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3/8/05/ -- The Independent -- 75p
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UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT HOGSWEAT AND THE WESTLAND COMMONWEALTH MOBILISE FORCES
Startling news today as the United Kingdom officially reveals the choice to mobilise it's entire armed forces, which has been going on for a week now, and that includes all active reserve units that are earmarked for reserve purposes. Currently, the 500,000 strong proffessional army is already deployed and is currently on manouvres in Edinburgh and is soon to be moved to the capital to ensure the safety of our loyal citizens. Active Components of the Hogsweatian Reservists have been called up, the some 1,500,000 soldiers are currently scattered around the UK, with another 3,000,000 being mobilised and after that a further twice that number will be deployed to defend our country. Armour numbers are not certain but it is known that the famously huge 88th and 89th Armour Reserve Divisions are being brought out of mothball to supplement the extensive armour that is already in use with our proffessional armies.
The picture below shows a huge line of tanks, lasting nearly some six kilometres long. The tanks are different in size but are clearly marked with a Hogsweatian flag. Some have flagpoles, and larger antennas. These are clearly the command tanks. A huge flagpole boasts the UK's flag at full mast waving in the wind, while the tanks appear to be old makes, from Patton's to T62s, the most advanced being the German make Leopard 1. In the foreground a regiment of soldiers marches, their rifles, which appear to be FN FALs but are in fact the Hogsweatian make, the Spenfield .303 SLR, their flagwaver waving their regiment's banner in the soft Hogsweatian air.
Other mobilisations include our 1000 ship strong navy, powered by some 230,000,000 personnel in all sectors, with a score of kilometre long supercarriers, some twoscore battleships, including the famous HMS Rodney the flagship of our fleet, carrying the thirty nine year old Fleet Star Admiral of the Red George Brydges Rodney. Even the eighteen Northumberland Pocket Superdreadnaughts steam out of port today, their 25" guns guarding our shores from anyone that would wish to destroy what will soon be four hundred years of heritage, under our own sovreignty.
The picture shows a huge battleship from the front view, water splashing over it's bow, the barrels of the triple guns shining with crew dashing about on deck. To the left of the battleship is the kilometre long HMS Illustrious, some hundred aircraft, a sixth of it's capabilities, lined up on deck. Around it are some surfaced submarines and destroyers of all kinds, and on the foreground battleship waves proudly the ensign of the royal navy at full mast, and another flagpole with the UK's flag waving full mast. This is surely a view of one of the strongest navies in the world. Overhead fly aircraft, striking in their delta pattern, leaving behind red white and blue streaks from their jet engines.
It is unknown what this mobilization is for but Union Street has made it clear noone will know until the last minute. In fact, most railways and airports have been taken over by the military for the mobilization and transportation of troops, equipment, and other stuff. All sections of the armed forces are under full alert.
James Terraper, The Independent

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We will monitor this mass mobilization with much interest.

Dr. Darius Wellington, Foreign Affairs Minister (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Spectrechris/george.jpg)
The United Socialist Republic of the Aztec National League

(OOC: More of a really fancy tag...I didn't feel like typing up a whole offical response, yet not just a tag.)

Within Artitsa, there was great hustle and bustle. The military was moving into motion. For many this was quite an exciting prospect, and always brought people into recruiting offices... not that they needed it. More often than not, the military found itself rejecting some people. The benefits for the military were just to great to pass up for some people. And yet, over 1,000,000 Professional Artitsan Soldiers had been mobilized. 250,000 of which would be travelling to Hogsweat. Of Course this number did not include that of the 750,000 Shock Troops (AKA Spartans) who would also be moving with them. Divisions had not been named, all that was know, was that at least 4 Army Groups had been sent over seas.

Not to be out done, the Soverign Artitsan Imperial Navy (SAIN) had sent out three fleets, total vessels numbering 2434*, not including troop transports for the Army, which could feasably be numbering in the hundreds. This of course was but a fraction of the total Artitsan Navy, which has been rumoured to be one of the largest in the world.

The Airforce however, have been woefully uncooperative in the entire circumstance. Unwilling to move bomber wings to Hogsweat, has distanced itself from the other branches of the Armed Forces. They had figured that moving airwings into Hogsweat would prevent them from being mobile, and proving themselves to be quite vulnerable. Thus, the Artitsan Airforce will be playing a minor role, providing strategic bombing, while the Navies Aircraft do the brunt of the work.

The Army and Shock Troops are still trying to convince Airforce commanders to atleast send a few fighter wings for CAS and CAP. Depending on the situation, this may or may not be granted. This whole situation has become quite alarming, and President Dmitri Milosvaji was quoted to have stated "if the [Airforce] is unwilling to put its bombers into combat, then why do they even have bombers?"

Many believe that there could be some forced resignations coming from the direction of the airforce within the next quarter.

In other news, a cat recently killed a man in a liquor store robbery. The cat had attempted to steal a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, only to be stopped by the owner and proprietor of the shop. The man was announced dead at the scene. The cat remains at large, and is suspected clawed and un-neutered.

*[2nd Fleet - 840 Vessels, 76 Submarines
10th and 14th Sovietsky Fleets - 676 Vessels, 83 Submarines (Each)]

We shall moniter this as well.

spectatoral TAG of approvement

General Rahman looked into the newspapers and saw Hogsweats mobilisation, his eyes went up , to the left and back. He lifted his eyebrows while he thought: 'What was that thing with Automagfreek? Ah yes, those islands, thats probably what this is about! Yet another case that i'll have our secret services monitor.'