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GRNS Special News Bulletin-

Good evening and welcome to the Guadalombian Republican News Service. Today’s story: in a surprise move today, under orders from his infinite grace, President General Emilio Diez Calvo, elements of the Guadalombian Republican Army landed on the small, long presumed uninhabited island of Nueva Real. The motives for the deployment are uncertain, however, following the recent reported successes in his Excellency’s campaign against Marxist rebellion in the south of the nation, President General Calvo has discussed the possibility of pursuing a nuclear program, and realizing the hazards of nuclear research near any major population centers, he may indeed be wishing to use the large expanses of free territory in Nueva Real instead.

The exact numbers of deployed forces are also uncertain, but we are certain that they shall be more than enough to ensure his Excellency’s claim on this new government land is sufficiently enforced. As of now, a no-fly zone has been established over the whole of the 135 square mile island, prompting the state department to issue warnings to flight controllers worldwide to divert airline flights that would normally chart their course over Nueva Real.

In other news, a Puerto Calvo resident reportedly sold his soul to Satan for a Klondike Bar…

Advance Operating Base AOB-1NR, designation “Ax”

The large green transport helicopters hovered over the newly cleared boxlike area situated on a plateau overlooking the large bay and the western shoreline of the island. The rotors whirred dully, sending the tall grasses bending flat against the earth, and working at the ears of the bare backed grunts setting up a barbed wire enclosure around the compound. Hammers and electric drills added to the cacophony as soldiers struggled to set up permanent wooden structures to replace the tent town that now sat on the edge of the clearing.

In his own green camouflaged command tent, slightly larger than those surrounding it, General Carlos de Bielzo pored over a large map spread out on a dusty wooden table. The map was a topographical survey of the landscape, giving him an idea of the terrain they would be expecting when they moved inland. There were already five other AOBs being established along the shorelines of the island, and according to his time schedule, they would all have to be functioning in a week.

In the meantime, however, that was not going to hinder operations. The news had been unusually accurate in presuming the intentions of the President. The island would indeed be used for nuclear research and later, weapons testing, but what they had failed to report correctly was that the island did maintain a population. An independent, simple native population had been existing in the jungles for centuries, unhampered and largely unnoticed by their neighbors in Guadalombia. Their land had not been worth much to the government until now, and according to the orders of President Calvo, the inhabitants would have to go if plans were to proceed properly with the nuclear program.

In addition to the indigenous population, the island also had served as a haven for escaped prisoners, both civil and political, and was also expected to house a haven for drug and arms smugglers running to and from the island of Guadalombia proper. They too would have to be dealt with. For the moment, however, the General’s ranking concern was topography, and getting his gear through the jungles.

The Foreign Minister (Jonas Vintov) the Minister for Reaserch, Science and Technology (Andrew Michela) and The minister for the Envirenment (Janice Donnegan)

Have issued a joint statement Requesting that such an island should be used purely for reaserch on its ecosystem, as it has not been affected by humans. 'Or so you say'.