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Bjornoyan Federal Peacekeepers Return Civil Order to Lebanon

In a stuningly fast move, Bjornoyan Federal Peacekeepers para-dropped into Lebanon after the recent collapse of Greenmanbry. Due to the turmoil caused by the war in Israel, the civil war being fought between the various Carthaginian factions, and the recent plague outbreak in Elephantum, the Lebanese viewed the Bjornoyans as a godsend. Resistence was scattered and flimsy, the Greenmanbry forces left to their families instead of fighting the Bjornoyans.

Governmental issues are currently being debated within The Word and The Will. A population census will be taken by the Bjornoyan Federal Government, and from the gathered information will determine the best possible leadership for the new member of the Bjornoyan Patriarchal Federation.

"We welcome yet another member to the Bjornoyan Federation," stated Fraugott Lucy Rand at a recent press conference, "We hope our two cultures can learn and grow off of one-another."

Along with the troops, Bjornoya sent food, water, clothing, and other neccesities to the Lebanese populce. Bjornoya has already shipped out hundreds of elementary, junior high, and high school teachers to help continue education in the war-torn region.

Riots in Lebanon!

After two weeks without incident, the Lebanese populace took to the streets to protest the Bjornoyan influence. The populace was at first wary but accepting of the Bjornoyan cultural influence. The language code was accepted, the government was decent, but when the Bjornoyans tried to enforce their culinary culture in Lebanon, the Lebanese put their foot down.

"Allah almighty! where did the Bjornoyans learned to cook? This stuff is horrible, its worse than unleven mandelbread! Man, I could really go for some Elephanti baba ghannouj," proclaimed Lebanese college student Jamil Haririw while waving a, "Get that Sh-- Out of Here!" placard on the streets.

The Bjornoyan Federal Government was speechless, and is asking for foreign assistance in dealing with the matter.

Elephanti troops in Israel had largely pacified the situation, and, with Bjornoyan permission, moved on Beruit. Talking with local leaders, a man named Ali Abdullah Saleh, an immigrant from Yemen, the temporary leader. Saleh has several years government experience, and knows local infrastructure well.

Experts on the region believe Elephanti troops will recieve a better reception then the Bjornoyans. The troops are almost all Arab Muslims like themselves, and have a better understanding of the culture and society.

While rioting is expected to continue for some time, there have been some signs of abatement since news of the arrival was announced.

(ooc: I will be taking over Lebanon, and it will become Sultanate #13, the Sultanate of Lubnan)

2 months after Elephanti Intervention

Ali Abdul Saleh, the provisional Sultan of Lubnan, was riding down the streets of Beirut in his government limosine, discussing his plans for the future. He had a good chance of retaining his position, as he was a very capable leader from the Elephanti point of view, but many native Lebanese opposed this idea.

As they rounded a corner, he paused for a moment, and looked at the people eating lunch at the cafe across the street. Just a few weeks ago they had been railing against him, and now here they were, perfectly content.

There was a horrible noise, and a flash of light, before the Sultan died.

From his apartment down the street, Fouad Sinora watched his bomb. Disguised in a trash can, it had performed well. The Sultan's car was in flames, the engine combusting, and no one appeared to be moving inside. Several bystanders on the ground appeared to be dead, and many more were wounded. His superior would be pleased.

Reporters immediately rushed to the blast site, where medics and firemen were trying to help the victims. The Sultan, his driver and three bodyguards, and eleven innocent bystanders were killed in the blast, and around three dozen were wounded. Fifteen minutes later, a pair of blasts, both car bombs, went off. One was in a busy marketplace, and the other was in front of a busy mosque.

A group called the Lubnani Civilian Police Forces (LCPF), led by a man named Bachir Geraymel, claimed responsibility, and said the attacks would not stop until Lubnan was granted its independence.

An Elephanti response is yet to come...

Lebanese Insurgency
Days:1
Killed: 38 in 3 bombings
Wounded: 175+ in 3 bombings

The Norwegians had been allowed to establish a consulate in Beirut by the Elephanti government, and had opened it for business two days before the insurgency had started. Now, the Consule General and the seven strong diplomatic staff, twenty civilians and twenty Marines were inside the compound of the Consulate, with Marines on the walls watching over the crowds. They were armed with the latest weapons issued to the Norwegian military. All in all, the arsenal of the Norwegian consulate consisted of
(14) AG6A1 assault rifles
(6) MP5A3 submachine guns
(4) MG49A1 light machine guns
(30) P17A2 sidearms
(2) SG92 sniper rifles

The Marines were on battlealert, dressed in BDUs and tactical vests instead of the normal duty uniforms. The alert status had gone from a nice low green to a very dangerous orange, which was the second highest on the alert scale, second only to red. Hopefully nothing would happen.

Sultan's Palace, Beirut
Jihad Zanoun, one of Saleh's biggest rivals, had just been sworn into office, not just as a provisional Sultan, but as a full voting member of the Council. He gave a small speech, urging calm, and letting them know law and order would be restored soon.

However, the people were not calm. Most stores were closed, and few shoppers were to be found. Only police and reporters ventured out en masse, and neither could find much information for their purposes.

Luckily, there were no attacks, yet.

At several hospitals, more dead and wounded were reported.

Lebanese Insurgency
Days:2
Killed: 41 in 3 bombings
Wounded: 183 in 3 bombings

Before withdrawing, the Bjornoyan Federal Government had set up a consulate in Beirut in order to ease any cultural strains between Lebanon and Bjornoya. The consulate was guarded by a small contingency of Federal Peacekeepers that were not withdrawn. The consulate consisted of 35 civilian government employees, 28 Federal Peacekeepers, and 2 Humvees. This along with the standard peacekeeping weaponry made up the security forces for the consulate.

Orbat
HK USP Pistol x 28
HK UMP SMG x 28
HK G36 Assault Rifle x 10
HK MG-43 Machine Gun x 3
HK CAWS Shotgun x 2
PSG-1 Sniper Rifle x 1
Humvee x 2

OOC: Hope ya don't mind me jumping in and all, since I kinda started the thread figured might as well stick around until it's finished.

Three Days Later

The first days after the attacks were panicked, but people had begun to return to normality after a few days. This was perfect for the terrorists. At the city of Tyre, in Southern Lebanon, a man blew himself up on a public bus. Several mortars were launched at a military base outside Beirut, killing one soldier, wounding several others, and damaging several vehicles.

Worst of all was an attack in the Bekka Valley. Several dozen armed men, claiming to be LCPF members, attacked the local police station, killed the officers in a shootout, and held several children hostage in the station.

When the military arrived, they were unsure of what to do. If they attacked, the children would die, and the terrorists would gain support. Until thier superiors decided on a course of action, they took up positions surrounding the station, and waited.

Lebanese Insurgency
Days:5
Killed: 79 in 4 bombings, 1 mortar attack, and 1 hostage situation
Wounded: 347 in 4 bombings, 1 mortar attack, and 1 hostage situation

Special News Bulletin
Sultan Hiraz e-Mumman of Bahrain will be visiting Beirut to discuss the insurgency with Sultan Jihad Zanoun this week.

(ooc-must go, but this will lead up to Hiraz's assassination)

Hiraz stepped out of his VC-26, an Elephanti version of a 747, modified for use by Sultans, and greeted Sultan Zanoun. They had much to talk about.

While the Sultans talked, the terrorists prepared. Outside the Beirut International Airport, seven men set up positions. They had one rocket launcher, a pair of SMGs, and a few grenades. Their job was to kill Hiraz e-Mumman, the most powerful man in the country. Unfortunatetly for them, he would not leave until nightfall, and there would be an identical decoy plane. If they failed they would die, but if they suceeded, they would die. All that mattered was the continuation of a war for an Islamic state.

Hiraz stepped into the rear cabin. After several hours of talks, they had reached a plan. Several prominent Islamic clerics would be appointed to the Jihad's council. They would try to appease the people, and decry the extremists. Hardly a solution, but it was a step along the right path. Even now Sultan Zanoun was giving a press conference announcing the clerics appointed.

As the pair of VC-26's, both the decoy and the real thing, taxied down the runway, the terrorists prepared. Brother Ahmed, leader of the group, readied the rocket launcher. Aiming at the base of the first plane's wing, he fired.

Barely off the ground, the plane crashed in a ball of fire, severely damaging the following plane, which continued on a short flight to Tripoli. All on the first plane, including the Sultan, were dead.