed the muzzle of his rifle into the driver's neck. The suddenly terrified man sat very still as Ghalib unfastened his seat belt, then yelped as the terrorist roughly hauled him out of the vehicle and threw him on the pavement.

"What do you want? What are you doing?!" the driver demanded to know, struggling to push himself up as he lay facedown on the ground. Ghalib put a foot on his back to keep him pinned as Esam emerged from cover and approached them. Ghalib pointed down at the driver and drew his finger across his throat. Esam nodded and drew his pistol.

"Get off me, get off me! Help! Somebody hel-"

BANG!

A single bullet to the back of the head. The two men grabbed the corpse and threw it in the back of the truck, making sure that the dead man did not bleed all over his clothes. They needed those clothes. Then Esam got behind the wheel of the idling vehicle while Ghalib went around to the passenger side and climbed in. They drove the truck a couple miles down the road, then pulled off onto a wide flat patch of ground on the shoulder. While Ghalib watched the road for any approaching cars who might see them, Esam hauled the corpse out of the back and dragged it off into the woods. When he returned, he was wearing the driver's clothes and carrying his uniform neatly folded and tucked under his arm. The two men got back in the truck and continued on.

To: Coalition Command
From: Lt. Colonel Rudy Eskivel
Subject: The Retaking of the Capital
SubSubJect: Taking of Prisoners

We have successfully retaken the capital. We assaulted the city and made alot of progress. We have secured 3 quaters of the city and are still moving. We know that orders state otherwise but Senator Marcus Patterson told us because of mounting presure from the international community we needed to take prisoners. We have done so, we have captured 134 Rebel Soldiers and 3 High commanders. There are still alot of dead. We have sweep the area that we are in control of and have obtain the casuality numbers for the entire Assault of the Capital. I will get to that later. We have now heard reports that in 6 other cities we have fighting. We are sending what we can from the Capital but we still need alot so we will not fall again. We are in a very sticky Situation. Here are the Reports:

Military Deaths: 12,000
Military Wounded: 8293
Civilian Deaths: 15,453
Civilian Wounded: 123,930 (these include minor injuries)
Rebel Deaths: 4500
Rebel Wounded: 2345
Rebel Prisoners: 134

We lost due to the numbers but won the overall fight for the capital.

!!!:BREAKING NEWS:!!!

Today after a closed door meeting with Mohamed Bin Jahdi, The President has repealed the Religion Tolerance Act. He is due to make an announcement momentarily...{The President Steps up to the Podium} Today after a meeting with Mr. Jahdi, I have decided to repeal the Religious Tolerance Act. We will began the massive deportation of 245,000 muslim women, children, and innocent men. We ask for some of the nations that have promised refuge to give it to these people until we can quill the rebel forces. Mr. Jahdi has become My new Military Advisor in the conflict. He will help to make sure that no innocent people are killed intentionally. The Rebel forces are growing. This fight is just beginning. We just want the innocent muslims to leave before major operations. I can't control the individual soldier. I command the military but not the soldier. I can't prevent them from letting there hate kill people. I can punish them and i will. So Who out there will accept them? Will anyone provide us with aide for these new provisions being passed? I hope so. Thank you. {The president leaves the podium and is surrounded by secret service agents.}

Johor will do all it can to get these Muslims and any other refugees to safe lands within Johor or any other nation they wish to go to. Johor is preparing a naval and aerial system to take these civilians out.

Johor,

My name is Mahamed bin Jahdi, I am the Military and Muslim Advisor to the President. He has asked me to work with you on the evac. We will provide Air Force protection to all of you ships and planes while they enter and leave Armed Republic borders. We have no guarntee that rebels will not attack you. We will work hard to provide you with optimum security. The Best right for your navy would be to come up the Smith River Straight with your ships. We have an airbase up that way. You could fly in and sail in and out with out entering to far into our borders. It is about 25 Miles in. The base is for your use. We ask for you to allow inspectors to check planes and ships at any time. Also we will have air coverage on your ships at all times. This is not agression this is just our self-defense. You have expressed intentions to attack us. We have followed you commands along with everyone elses. The rest of the rebels will probably die. There numbers are growing and they are not going to give up. Please send me the detail of what you are sending and the total amount of people that will be with them. When are you coming is valid also. Thank you

OOC: Haven14, check TGs.

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When Ghalib and Esam returned to the base camp after dark, they had gathered most of what they needed. It had been so easy. Ghalib had waited on the outskirts of town, remaining hidden while Esam drove in, found a clothing store, and bought an outfit with the money from the dead man's wallet. This outfit he had brought back to Ghalib, who had changed clothes. Then they had started buying what they would need.

The two men had split up, checking in every few minutes at the truck and making sure that they did not visit the same store at the same time. One of their first purchases was a large blue tarp, which they covered the truck bed with so that their other purchases could not be seen. None of the items they bought would raise questions by themselves, but the quantity might make people suspicious.

Eventually the money in the driver's wallet had run out, but one quick mugging in an alley had replenished their funds. This man had been left alive; he had not gotten a good look at them, and Ghalib did not want too many missing people floating around to possibly draw attention before his group was ready.

Finally, after the sun had sought its bed, the two men turned off the paved highway onto a small dirt road and drove their stolen truck deep into the forest. When they reached a certain point, Ghalib leaned out of his window and made a series of whistles. They stopped and waited, and a few seconds later five more Arabic men emerged from the woods. There was a quick whispered consultation between Ghalib and his fellow fighters, then the truck was directed off the road, into a small patch of ground that looked like dense forest, but had actually been carefully and methodically cleared to make a space for a vehicle.

The truck was turned off, and Esam pocketed the keys. Then they set about unloading. The first items out were four cans of dark green paint, a can of wax, and an assortment of brushes as well as a paint sprayer. These were left with four of the mudjaheddin, who set about repainting the truck. The fifth, Fakhir, helped carry the other supplies back to camp.

The items would have been nondescript if not for their quantity. Four cases of canned soups, three packages of plastic bowls, another two packages of spoons and forks, and several gallon and liter bottles of various soft drinks and juices. After the foodstuffs however, came six cases of bleach, two dozen bottles of various household cleaners, a case of motor oil, two five gallon cans of gasoline, a case of transmission fluid, and ten twenty gallon buckets. After the unloading was finished and the supplies hidden away, Ghalib and Esam went in search of Abdul.

They found him talking to the rest of their team, apparantly having a religious discussion. While all these fighters were devout servants of Allah, Abdul was far and away the deepest believer. Thus, he acted as the imam for this group. The discussion paused as the two men approached, and then Abdul smiled and rose to embrace his brothers.

"We have what we need?" he asked when the formal greetings had been exchanged.

"I got everything you wished for," Ghalib replied. "You have come up with a good plan, and I am anxious to see it succeed."

"I as much as you, my friend," Abdul replied.

"Indeed," Ghalib nodded. Then he turned to address the group, calling one of them forward. "Azim."

The named man stood up and walked forward. He wore a small beard, though it was nowhere near as long or thick as it normally would be. He was in uniform, and carrying a pistol, but he also had a large backpack on his back.

"Esam, the card," Ghalib ordered. Esam took the dead driver's wallet out of his pocket and removed the driver's license. This he handed to Azim, who took it and studied it carefully.

"Duplicate it," Ghalib said. "I want cards for myself, Esam, Fakhir, and you. Give us appropriate names."

Azim nodded. He'd done this before, he knew what to do. He moved off from the group and unslung his backpack. Setting it on the ground, he brought out his tools. First was a laptop computer, very high-end and fancy. Next came a hand scanner, a small device that looked vaguely like a printer, and the cables and connectors to hook everything together. After that came a small box with a stack of blank white plastic cards in the proper size. Lastly, he pulled out the cord for a battery pack which remained in the backpack, and hooked everything up.

Then he went to work. First, he pulled up an imaging program. Next, he scanned the driver's license into the computer. He resized and fine-tuned the scanned image, then began making changes. Height, weight, hair, eyes, and birthdates were all appropriately changed. When that was done, he opened a file that contained properly sized thumbnail pictures of all the team members. He selected Ghalib's picture, and put it in place on the card image. Finally, he took out one of the blank white cards and stuck it into the printer device, then ordered the program to print. The new card was meticulously stamped and painted on. When it was done, he removed the new fake ID and compared it against the real one. It matched almost exactly. It would still not fool a trained eye, and would certainly not pass inspection by police or military scanners, but if they needed to show identification to an ordinary person, it would suffice. He repeated this process three more times, and an hour and a half later all the people who needed new identities had them.

By that time the repainting of the truck was done as well. The freedom fighters said their evening prayers, posted sentries, and all laid down to sleep, unrolling blankets that they had snuck across the border with them. A couple built up a small fire to cook some of the canned soup, but most of the group was too tired to be hungry. They all wanted to get some rest. The next day was going to be very exciting.

To: Mahamed bin Jahdi & Whoever It May Concern
From: The Defence Ministry of Johor

We will be using military crafts for the evac of these people. We thank you for allowing us to take these refugees out of your nation at a time of instability.

The following will be used:

100 CH-47 Chinooks
70 C-5 Galaxys
2 Salah Al Din Battleships

Total Johorian Personnel = 11,556

We'll allow your military to provide security.

FOX NEWS ALERT! 11/12/04
Fox news has just received information of a fleet of jets striking key targets in the city of Jakubra in the Armed Republic of Haven. We do not know who is responsible for this, but the markings on the planes, the lack of a hostile response from Haven, and the heavy rebel casualties indicate this is probably the work of the Holy Empire of Armandian Cheese. We will keep you informed as this situation progresses.

(OOC: Hey, Mudjahaddin, can I have some of my special forces track your terrorists? I won't foil your villainous plot (unless you let me), but it would be interesting to have a terrorist-counterterrorist situation.)

To whom it may concern

The Kingdom of Aaragon_99 has officially declared that we will accepet any persons wanting to flee Haven. we request that the government of Haven work with us in extracting civilians who want to leave the country. we have our Navy and Airforce on stand by, and can do an evacuation of up to 3 Million persons. and after that we shall see.

King Aaragon_99

The Special Forces task force steaming its way toward Fultonia recieved urgent messages to send attack planes toward an oppresive nation. Immediately, 60 f-16's began streaking toward positions inside of of Haven-14. Air Cavalry carrying special forces, 12 helicopters in all, were flying in low over the northern mountains. The Special Forces Fleet also began to steam into attack positions against Haven 14.

To Fultonia
From Mohammed Bin Jahi

You attack are abit late. The Republic is taking steps to end this situation. They are fighting an internal battle and are only taking allies not enemys. You attacks would be counter productive and oppresive considering the fact that they are working with these "opressed people" to make sure they are ok. You need to fire your intellagence advisor for he is giving you bad information. Also, your air attack will only kill more innocent people. Have you even tried to contact the leaders of haven to see the current situation?

Assalamu alaikum. The Holy Empire of Ismira will take any Muslim refugees who would like to free this oppresive nation.

TO: Top Level Command of Haven14
FROM: Emperor Armand
Sir,
I require urgent information as to your war plans. Our air forces have already attacked at the coordinates you specified, but we are unwilling to further strike without your guidance and cooperation.

Arcademian Cheese Tg Me!!!!

Sir,

We have again started more operations throughout the country. We have engaged Rebels in the following cities, Jakubra, Dupree, Messena, and Irving. These cities are either in control of or close to being in control by rebel forces. They are all over the country but these are the hot spots. Academia Cheese forces are fighting in Jakubra, and we are focusing on the other three. Atleast most of the innocent muslims have been evacuated so we will not mistake them for rebels. The Capital is secure but still not fully. there is still and insurgency there. We will let you know operation news.

General Vincent Remerez

A message was sent to the Administrative Offices of the Government of Haven 14.

The Government of Fultonia has Fighter escorts helping a Special Operations Air Brigade. The Air brigade is landing near your southern mountain range. They will set up humanitarian supplies and begin evacuations of the oppressed islamic peoples in your nation. If fired upon we will return fire, until then teh fighters will remain in holding patterns over the new refugee camps.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foriegn Affairs Wheatly

To Fultonia,

The refugees are already evacuated. Call off your briagade. We don't need your supplies, and any "refugee" in the camp is a terrorist and will be arrested. Our Anti Aircraft Sights are on full alert. Any aircraft that enters the area will be fired upon. Back off, we will fire and we will defend our borders, we have evacuated all the innocents and there is no need for you. This is a internal conflict and you are not needed. Thank you

President Matthew Wills

To: Allied Commanders
From: General Remerez
Subject: Retake Irving

I want all commanders to send any offensive troops or extra defensive troops to Los Colinas, they will all take part in the retaking of irving. We will go at them one at a time. By our estimates we should have about 45,000 Troops avaible that are not defense or policing. That is almost double what we needed to retake the capital. We need to make this fast and unstoppable. I am placing Colonel Blake Rackley incharge of the operation. Code name is Operation Red River. That is because we feel the best way into the city is to cross the river. We barracaded the city no supplies are going in or out. We are sceduled to begin bombing tonight at 2100. Please get them to the lauch site asap.

The Fighters split into 5 twelve man units that split into attack patterns. The fly high and target positions close to mountian range. The Helicoptors fly low and out of radar range. Thier silenced blades spin as they fly up and over the mountians and maintain holding positions. Cords drop and men begin to file ove the sides of 10 of the Helicoptors.

A) RP THIS ALITTLE BETTER NOT JUST I APPEAR AND MY GUYS ARE ON THE GROUND.

B) My Anti-Aircraft Sites would engage you

C) My jets would have engaged your jets

D) why not, there are snipers in the mountain ranges that start picking off you men. (if you want post a better RP, i don't mind you being in this but try alittle bit.)

ooc:
1. I never siad where my jets were, I assumed you to understand them to be coming toward your nation. I was waiting your response.
2. I'm fine if you wish to have men engage my soldiers that is what war is all about.
3. How did I put men on the ground. I inserted a small team of Helicoptors using low flying patterns beneath the radar screen (at least if I'm assuming your modern tech) and I flew over a mountain range which the UStates of America often does to conceal and hide their movements. (France uses this tactic as well). If you want more detail in my posts I will do so in the future. So I'm going to leave the post as is

ic: The men begin flying down the ropes under fire. the first wave sending return fire from their modified m-16's. Several of the brave Fultonian Armed Rangers were hit by the incoming fire and only 25% of the men were out of the helicoptors. The two holding birds turned on thier computer tracking and targeted the enemy with thier missile systems each sending a volly of missiles towards the enemies way.

(OOC: Armandian Cheese, sure. A game of cat-and-cat could be fun. Let's discuss this in TG.)

They were all ready and moving before noon on the appointed day. They broke camp, gathering up everything, including their trash, and scattering the ashes from the fire. It was time for the strike. Ghalib took eight men, including Fakhir, with him. Abdul took the rest and vanished into the forest on foor. Abdul would locate a new camp site for the team and set up a new base. Then he would contact Ghalib again after the mission was over. Before Abdul's people left, Esam handed Ghalib the keys to the truck.

Ghalib's men were all fully armed, assault rifles, pistols, even a handful of grenades. They all wore their uniforms as well. Today, they were soldiers, fighting for the freedom of their religion and their people. They were the warriors of Allah, and this nation would know that. The world would know that.

First, they loaded up the truck. The contents of the bleach cases and household bottles were emptied into the ten gallon containers and all mixed together. The resulting concoction smelled herrendous, enough to make the men standing near it dizzy and set their eyes to watering. The final stirring was done in shifts, and then the containers were hastily covered. The men who'd been stirring took a few minutes to recover while Ghalib, Fakhir, and one other man put the toxins in the truck, making sure they were covered.

"Let us hope no one gets thirsty on the way," Ghalib said lightly as they put the last of the items in.

"Let us hope," Fakhir agreed with a chuckle.


Next came the loading of the people. Ghalib, Fakhir, and one other man got in the cab. The other five carefully laid down in the back under the tarp. After much shifting and swearing, they managed to get set up so that everyone could breath and no one was crushing anyone else. Ghalib started the engine and they headed out.

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Nightfall
Water treatment facility

The facility was at the end of a small dirt road. The only thing between Ghalib's men and their objective was a chainlink fence and a padlocked gate. They were prepared for this. Two men got out of the truck bed when they arrived and crept on cat's feet towards the gate. No one except the terrorists heard the heav clunk and rattle of chain as one of the men cut the lock with bolt cutters, and then removed the chain. Both men cringed as the gate squealed in protest as they swung it open, but nonetheless one removed a flashlight from his belt and sent several short flashes back up the road, to where the truck waited with lights off. Fakhir answered with his flashlight, and then the truck drove forward, still running dark. Once it was through the gate, the men closed the gate again and replaced the chain. The cut padlock obviously would not relock, but they swung it closed so that to a casual glance, it would appear nothing was wrong.

The truck descended a gently sloping ramp into an underground parking garage. When it halted in a parking space near the only door into the facility, the rest of the team disembarked and pulled the tarp off the truck bed. The containers were unloaded, and stacked up near the door to the facility. Ghalib did not understand why the facility was underground, it had to be horribly inefficient. Security, he supposed. Like most oppressive regimes, this one put security above all else. It would certainly be hard for a conventional army to attack. However, Ghalib's forces were not conventional.

The door was locked, but it was nothing fancy. Fakhir went to work on it with a lockpick, and the door popped open. Strange, Ghalib thought, that they went to all the trouble of putting it underground and then did not put any advanced security on the door. It was almost as if they expected all wars to be fought in the air.

The door opened into a damp concrete hallway that smelled of water, rock, and rust. It was decently lit, with flourescent bulbs lighting the way deeper. Some letters in English identified this plant's number and function, as well as the region it serviced. Ghalib smiled when he saw that. They were going to hurt a lot of area.

No cameras appeared to be watching, so the team proceeded deeper into the facility. No guards, no cameras, where was the security? Where were at least a few armed guards? His gut was telling him something was wrong. This should not be so easy.

Three men had remained by the entrance. The five who had gone in, including Ghalib, each had two securely fastened containers strapped to their backs. Ghalib was searching now, searching for a control station, a treatment vat, a filter. Someplace where the deadly payload could be dumped. He was aware that his team was running low on time. Even with security as lax as it appeared to be, sooner or later, someone would detect them.

Now where was what he needed?

(FULTONIA)

The Men start shooting RPG Rounds at the helicopters. Also There is still sniper fire coming from the Moutains. Your missles killed about 80 Troops. An attack sqaudron of Apache Helicopters are on the way to the site. Also reinforcement troops are on the way to the site.

(Majuhdeen)

Police officers surround the facility. They tell the men outside to put there hands in the air and lay down on the ground. They have helicopters circling above and SWAT Teams moving to enter the Facility. Your guys on the ground here police talking. All the lights turn on in the facility. Now you can see Cameras occasionaly.

"Small town word travels fast. They painted the truck and all but didn't change the license plate....Rookies. I can't believe they thought they would get away with killing Dugan. He was an undercover police officer. Who are these people?"

(just give me the reactions now)

Captain Amrez swung his copter around barely avoiding an RPG, "I am ordering a full assault, all Choppers unload and return for more men. We need to clear a path for these guys." The fighter squadren moved closer they would be the Rangers main defence.

Lt. Winters was on the ground the last man out of his chopper, out of the frying pan and into the fire. First secret ops in Iansisle and then this crap. "I want you two units to take positions behind those rocks andpick off that sniper!"

Colonol Dunning came running over and dove behind the nest of trees providing cover for Lt. Winters and the boys. "We need total support, order in all units. I want those ships to come in close and begin firing on coordinates x2985."

"yes sir! This is com 4 we need ship artillary to fire on these coordinates. x2985."

"Yes, out."

The other chopper fired a second volly into the RPG positions. The group of ten choppers finished uploading thier men and headed back for more.

Two modified Fultonian Eagles and a total of 53 men were placed on the mountian. 60 Fighters were incoming and naval ships of the Special Operations division were moving into firing position.

Captain! They are launching artillary at us. We need more men, we need more men. They have taken out a few snipers and about 94 men. We can't hold out with what weve got.

Captain: Leutinent Calm down. We have another 5000 Troops on there way. They can't win this. They think we are weak from the rebellion but we haven't even tapped our armed forces. They think they will win because we are weak in the southern sector. That makes up for less than a quater of our nation you know that. They will lose. Fight to the death. More men are on the way and more helicopters.

Fultonia:

A Fighter Squadron of 130 F-14 Fighter Jets engage your Ships. They began dropping bombs and firing on your ships. You can also spot on your radars incoming ships.

The Troops you dropped into the mountians are under constant fire from the woods, also they can hear apache helicopters approching.

To the leaders of Fultonia,

These invasions are unwarranted and illegal. The Rebellion is close to being over. You are just causing pain and humiliation for yourself. I will be forced to retailiate on your land if you don't stop these attacks. What is your purpose? What are your goals. You aren't even entering in the right direction to help the rebels. I sense an alternative motive in these attacks. I call on the international community to condemn these attacks. I have done what you ask, i repelled the ban, i also provided all innocents with a place to go. We are in the process of ending this rebellion and rebuilding. I would like to say again my military is nowhere near mobalized it is in the process of doing so on the other hand. This conflict with the rebels is almost over....My assistant Mohammed Bin Jahia has been speaking with rebel commanders and has been making progress. We still have to take back a few cities and we don't need to worry about you attacking us or sending in special operations troops to observe. Thank you

The Fighter group breaks away and begins manuevering strafing your planes and sending guided missiles thier way.

Captain Davis was struggling to keep control but the enemy jets weren't letting up. The wing had already lost six planes. Intercomm turns on, "This is Marsh my tails been hit I'm ejecting!" Davis sees his wingman fly out of his plane as it goes spiralling toawrd the earth. Davis flys at a 45 degree angle and swoops back down just managing to get behind the two planes and acquires the lock on one. He fires his third missile at the target.

The men on the ground in the mountians slowly make their way to the mouth of a small cave falling farther and farther back. Wounds and casualties are mounting. The skill if the snipers is more than a match for the two choppers providing cover fire. Colonol Dunning had set up a makeshift hospital inside the cave. "we need medical supplies and more freaking men! Where are thsoe choppers!?" Ten men had died from fighting and twenty had been wounded. Lt. Winters was up front behind a large log providing fire. His gun capped off and he grabbed another clip, he was already a fifth of the way through his ammo. "Just give us time to regroup you a**holes!" He threw a grenade into a group of bushes sporadic fire was coming from.

The Choppers had landed on the Transport Carriers and were almost done loading up more men. The last three attack choppers were taking off as well. Missile coordinates were being programmed and launches would commence in several minutes. Radar had picked up incoming Apaches and Captain Davis wasn't sure they coudl hold them off so he ordered the launch of the three drones on board, It was against protocol but he wanted to protect his men.

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To the Nation of Haven14,

Hostilities will cease if you agree to meet with government officials in regards to human rights violations and other disturbing factors that have occured under your current government. We will withdraw all troops if a meeting is set up between diplomats of both our nations.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foriegn Affairs Wheatly

Squadron Commander to Flight Control, We are taking heavy fire, We have lost 14 Jets and we are pulling out, We are pulling out, permission to Return to base?

Flight Control to Squadron Commander, Return to base, great job.


The apache Helicopters Arrive and began Spraying reported positions with rocket and heavy machine gun fire. More troops began to arrive also.

Ground Command to Central Command, The Apaches are here and are helping alot, also all the men have finnally arrived. We have this entire place surrounded. We have Anti-Aircraft Rocket Launchers and The Special Operations teams have arrived. We await further command.

Central Command to Ground Command, Hold your positions and maintain fire, do not attack, just hold them where they are and engage all other hostiles who enter the area.

Fultonia,

You have no right to ask for a meeting with me or anyone of my diplomats. Your accusations are false and baseless. You say you are fighting for human rights but not once did you ask for a meeting before you started fighting. You have seen that my forces are unwavable. We have a very high defense budget and have only put about 450,000 men on duty. That is nothing. You need to pull all of your troops out of my land and surrounding areas. Go home, and prevent further bloodshed. I have no time for diplomatic meetings with a hipocrite who chooses to fight before he trys to talk. I have a rebel uprising to deal with and you are hending that. More soldiers are dying because you want to be a hero, but for what? Please, this is the last time i will ask, pull out your troops.

President Matthew Wills

To Haven14,

I would gladly pull troops out of your nation but you have my men surrounded. If you will cease hostilities against troops within your nation the next wave of helicoptors will do nothing more than retrieve the Rangers, both living and dead from the conflict. In regards to the accusation that I shot before I spoke I sent two messages before I landed troops. I also highly doubt that all of the freedom fighters in your nation are islamic extremists but people forced to fight for thier very lives who take your expulsion of an entire religious sect as a breach of human rights. If you choose not to attend a meeting that is your right, but I request you stop hostilities so that I can pull my troops from the hostile zone.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foriegn Affairs Wheatly

Captain Davis had used half of his ammunition and all but one of his missiles. The Fighter Group had lost 20 planes but the enemy was retreating. He flipped on the comm, "Men now is not the time to relent. Fly toward the target zone. Our men are under heavy fire and we have to abck them up." The Squad teamed up and four planes headed back to the carrier because of damage sustaiend during the fight. Six wings of six planes linked up and headed toward the zone. "First priority is to take out anti aircraft zones and then military vehicles."

Deep under the seas missile bays opened up on four of the Titan class submarines that escorted the Special Operations group. A total 80 non-nuclear strategic placed missiles streaked toward coordinates indicated by the Special Operation Forces.

Choppers were headed toward the conflict zone carrying men and supplies, several hundred yards ahead were the three attack choppers who were there to engage the enemy squadren that had begun to attack the troops.

Colonol Dunning and Lt. Winters were both injured. Colonol Dunning had shrapnel in his leg from a RPG and had been burned when his makeshift hospital had been attacked by the Apaches. Lt. Winters had been shot several times in the leg as he pulled two of his men from the line of fire. The Force had moved deep inside the cave, only to fine out it wasn't a cave but a series of mines. Roughly 35 injured men were inside the mines and 18 dead were at the mouth. Seven men were unaccounted for and couldn't be picked up on the radios. The Radio became alive, "Missiles launched and heading toward coordiantes. Be prepared for massive damage." The men cheered knowing that no matter what the missiles would do some damage.

Five men and two dead soldiers were hold up in a small ditch behind several large rocks and a few bushes. they had been receiveing huge amount of firepower and had hold their own so far. In the past few minutes the guns had gone silent and they had been able to scavenge a few weapons and ammunitions from the dead around thier position. Specialist Erik looked pale and shaken, "I'm not sure how much longer we can hold out, and if those Apaches choose to target us I think we've gotta wave a white flag." Private Mccreggor tightened the stick keeping his leg stiff as blood began to pour form the wound, "Only if the Apaches target, otherwise we keep fighting."

Winslow looked at Fratelli. "So are we gonna move or what? We could use some of the new Northampton IIs." He wanted to try out his new toy as soon as he could. He was fully convinced that the newest piece in the arsenal of the Bright and Shining Sun of Imitoran firepower would perform well, but he just wanted to see.

"No. The Fultonians dug this hole, and I want to see them get out of it. They need to learn when to jump and when not to jump. Put two more KMAVs over the site, and give me updated SITREPS every hour or so. Get a few interdiction wings ready to offer backup if this," she looked at the current SITREP on teh conflict, "Haven place starts pushing back towards us. Doub't it will happen, but never hurts to be ready. And remind me to send a note to whoevers in charge over there to find out who the hell taught them military strategy."

Winslow nodded, and left the room. Fratelli chuckled to herself. THis would be intresting to watch.

OOC: Glorified TAG.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, but I'll try to make up for it.
Battle on the Streets of Jakubra
Chapter I: Welcome To Jakubra
Part 1
Three star general Chikara Yuki stared out of the window of the Chinook transport helicopter. Beer flushed into his mouth as he thought of his mission. Yuki’s rough, Asian features darkened at the thought of what he was planning to do.
“Damn...Sergeant, can you give me those estimated casualty rates again...”
Barely seen in the dark confines of the Chinook helicopter, the young, Arab, lieutenant, who looked like the stereotypical image of a conscripted boy who had never seen action, read from a clipboard.
“Twenty thousand, sir.”
Chikara’s fist slammed into the table, and sent his bottle of beer hurtling at the lieutenant, who caught it.
“Dammit! They’re willing to sacrifice twenty thousand men to conquer this hell hole! Why not just bomb the hell out of it??!?”
Chikara pulled out a bottle of “Smirnoff Ice” vodka, and a shot glass. After a moment of hesitation, he threw the glass at the wall and chugged the vodka straight from the bottle. The young lieutenant’s face curled in disgust.
“Sir...we can’t destroy a city full of civilians!”
Yuki gestured downwards with his hands.
“Calm down...I know...It’s just that I can’t stand those fools in the Defense Department who worry more about PR bull s–t than our troops. Besides, this city has way too many military installations and economic implications for Haven to let go...Alright, let’s plan this battle out...Hmmm...we’ll need to take the airport so we can fly in more troops and establish supply lines. The Chinooks are good for quick insertions, but they can’t handle large scale transport. Alright, what forces we have, Assad? And for Armand’s sake, sit down!”
“Sorry, sir. I’m just nervous. I...haven’t seen combat before.”
“Goddam it! They send me a green (note: slang for rookie) to be my top assistant! The bio-weapons bastards get the best men...Anyway, how many forces we got?”
“Well, we have ten troops, one M1-Abrams, or one Humvee per Chinook. We’ve got twenty Chinooks in total sir, not counting this specially modified Aerial Command Center. That gives us one hundred elite Malva soldiers (Note: Equivalent in training to US Delta Forces.), five M1-Abrams tanks, and five Recon Humvees. Our escort consists of three Comanche battle helicopters.”
“May Cheese guide us...”
Assad’s face wore a mask of curiosity.
“Sir, why the concern? We should have enough forces to make it to the airport.”
General Yuki pointed outside of the window.
“That’s why.”
Night had lost the battle against day, and the sun’s early rays allowed a truly ominous sight to reveal itself. A horde of terrorist rebels stood chanting in front of the city’s entrance, firing AK-47's and RPG’s wildly in the air. Mines lay scattered at their feat, and old, Russian tanks loomed above them. Various vehicles, ranging from civilian trucks armed with gun emplacements, to mobile ZUS anti-air platforms. Ths strangest thing of all lay in front of this massive horde. It was a large, green sign, reminiscent of those located on American highways. A large message was written on it, big enough to see from the air.
“Welcome to Jakubra.”

Fultonia,

No, you will remove all your hostile aircraft and ships from the area. Your troops can choose to fight or surrender. If they choose to surrender we will take them to you. Any further movements within our borders will be retaliated against. You cannot come into our country and tell us what you are going to do. We will not harm your soldiers and we will care for the wounded as soon as you move out. I have ordered a 12 hour ceasefire at the site. If anyone else enter they will be fired on. What are you going to do?

TROOPS ON THE FRONT LINE
A mandatory ceasefire is in effect for the next 12 hours. If any troops fire, only fire in self defense. If any reenforcements come the ceasefire is broken and you will fight them till they retreat.

The apache pull off, and all troops begin to regroup and gather the dead and wounded. The maintain a line facing the cave. F14 have began patroling the mountian ranges.

Sir, we are not in accord with the ceasefire. They are not firing, this could be because they are real beat up or because they have accepted. We lost some men in a missle attack earlier today. It didn't do much damage thank god but we still lost a good 30 men. Our total casualities are at 300. There are plenty of wounded but they are recovering.

To the Nation of Haven14,

The Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs has ordered a general cease fire effective immediately. All troops have been ordered to stand down and return to defensive postures. However, we are sending a red cross helicoptor with Chaplain escorts into the Cease Fire Zone as is normal procedure. The Helicoptor is marked with Red Cross colors and symbols, it will be reaching the edge fo your airspace shortly. We request that you allow it to land and monitor all activities in regards to the members of the Fultonian Military. A word of caution, if all men are not accounted for and returned within 48 hours the cease fire will be considered broken. Our ships will move away from your territory but within flight range so as to be able to quickly and properly transport Fultonian Military Personal from the area.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foriegn Affairs Wheatly
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The Blue Helicoptor with the bright Red Cross on its sides and belly flew to the edge of Haven14 airspace. The young man flying flipped on the intercom, "This is the chopper New Hope requesting permission to enter Haven14 space and attend to personal within Cease Fire Zone Alpha. over" The chopper had a civilian Doc and several military nurses along with the three Chaplains waiting to attend to the spiritual and psychological needs of their men.

:chooper new hope: Land at cordinates 34,54 for inspection. Once inspected you can carry on.

Fultonia,

I will allow this. It better be fast. The ceasefire is only for 12 hours. As for your missing men, they are not my reponsiblilty. If they went and got themselves killed or lost in the mines then that is they problem. Any further attacks will result in a declaration of war.

bump

OOC: I'll have something soon. Sorry for the delay, but it's Thanksgiving time.

Probably in vain but bumb

Chopper New Hope flys in low and lands in a field and powers down as the troops of Haven 14 move in to surround the group.

Captain Marshall had a broken left collar bone and shrapnell in his right leg. He was crawling through the forest doing his best to avoid the frequent patrols that kept coming by. He had his inflatable raft with him and was heading toward the coast. If he could make it to international waters he was free, which was his hope.

Colonol Dunning and Lt. Winters had pulled thier men very far back in the caves and were waiting word from the Special Operations Group. Medical Attention was needed if some of the men were going to survive much longer. Every man was wounded and some were in piss poor shape. Lt. winters checked his ammo, only a clip and a half left with one grenade. "Sir, do we trust these guys to ship us straight home or do we think we're going to be shipped off to some camps?"

Colonol Dunning looked weary, "Well Winters, I'd be prepared for some atrocious activity."

Specialist Erik was dragging Private McCreggor and several of the other men were dragging the bodies of Dunmeyer and Micheal up the mountain. They weren't recieving fire as they ran inside mout of a cave, the saw a sad sight. Dead men and women at the mouth of the cave and severely wounded soldiers further in. Erik just truned around and took up guard duty outside the cave. Man, he thought, why do they always get us into this shit? If I ever have a say in the matter our government is gonna stay out of this crap.

The helicopters are inspected and cleared for entry into the mountains. We have additional medical materials avaiable if needed. If assistance is needed in anyway let us know.

To Everyone,

The rebellion is dying down and there is only majoring fighting in one city jakubarra (....are you going to post). Other than that the rebel leaders have sat down and we have negotiated a truce. The people that were deported are now welcome to return home if they wish. We thank all of those who helped, and forgive those who didn't.

President Matthew Wills

New Hope flys and lands slightly above the mouth of the cave and coordinates the evacuation of the Fultonian soldiers and into the Search and Rescue medical bay of the Special Operations Carrier Group.
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To the Nation of Haven 14,

We will not soon forget the atrocities committed by your government but openly encourage you to continue on the path of democratization and liberalism. Equality and freedom are the most important of all rights protected by government and given by God.

Respectfully,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wheatly

Fultonia,

My men have reported that we have 3 of your men in custody. They were captured during the fight. They are being interrogated of possible alternative motives you might have and then we will negotiate there release. They will not provide name or ranks so we can't give you those. They are at a maximum security government run prison. They will be treaty fairly, untill we come to an agreement.

ooc: are they together in the same cell, near one another or isolated. do you wanna roleplay the interrogations?

I think it might be fun. tg me of you want to

OOC: Same prison different cells, Solitary confinement. i am all for RPing this. Could u TG me. The Armed Republic of Haven14....i can't find you. This should be fun

Chikara lowered his dark sunglasses, to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. He wasn’t. A large army of rebels awaited his small force.
“Dammit, there are too many of them! We don’t have enough…wait a minute…”
White, diamond shaped objects with what appeared to be green, crystalline cockpits soared towards the rebel camp.
“Assad! I need their signatures! Are they hostiles?”
“No sir. It appears that the “jewels of the sky” have been reborn.”
“You mean…?”
His eyes glared out of the window as the squadron approached the rebels. Anti-aircraft fire rained heavily upon the silent craft, taking down one of them in a green explosion. The others, however, opened small latches from the bottoms of their ships. These latches poured a green toxic substance upon the enemy forces. Some ran, while others manned the heavy ZUS anti-aircraft platforms. The green substance instantly devoured the flesh of the terrorists on the ground. They screamed in agony, and convulsed grotesquely. As quickly as it came, the green substance vanished, taking with it hundreds of enemy forces.
“Wow. I see our bio weapon forces are back in shape.”
“Apparently, they’ve been preparing for such a show of force for a while.”
“Well…do you have any information on how long that bacteria lasts?”
“It’s all classified sir. But judging by the Anagonia situation, all traces decompose as soon as they devour all life forms they come into contact with. So, it should be safe to land.”
“Excellent. Move out!”
The fleet of Chinook helicopters landed near the grim sight of completely empty tanks and vehicles. It was an almost…ghostly experience. Troops began to move out and establish rudimentary defensive positions. Chikara walked out into the dusty, hot city, grimacing as sand slapped against his face. Out of superstition, he checked his holsters to make sure his single action army revolvers were still there. Chikara pulled a PDA with satellite GPS technology. He inspected the map of the area, and then called for his men. One hundred special forces, along with ten tank crews and five Humvee crews, lined up in front of him. Chikara called forth the leaders of each unit, performed all the necessary ceremonial processes, and spoke.
“Men, intelligence indicates that we are approximately five miles from our primary target, the airport. However, we shall be going through heavy urban areas, so the trip should take about half a day. We’ll go into convoy operation, with the tanks and Humvees in the center, flanked by infantry on the sides. I now officially declare Operation: Snake Eater to be commenced. Move out!”
Chikara and Assad marched into a modified command M1-Abrams, that had additional armoring, surveillance, and communications technology. The Chinooks lifted off as the convoy began moving through the town. Chikara sat down, observing various video screens of the convoy. Assad interrupted him, carrying a lap top computer.
“General Yuki. We have received word from high command that most of the country has been pacified. The rebellion has been crushed, and Haven14 reports that they are in peace talks with the rebels.”
“What’s the status of Jakubra?”
“Well, they’ve been somewhat of a rebel city for while in Haven14, long before the rebellion. This city has been known for its virulent fundamentalist strain. The majority of the citizens are Muslim, although they remain loyal to Haven. However, fundamentalists have tapped many disaffected youths, and they retain an iron grip on this city. Their leader, Mahdi Al-Quoot, has issued a statement that goes as follows, ‘the oppressive imperialist pigs shall not prevail! We shall throw out these vile mercenaries that Haven sends at us, and their stomachs shall roast in hell! Allah is great. Our rather, our version of Allah is great. These weak fools who surrender to the tyrannic President, or even fight by his side, have a weak Allah! Ours is better!’ That’s pretty much it, sir.”
“Wow. These people are insane. There’s no way they could win, even if they defeat us. Haven’s entire military shall be engaged against them. Well, even that won’t need to happen, for we shall prevail.”

The Armed Republic sends 1600 troops to aid in the fighting. They will be under your command. Please let us know of any deaths or crimes.

General Vincent Remerez :mp5:

TELEGRAM TO HAVEN14
General Vincent Remerez,
While the help of your troops is welcome, as of now our troops are far t oo deep in the city to group with them. I sent a message to the commander of the troops you deployed, telling them to surround the city and remain on standby. For now, they’ll prevent any terrorists from escaping. Once my men get the airport, well…those terrorist sons of bitches are gonna’ be sent to Allah, through a combined Haven/Cheese force.
--------General Chikara Yuki

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The army convoy slowly travailed the dusty streets of Jakubra. On the sides, glaring, Middle Eastern people lined the streets. Wrinkled old men missing teeth and young teenagers alike muttered curses under their breaths. The street seemed filled with hatred for these soldiers, yet…Corporal Johnson was a little suspicious. Why was it that, besides a few young strongmen wrapped in black scarves and a smattering of grizzled old fogies, the vast majority of the people lining the streets were utterly silent? Something…something permeated the air…
“Fear.”
“Esta, can you stop surprising me like that?”
“Fear is what you feel from these people. They fear those who hold this city hostage.”
Corporal Johnson sighed, and turned around. Esta, a female clad entirely in black, ninja-like, and flowing robes that revealed only here eyes and her black, long, and spiky hairs.
“God, why do you R-Psi people always have to show off?”
A silky, ethereal voice emerged from the robes.
“We are a highly professional unit of psychic special forces. As a member, I must keep my schools in prime shape. And that means…”
Esta vanished in a puff of smoke. Johnson smiled, understanding the game his friend was playing. He whirled around, ready to intercept a blow. To his surprise, Esta simply reappeared in the same spot she had vanished, and punched him in the back. Johnson fell to the ground laughing.
Esta’s eyes smiled as she helped Johnson up and said, “…practice.”
“Why does your practice always result in me getting’ the livin’ bejeesus knocked out of me?”
The corporal’s face darkened as he saw kids hurling rocks at his comrades.
“You were right Esta. About what you said before. Some of these people, like those kids, are definitely buying into this fundamentalist craze. But the rest…are terrified. This is most definitely not some unruly mob in charge here. They are experts at dominating people. And they seem to have some sort of trump card, looming over these peo---AUGHHHH!!!”
Esta recoiled in horror as the Corporal fell to the ground, his guts bursting from a gun wound. Immediately, gunfire erupted all around them. Esta whipped pulled a P2K pistol from her boots and vanished, only to appear behind the gunman who shot at Johnson. She blasted his brains apart, and rushed back out to aid her comrades, who battled against an unseen enemy, an enemy who hid amongst innocents. An enemy who was at once everywhere, and nowhere.

All fighting is over and balance has been restored...thanks everyone