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Renewed Warfare in Amhara Hamdahnid
Topic Started: Jan 22 2007, 10:54 PM (409 Views)
Rhadamanthus
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Benghazi, Amhara Hamdahnid

Several months has passed since the cease-fire had been implemented. The prior year of continual bloodshed had taken a severe toll on all sides, so the United Arab Coalition and the government both accepted the truce when the Union of African Peoples proposed it. Naturally, all sides were suspicious, but the rest was needed, so an uneasy de facto peace covered the land.

President al-Sanussi and his followers had managed to crush the supporters of Arab Independence in the Senate, but this required a certain degree of political compromise, and the result was that the Arab citizens who had been imprisoned in government-controlled Amhara were freed and their rights restored--creating a large population resentful of President al-Sanussi and his government.

It was at this inopportune time that President al-Sanussi fell ill. It seems that his injuries from the bomb blast that killed the rest of the senior government officials and left him the undisputed leader of Amhara Hamdahnid had never completely healed, and eventually these wounds grew infected. Coupled with the stress of his job, this left him very weak. He soon grew ill, and would come to spend most of his time in the hospital.

The Amharan Senate was now divided into multiple antagonistic factions, and without President al-Sanussi to hold them together, they soon fell into bickering and the work of the government slowed to a halt. With the government dangerously divided and vulnerable to renewed attack, President al-Sanussi began to drift into a coma. He had rarely spoken in the hospital before that, and had left no instructions on what to do in the event of his incapacity. Those who tried to visit him asked many questions but got few answers.

The last recorded statement the President made before his coma was a strange, pained regret muttered to a young aide, and not repeated until decades after the incident: "Goddamn it, that perverse Xanthou has me by the throat."
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Benghazi, Amhara Hamdahnid

It was a quiet day, or at least it began as one. Benghazi was still operating normally. Things had been tense since the announcement of the President's coma, but the Senate seemed to have things under control, so daily life did not look to be disturbed. And for the time, even the precarious truce between the government and the rebel factions was holding.

A street preacher was speaking in the park. The man was of Arabic descent, but based on his words, he was a Christian, and not a Muslim. This last fact had not saved him from imprisonment under Presidental-Sanussi's orders during the war, and the man's eyepatch and stump of a left arm paid brutal witness to the fact that while President al-Sanussi had tried to portray the United Arab Coalition as Islamic terrorists rather than Arab nationalists, all Arabs had been victims of his imprisonment policy.

As the man spoke, a crowd began to form around him. What was he speaking about? Simple things. Rights for Arabs, obviously enough, and when most of those gathered saw the man's wounds, they were not opposed to letting the Arabs in Southern Amhara go their own way. He also spoke of religious brotherhood; the difference between Christian and Muslim obviously was not large if both could be mutilated in government prisons under the same policies. Finally, he spoke of the end of the corrupt al-Sanussi government, a government which had come to power in an attempt to hold onto the withering facade of a united, Christian, Amharan government.

So the crowd continued to grow. And as the crowd grew, they got louder, both general chatter, and cheers at various salient points in the Arab man's speach. And as the crowd got louder, they attracted more people, which in turn led them to be louder. Each iteration, each larger, louder crowd, was also rowdier, and seeing this, the speech quickly grew more militant. Soon the cries were being heard: "Down with al-Sanussi! Down with the Senate!" as well as "Equal rights! Rights for Arabs!" or even "Arab Independence Now!"

And as is often the case, words soon became actions. Whereas a crowd had been listening to a speech thirty minutes before, at this point a mob was advancing toward the capital district, a violent, angry mob, aimed directly at the center of government in Benghazi.
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Benghazi, Amhara Hamdahnid

In the streets of the capital, the steady stream of machine gun fire hammered out a grim staccato of human misery. After weeks of unabated rioting, death ruled Benghazi as the government troops mowed down the rioters with old Soviet-era weaponry. The response was shocking, as the supposedly unorganized rioters turned up weapons of their own. While it was stated, and assumed, that the United Arab Coalition had provided the weaponry and was funding this uprising, this was far from clear. For its own part, the UAC sternly insisted that it still upheld the truce.

Regardless of the source, the counterattack pierced the failing morale of many of the Senate's soldiers. Widespread defection plagued the ranks of the armies that had been called into the capital to keep peace, and the situation had spread to the level of a full-scale national emergency. With rebel troops laying siege to the government compound, even the most pacifist senators were sure that the UAC and the UAP would take advantage to renew their own assaults.

On the fourth day of the siege, the senate sent out a negotiator, Idris Trabelsi to speak with the rebels. Tense and fearful as he walked outside, Trabelsi hoped to strike an accord with the rioters, and to calm the situation before the truce with the rebel factions was shattered. The government had to show strength for the ceasefire to hold, and the situation in the capital had to be settled as soon as possible. His exit was interrupted as the walkway burst into flame. In quick succession, seven explosions engulfed the guarded entrances to the compound, pre-placed explosives that would have had to have been planted well before the fighting broke out.

With Trabelsi and numerous others incinerated in the hellish blaze, and the rioters preparing to storm the compound as soon the flames gave way, the remainder of the Senate was in chaos. Amidst this anarchy, however, several had the presence of mind to steal away to an office, and make a phone call. There was only one chance for the government cause, but even now, none of them liked having to speak with him.
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Tazerbo, Amhara Hamdahnid

Mohommed Sahure took another pull on the fine Mayapanian cigar before removing it with his thick fingers and blowing a perfectly formed smoke ring, which lazily floated across the width of his wide mahogany desk before dispersing. Lieutenant Su'aad Musa was pacing excitedly back and forth across the stretch of floor in front of his commander's colossal desk and gesturing wildly as he made his points.

"It seems the people are finally standing up to the oppressive government as they should have long ago. The effort to smuggle weapons into the North we've been pursuing since the ceasefire was signed seems to have payed off. Maybe too well. How can we help our people when we are too busy stating to anyone who will listen that we have upheld the ceasefire?" Lieutenant Musa struggled to keep from getting swept away by his own rhetoric. As the volume of his voice began to climb became apparent that he wasn't having much success. "They are mowing the rioters down in the streets with machine guns and we are sitting here because we cannot violate a ceasefire?!" he asked, hammering his fist on the desk for emphasis. Mohommed Sahure frowned back at the man for a few seconds before making his reply.

"Violating this ceasefire makes us the aggressor in this conflict. Who will aid the aggressor? No, it must be said that the tyrants in Benghazi fired the first shots, but that doesn't mean we have to sit on our hands. Instead, we will make the world believe we are the victims here. Do you remember the crates of captured government uniforms in the shed?" he asked. The other man nodded slowly, a smile spreading across his face as he saw what Sahure intended. "Load them into one of the trucks and deliver them to the training camp in al-Jawf. Ahmad will know what to do with them," he finished, dismissing the lieutenants with a wave of his hand. Lieutenant Musa turned to leave. As he was almost to the door, Mohommed Sahure called his name. Musa turned back to him, his hand resting on the door frame. "Musa, if you yell at me again, I will personally chop off your right hand." Sahure said, his voice utterly devoid of emotion. "Do we understand each other?" Musa nodded silently before turning on his heel and moving quickly out of the commander's large office.


Kufra, Amhara Hamdahnid

Ahmad had handed the each of the twelve trainees that had been selected for the mission one of the captured uniforms and an AK-47 and loaded them into a cloth top deuce-and-a-half with Amharan Army markings. They had been told that they would be raiding a UAP supply stash in hopes of re-inciting warfare between the UAP and the government. "God forth and do God's will" he'd told each of them as they climbed into the bed of the large truck, his voice ringing with the conviction of a freedom fighter. None of them suspected a thing.

The trainees jumped out of the rear of the truck as it was still rolling and rushed as one toward the small desert supply complex. They burst through the door and into the nearest building to find it empty. It was about then that the first shot was fired. A Russian made 7.62x54R round fired from 551 meters away caught the driver of the truck in the forehead, penetrating the skull easily and passing straight through to leave a neat hole in the headrest behind him. At least the hole looked neat, the gray matter and skull fragments in and around it certainly didn't.

Hearing the report of the rifle, the trainees rushed outside into the small courtyard between the compound's three buildings. The UAC soldiers that had been hiding in wait on the rooftops and behind the far buildings immediately opened fire and the staccato bursts of broke the silence that seemed to hang as heavily as the desert heat. The trainees were hopelessly outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned. The skirmish was over almost before it begun. With mechanical precision, the UAC soldiers put a single bullet right between the eyes of each of the ‘government’ soldiers.

The sniper switched off the ancient camcorder, ejected the tape and slid it into one of the pockets of his desert fatigues before picking up his SVD Dragunov rifle. He gently folded the bipod and cradled the rifles in his arms as he made his toward the rest of the UAC soldiers. They didn’t suspect a thing. As far as they knew, they had just repelled an assault by government forces in violation of the ceasefire. None of them felt an ounce of regret. Every one of them knew that it could have just as easily been them face up on dry earth with a bullet between their eyes if a sympathetic local hadn’t radioed ahead to warn them.


Benghazi, Amhara Hamdahnid

The line of UAC technicals streamed into Benghazi, their mounted .50 caliber machineguns never silent for more than thirty seconds at a time. The rioters made way for them without giving them any trouble. In some places, usually where the fighting with the government forces was hottest, cheers went up as the Arabic scrawled across the doors of the pickups became visible. The UAC fighters targeted the government machinegun emplacements, trying to kill their crews so that the rioters could in turn use them against the government soldiers. Meanwhile, UAC soldiers steamed out of their garrisons in the high passes of the Massif Mountains and headed towards Benghazi in force. They rode in deuce-and-a-halfs ‘liberated’ from government forces during a previous conflict or in pickups or SUVs ‘liberated’ from their Northern Amharan owners. The ad hoc convoy closed quickly on the capital, seeking to put an end to the corrupt, dictatorial government once and for all.
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Damn its been a while. Al Araam, should I pick this up?
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Sep 3 2007, 12:37 AM
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Damn its been a while. Al Araam, should I pick this up?

OOC: Haven't seen Al in a while, waiting on a response from him in the Al Umma thread.
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Abnar
Sep 3 2007, 07:31 PM
The Resplendent Dawn
Sep 3 2007, 12:37 AM
OOC:

Damn its been a while.  Al Araam, should I pick this up?

OOC: Haven't seen Al in a while, waiting on a response from him in the Al Umma thread.

OOC:
I've been busier than I expected to be with work, so I haven't had so much free time. I'm hoping to be able to post in the Al Umma thread tomorrow. And yeah RD, if you want to continue this, we can.
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I might want to get involved in this. What are some of my options for some good RP ideas?
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CNNP, I'm not sure that we had an outline here, so its reasonably freeform. If you need details just ask, but feel free to join in. Al Araam, if I have the time, I'll probably post in here and continue the plot.
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OOC- You know, if this conflict is still going on by the time the civil war ends, I might be interested in joining in. Helps character development. :D
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If its ok with Al Araam, Kas, that would be fine with me. Samething with you CNNP: just check with Al Araam before joining.
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OOC- Of course. That's a given. ^_^
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Yeah, it's fine with me if both Kas and the CNNP jump in on this one. Like RD mentioned, this was a very freeform RP and I don't believe we've worked out any real outline for it at all, so feel free to join us.
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Excellent. As I said, once this civil war of mine is over, I'll help out. :D
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Benghazi, Amhara Hamdahnid

After the imprompu uprising in the capital, Amhara Hamdahnid was on fire. World sympathies were mixed after the uprising and the opening of warfare, as it there was dispute over certain events, whether the government or the United Arab Coalition had started the fighting. The result was an international community that was reluctant to interfere. And so the rest of the world sat and watched as Amhara Hamdahnid went to hell.

The capital had fallen to the United Arab Coalition advance as the uprising had been followed up by troop movements in response to an apparent government raid on a Union of African Peoples position. Civil war had been renewed, and this time all the pent up rage and hatred that had festered during the ceasefire was being expressed.

As the United Arab Coalition, the Union of African Peoples, and the Amharan national government fought, the country was being quickly torn apart by violence. The government, for its part, had grown increasingly dependent on the neighboring Exarchate of Africa during the ceasefire. As a result, it found itself unable to respond effectively to United Arab Coalition attacks until reinforcements would arrive from Carthage. The Exarchate had offered to provide support to match United Arab Coalition power, but other conflicts occupied its attention so it did not help more than that.
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In an Address aimed at all inhabitants, clandestine or not, in Amhara Hamdahnid:

We of The Incorporated States of Zeelar hear your plight and sympathize with how your faction feels about the incurring insurgency in your nation - whatever your faction might be. I hereby assure you that we will stand by you in the New World Order that arises from that conflict - whatever that New World Order may be.

Therefore, we, the people of Zeelar wish to offer humanitarian aide at prices that are far below the international standard. Is it not said that the Gods help those that help themselves? It is possible therefore for the wartorn peoples and the displaced homeless to help themselves towards some of the finest in international relief goods.

These shall be held for auction at designated areas that are so sanctioned for relief to be issued. As such, these areas are to be treated as medical camps and to not fall under any attack or enemy fire.
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"The teaching that God helps those who help themselves is not according to the Holy Gospel, but the Deist teaching of Benjamin Franklin. At this juncture, it seems appropriate to remind Zeelar that they swore fealty to the Emperor, and so should follow the Empire in supporting the government of Amhara and condemning all the rebels."

-Isaac Xanthou




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Al Araam, is there any possibility that you create a map for this conflict? I'm having trouble envisioning Amhara and where are positions should be.
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We had paid reparations and ended that war within a great time frame ago. Is it necessary to bolster such a response further?

Of course, if it is so necessary, we would gladly support it.

- Arthur Susskind
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OOC:

When you swear fealty, you are a vassal until you specifically break ties, which would involve a great insult to the liege.
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As the fighting in Amhara continued unabated, Isaac Xanthou had several legions of the Army of Africa launch amphibious invasions of the coast of Amhara Hamdahnid, known to Romans as Cyrenaica. The legions were instructed to overwhelm the rebels with superior force: all rebels and supporters would be killed or enslaved. It was expected that the prices of slaves in the Carthage and Alexandria markets would plummet due to the Cyrenaican campaign.

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful military forces in the world, and heir to a long military tradition. Several hundered thousand men under the command of Flavian of Syracuse would invade from the west, while the remainder of Theodoret of Tortosa's army would attack from Egypt. The goal of the campaign was not to conquer or annex the country, but to restore order under the puppet government.

In effect, the goal was only to secure the coastal roads and occupy the Pentapolis and the other coastal cities. This would protect the Imperial traffic between Africa and Egypt, thus securing commerce. Occupation would be brutal, and no dissent will be tolerated.
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