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Gadar! - News from the Red subcontinent

The 15th of February, 2008, ten point five billion citizens of the Indian Soviet Commonwealth of Beddgelert celebrate the ninettenth anniversary of the bloodless February Revolution that brought-down the amalgamated Leninist-Maoist Communist Party of India with the rallying cry, "All Power to the Soviets!" Seven years of Marxian orthodoxy in mainland India was replaced by Igovian Communism (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=532748), bringing about the reunification with Ceylon.

Typically rambunctious celebrations lead by Geletian Celts in the Commonwealth Guard were cut short in Nagaland Soviet State by an exchange of fire with Burmese border forces.

At this stage both sides are still blaming the other for initiating the engagement, which rapidly degenerated when Soviet Guardsmen -under-manned due to celebrations and holiday leave- called in fire-support, which was provided by a batter of 105mm Indian Field Guns located on a nearby hillside. Burmese counter-battery fire lead to an artillery duel that was decisively won by superior Indian gunnery.

Several days later, it appears that small numbers of Naga and supporting Assamese and Bengali troops have pressed into Burmese territory, possibly pursuing fleeing opponents in the clashes of the 15th, leaving the world to speculate as to whether a full-scale invasion of Burma by Soviet India may be on the cards.

History of tension

Burma and India have a history of poor relations since independence. Many in the latter nation felt that the two ought to have been united in 1947, when Indian National Army forces drove British and other colonial forces from the region. More recently it is India's swing to the left and the rise of Burma's military junta that have caused friction.

Border skirmishes have happened in the past, and Naypyidaw answers Raipur's criticism of its authoritarianism with allegations that the Soviets are a deliberately destabilising force in the area, going to far as to allege Indian aid to rebel groups.

Commonwealth Air Guard strikes Burmese defence industry

Three days after the start of the latest Indo-Burmese border clashes reports have emerged of an over-night strike mission carried-out by the CAG Expert Corps deep inside Burmese territory.

NT-1 Springer air interdiction bombers are alleged to have hit a factory established with Ukrainian assistance, thought to produce light armoured vehicles for the Tatmadaw (the military of Myanmar), initial reports suggesting that satellite-guided bombs and possibly TV or infra-red guided Parliament air-to-ground missiles may have succeeded in crippling a key component of Burma's heavy military industry.

The Springer, India's heavily-armoured aerial warhorse, dates back to the pre-revolutionary days of Llewellyn's Principality, but with updates including digitised flight and weapons-system computers and Barbarian turbofans the decades old design continues to fly. It is assumed that the CAG strike aircraft used tree-top flight altitude and advanced countermeasures to defeat a currently modernising Myanmar Integrated Air Defence System, but Commonwealth Guard experts suggest that the operation was rather more risky than its casualty-free completion suggests. Certainly the CAG is unimpressed by Burma's Chengdu F-7 fighters and the nation's few MiG-29s, but Russian and other foreign assistance in the ground-based radar grid is said to be a concern.

In any event, the sortie indicates a new level of hostilities and speculation is now rife over its intent. Some observers believe that the operation is just the first of many that will aim to cripple Burma's domestic defence industry ahead of an all-out invasion, while others suggest that the raid was a punative action and warning to the military junta, that may not necessarily lead to further incursions.

Klassenkampf

Indo-Burmese Border Heats Up; What Will Lonieda Do?

We here at Klassenkampf, along with most of you Kameraden out there, learned today of the recent Indo-Burmese actions on the border. Naturally, the majority of the country is behind our Beddgeletian Kameraden on this one, but some are saying that we should be noncommittal. What fools would say this? Naturally the ZMP (Zintharian Menshevik Party). But then again, who cares what they think? They haven't had a majority of seats in the National Soviet since its inception, and we here at Klassenkampf doubt they ever will. What did the Marshallcy have to say? Marshal Mikhail Lonieda said in a speech today
This increase of hostilities between Burma and our Beddgeletian allies is a disturbing and serious matter to deal with. While the SSFZ would prefer that this matter be settled peacefully, I will not hesitate to ask the National Soviet to send in elements of the Spetsnaz Airborne and the SSFZ Army Air Corps for the aid of Beddgelert, should they seek our aid. Zintharia will always aid any nation of the Communist League, and will always work to foster peace amongst the nations of the world, in order to aid in the Global Revolution. Obviously, the SSFZ will attend any League meeting over this matter in an attempt to reconcile the differences between these two nations. All power to the Soviets!

We here at Klassenkampf fully support the Marhsal's statement, and several of our writers have enlisted in the SSFZ Army as reporters in order to document this event. Long live the SSFZ, Beddgelert, and the Communist League! All power to the Soviets!