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Centralis protests this blatantly imperialistic carve-up of Azan. The Azani people have not been consulted (those of them left alive after the FCL military finished slaughtering them, anyway); indeed, according to the latest UN Report on the country, "elections have been outlawed". Without the consent of the people, no government is legitimate, and no nation can presume to allocate territory from another without such legitimacy.
- Ricardo Micola, Minister for International Affairs
General Fonzerelli also reiterates that Auldonina occupation is for a limited time only and once we pull out the Azanian people can have their farm lands back.
GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71
Their choice wa sonly that because you eliminated all other alternatives. You invaded their country, you snivelling hypocrite, you destroyed their society and drove them from their homes, you slaughtered those who fought back, you carved up their country like a pie, and you will be ground into the dust of history like every nation of your kind that has come before you. Depend upon it.
- Minister Micola, for the first time publicly losing his temper.
no we simply solved the problem that had arisen due to their leaders inability to rule and when hte leaders went absent we fixed the problem. Now it upto the Apolyton Council to determine the future of the area.
But that is after we complete our missions.
GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71
(Seems I haven't quite got the image insert thing sorted out, but it's there... )
More details to follow in next post.
Note that Guardinian Naval Forces are actually inside the FCL/Auldoninnan patrol zone on two locations, each occupied by a single submarine. These are the two Guardinian "stealth subs" Sneaky and Snoopy, which were mentioned in a post last week. They're both trying to live up to their names, with the Sneaky sneaking around on the east coast of former Azan while the Snoopy is snooping around in the Auldoninnan-controlled waters on the west coast. These subs will be very hard to find, but perhaps not completely impossible...
Also, Guardinian Special Forces are on the ground in former Azan and in former Evil Evil Finland, attempting to find out first-hand what the heck is going on and who the "terrorists" really are.
The Guardinian Air Force is conducting air patrols and reconnaisance overflights covering most of the area shown on this map. The regular air patrols always take care not to overfly FCL/Auldoninnan/Hive forces directly or entering their declared exclusion zones, but what the stealthier spy aircraft do are a different story...
More to follow!
Edit: Hey, ooops... this was all OOC stuff, but I did not specifically say so at first.
IC: Not a threat, General. An observation. It will happen no matter what we do; it is the way of history. Those like you inevitably fall; the only differences lie in the price the innocent must pay.
Originally posted by Guardian Guardinian operations.
(Seems I haven't quite got the image insert thing sorted out, but it's there... )
More details to follow in next post.
Note that Guardinian Naval Forces are actually inside the FCL/Auldoninnan patrol zone on two locations, each occupied by a single submarine. These are the two Guardinian "stealth subs" Sneaky and Snoopy, which were mentioned in a post last week. They're both trying to live up to their names, with the Sneaky sneaking around on the east coast of former Azan while the Snoopy is snooping around in the Auldoninnan-controlled waters on the west coast. These subs will be very hard to find, but perhaps not completely impossible...
Also, Guardinian Special Forces are on the ground in former Azan and in former Evil Evil Finland, attempting to find out first-hand what the heck is going on and who the "terrorists" really are.
The Guardinian Air Force is conducting air patrols and reconnaisance overflights covering most of the area shown on this map. The regular air patrols always take care not to overfly FCL/Auldoninnan/Hive forces directly or entering their declared exclusion zones, but what the stealthier spy aircraft do are a different story...
More to follow!
President Howard, welcomes the inspections by Guardinian forces , we jsut hope you wqatch your heads whilst the bombs drop.
If Guardinia can cotnrol the terrorists the Auldonina Ground forces wont be required...
We thank your nation for joining our assault on the terrosist camps.
GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71
Originally posted by GeneralTacticus
OOC: Guardian, pelase check your NS telegrams.
IC: Not a threat, General. An observation. It will happen no matter what we do; it is the way of history. Those like you inevitably fall; the only differences lie in the price the innocent must pay.
President Howard writes to the Minister.
It is with great concern that you class us as the aggressor in a situation where we are simply protecting the innocent lives of Auldoninna citizens. If your people had been attacked you would respond in similar fashion. We have no goals of staying in Azan permanently and as we speak many Auldonina troops are heading off the island and heading for some well deserved R & R.
We hope once we leave the region the new government of Azan continue to live in peace and maintain their land for freedom from terrorists
GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71
I do hope that you are not offended by my utter lack of sympathy for your nation on it's present course. If you wer eopen about what you were doing, I might be able to dredge up some scrap of respect for you, but as it is, you have joined with Hive and FCL forces in invading, occupying, and despoiling the neutral nation of Azan, on the flimsiest of pretexts, and you then have the nerve to complain when people fight back.
This is a fundamental lesson you have yet to learn: when you attack people, when you impoverish them and take awya their freedom, they do not passively submit. They resist. Regardless of who the resistance is directed against, there are only two ways to end it: ceasing oppression, or genocide. Your government appears to have taken the latter course, and for that, you shall stand condemned for as long as your nation is remembered.
Incidentally, you may be surprised to learn that we have, in fact, suffered terrorist attacks against our people, dometimes quite severe ones. Amazingly enough, our policy was not the complete depopulation of the areas the terrorists originated from, nor was it to bomb cities that they might or might not be hiding in. Instead, we compiled evidence, gathered intelligence, and arrested the people who did it. You would do well to take note, President Howard.
- Ricardo Micola,
Minister for International Affairs,
Centralis
Originally posted by GeneralTacticus
Dear President Howard,
I do hope that you are not offended by my utter lack of sympathy for your nation on it's present course. If you wer eopen about what you were doing, I might be able to dredge up some scrap of respect for you, but as it is, you have joined with Hive and FCL forces in invading, occupying, and despoiling the neutral nation of Azan, on the flimsiest of pretexts, and you then have the nerve to complain when people fight back.
This is a fundamental lesson you have yet to learn: when you attack people, when you impoverish them and take awya their freedom, they do not passively submit. They resist. Regardless of who the resistance is directed against, there are only two ways to end it: ceasing oppression, or genocide. Your government appears to have taken the latter course, and for that, you shall stand condemned for as long as your nation is remembered.
Incidentally, you may be surprised to learn that we have, in fact, suffered terrorist attacks against our people, dometimes quite severe ones. Amazingly enough, our policy was not the complete depopulation of the areas the terrorists originated from, nor was it to bomb cities that they might or might not be hiding in. Instead, we compiled evidence, gathered intelligence, and arrested the people who did it. You would do well to take note, President Howard.
- Ricardo Micola,
Minister for International Affairs,
Centralis
My dear Minister.
As the terrorists were not located on our homeland, we could not arrest them as you say. We had to find them , which we did, and finding that they were wel larmed we fought them with al lwe had.
Also we have not joined forces with the Hive, we have only acknowledeged them as friendly due to their help of the FCL people. However, yes we have allyed with the FCL people as we feel their fight is a worthy fight. a fight to free theri own people.
We wont lower ourselve st oyour level of abuse, you may swear and curse to your hearts content, we are jsutified in wht we have done, and as we stated many times, the land we currently occupy will be returned to the Azan people. We wish no control over their remaining peoples.
President Howard
GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71
Official statement by Guardinian Department of Foreign Affairs
Guardinia does not recognize the new borders of Azan as outlined by Auldoninna.
We support Jonchastan's proposal to turn control of Azan temporarily over to the Apolyton Court. However, in light of the continuing military buildup and extremely aggressive posturing by Auldoninnan military forces literally right on our doorsteps, Guardinia is compelled to respond by increasing the readiness of our own forces.
Today we announce that our Navy and Air Force are now being fully mobilized and that elements of the Army are also being placed on alert and deployed to forward bases. We maintain nonetheless that these are in fact restrained and measured responses by Guardinia. Every action we have taken so far has been defensive in nature. We have not been blocking, harrassing or threatening anyone, even with bombs and missiles exploding within few kilometers of our borders.
To this day, we have not seen any solid evidence that has convinced us of the "extreme nature" of these "terrorists" the Auldoninnan Forces are attacking. We are investigating matters on our own, but so far we have found very little information to back up the Auldoninnan claims. We are somewhat perplexed by Auldoninna's failure to provide hard evidence to support their claims, given that so many have questioned their motives.
Guardinian Special Forces are currently inside Evil Evil Finland investigating one of the areas Auldoninna claims to be a terrorist base. The bombardment unleashed upon this area by the Auldoninnans has driven several thousand new refugees across the border and into Guardinia. Given the present lack of evidence against them, all who reach the border shall be under Guardinian protection until further notice. Immigration authorities and Red Cross volunteers are helping the National Guard and the local police forces in handling all these refugees. Officials have interviewed several individuals as part of our investigation efforts.
We are quite concerned about the seemingly indiscriminate bombing of whole villages or even cities. Such actions are not justified under any circumstances.
We call for an immediate cease fire, pending an official investigation of these so-called terrorists by the Apolyton Court.
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Night time, on the outskirts of an "independent Azanian city" in south-eastern Azan
Several dark figures were moving quickly and quietly through the night, pausing periodically in concealed positions. Officially they were not supposed to be here, but they were, and they had a job to do. The Auldoninnans claimed that the area was now secure and that their forces had left the city. The dark figures were here to find out if that was true, and to uncover what had really happened here.
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Destroyer GNS Excalibur, in international waters east of Azan
"Are you sure, Captain?"
"You'd better believe I'm sure, son! Get those helos on their way now! That's an order!"
"Aye aye, sir!"
Minutes later, the Excalibur's two helicopters were racing out across the water, low and fast. They were heading west, and within less than 30 seconds they would be entering the area patroled by the FCL and Auldoninnan navies. Other Guardinian ships in the area were also launching their helos.
Another unidentified vessel had just almost made it into international waters before being hit and sunk by an Auldoninnan destroyer. The destroyer had immediately turned away and headed north after firing.
Now the Guardinians were sending helicopters in to look for survivors...
"Politics is to say you are going to do one thing while you're actually planning to do someting else - and then you do neither."
-- Saddam Hussein
(Seems I haven't quite got the image insert thing sorted out, but it's there... )
since nobody seems to be drawing my territory on the map i'll just remind you that you have ships in my water, and i have juristication over that northern water between myself and FCL, so if they're still there when i next get time to read all these posts in detail and post something, some ships are going to be sunk
ps, yes im rubbish with the graphics thats why i haven't been messing the maps up :P
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