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UC SHED LIGHT ON KAITAINE SPACE "DISASTER"
A team of scientists from Ui Cennesliag today have announced a disturbing piece of information about the recent Kaitaine space launch. According to one of our sources the supposed unmanned mission may not have been so. Files have been released of a voice recording that the UC science team claim could only have come from orbit. A conversation was monitored for around thirty minutes and then went silent from one end, no further contact was heard despite what appeared to be input from ground control.

Since the early part of the year Ui Cenneslaig have operated various space based labs and monitors in order to learn more about the solar system. One of these picked up the transmissions of the Kiataine space launch a full 24 hours before the Pravada announcement of a satellite launch that was designed to burn up in the atmosphere. Speaking to our publication Professor Killian McHugh of the Ui Cenneslaig space programme said. "This is disturbing, it is our point of view that while being obsessed with carrying out a rapid space programme in order to impress the world that they have rushed to send a manned mission knowing full well they are not ready. As such I believe what we have picked up is a great disaster in space, maybe the first of its kind. I think this person has either burnt up in re-entry or skimmed off the atmosphere and is lost in space with no chance of rescure." The audio has been made available to several other nations who have also given similar assessments including the Joint Nordic Space Programme whose director told us, "In our view this is a failed manned mission. I think they knew this was a possibility and as such delayed the announcement until they knew how it would have ended. This shows you can not rush space exploration."

So far the Kaitaine Ministry of Defence which oversees the Kaitiane space programme has refused to comment on the speculation instead just re-releasing statements about a successful launch and satellite mission.

Lakhzovia:

Lakhzov Airforce bombs chemical plant as army flees Khaliniz Brigade advance


These are the shocking scenes from earlier today when the Lakhzov Air Force bombed a state owned chemical plant after Khaliniz Brigade soldiers looked set to overwhelm the Lakhzov guards. While the Lakhzov government has been reluctant to allow key strategic assets to fall in to the hands of the nascent Utman Republic this is the first case of them deliberately destroying a site rather than allow it to fall under Utman control.

There are unconfirmed reports that villagers and Khaliniz Brigade soldiers within a 5km radius of the site have suffered breathing difficulties leading some to fear that the fire at the plant has released toxic chemicals into the air. Some have gone so far as to speculate that the reason the plant was destroyed was to cover up evidence of chemical weapons research and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Over the past weeks the Utman Khaliniz Brigades have made a number of important gains in Transmecuria seizing over one hundred police stations, an airport and at least one power plant. The Utman Provisional Government has stated that the seizure of key infrastructure is an essential step in Utman state building.

The Kadassa Regime has responded by ordering the Lakhzov Defence Forces to guard key strategic infrastructure, however not knowing which target is next has impacted their ability to provide sufficient defensive coverage, the commencement of the rainy season has also limited the LDF's ability to deploy reinforcements and supplies to the region providing the more mobile and locally based Utman militias with a powerful tactical advantage, and one which they have been exploiting to great success.

The Lakhzov government has declined to comment on the incident telling FMN that the ban on our news network remains in effect.

Sam:

Special Report from Talmar District, Lalishistan by Marjorie Barron, investigative reporter and war correspondence for FMN

The Saheristani government is making a determined effort to reclaim Talmar District from Triple L insurgents, that much is true. However, regardless of what Al-Šāṭi would have you believe in their latest report, the truth is different. This is Marjorie Barron, with a special report from Talmar, bringing you the real story.


The Army’s attack has been swift and ruthless. There is a decisiveness and viciousness at play not seen in previous attacks on Talmar.

Government forces have now blockaded most roads into the area, and I may be the only foreign journalist in the region at this time. From what I have seen so far, I can confirm that the government is waging what appears to be a campaign of reprisal, rather than liberation, attempting to terrorise the population away from their support for the Triple L, who they seek to punish for their latest abortive attack in the Saheri capital.

First, despite claims by the Saheristani Army broadcast in Al-Šāṭi, we have seen no evidence of precision bombing or shelling. On the contrary, the army is indiscriminately shelling villages in which insurgents are suspected to be hiding, while the air force is deploying napalm to deforest areas of the landscape, robbing insurgents of cover and attempting to deny their escape routes with cluster munitions.


Our team has also witnessed crimes against humanity being perpetrated by the Lalishi Liberation League.

Triple L forces are also liberally deploying antipersonnel landmines across the valley in preparation for further government attacks and are forcibly disappearing and torturing suspected government collaborators.

Army losses have been substantially higher than expected, but Al-Šāṭi’s report ignores that fighting has already begun in earnest.

Fighting has already begun in earnest and significant causalities have been taken by both sides. The army is better trained and equipped now than it has ever been, and has brought tremendous firepower to this engagement. However, the Triple L are dug in deeply, and they know this region intricately. 

Hundreds of civilians have already been displaced by the fighting, and many are being corralled into IDP (internally displaced persons) camps. These camps lack basic amenities and seem to be intended to secure and search the general population for insurgents.

Overall, it is immediately apparent that despite fierce resistance, the government is making significant gains. Previous strategies to win over the hearts and minds of the Lalishi population seem to have been ditched for much more liberal rules of engagement, matching the conduct of President Ashkan’s aggressive anti-terrorist policy.

My team and I will remain in the region as long as we can, but evading both sides is becoming increasingly difficult as combat escalates. This has been Marjorie Barron, from the Talmar Valley.

Achkaerin:

DID UTMAN LIBERATION ORGANISATION TAKE SHOT AT WASP?

In a breaking news story the Free Mundus Network can report that it has acquired information from a credible source that indicates that an incident involving an Achkaerinese Wasp Type helicopter some weeks ago may have been more that it seemed.

The incident in brief terms saw the wasp, during coordinated operations with Somerset to monitor the border with Lakhzovia or more specifically an area of Lakhzovia claimed as the Utman Republic, forced into making an emergency landing due to what at the time was termed "unclear reasons" by those involved, the Lakhzovian authorities and military were subsequently able to rescue the crew and recover the helicopter, the helicopter has since been repaired and the two officers aboard it are in fine shape.

However this network has now received information that the most likely explanation for the incident is that someone took a shot at the helicopter, the most likely candidate being the ULO, this is something forcefully denied by the ULO. We will have more as this develops.

guest17:

Probe incident causes widespread fires, evacuations ordered
1,083 people have been on the evacuated from the town of Tej'ca and its surrounding villages, after the unexpected crash landing of an Ahkbanilese space probe. The prototype space probe, a latest test by the Ahkbanil Hwolikwuyxi (Airforce) Extlepahai’ko (Astronomical Research Division), was meant to have an issueless landing within a predesignated location in Ahkbanil. However at 10:42 A.M. it is believed the probe encountered an issue with its landing mechanisms causing the spacecraft to free-fall for some time. At 10:57 A.M. the craft crashed near the town of Tej'ca and three surrounding villages. Fortunately no one was injured during the initial impact, however the impact initiated a fire resulting from leaking rocket Fuel and the force of impact. This resulted in a massive fire first occurring to the north of Tej’ca near a small farming village. From there the fire spread consuming the village and causing massive damage to its fields before spreading south towards Tej’ca and other villages. The Local Tej’ca Fire force rushed to try and stop the fire from preventing however do to the flammability of the crop fields the nature of the fire and its fuel controlling the flames has proved difficult.

“We arrive on one scene and put the flames out only for word to reach us that the fire has spread elsewhere”  That was one local firefighter who voiced her frustration with the situation. Battling the flames has become “a game of cat and mouse” as another describes it.  Due to the scale and nature of the fire, the local  Tej’ca  Fire Force has allowed those willing to volunteer and assist in their operations. These entail not just putting out the fires, but also assisting in evacuation efforts and distributing supplies as needed.

1,083 people have been evacuated from the Tej’ca and its surrounding villages, unfortunately some have been injured in the chaos of the situation thankfully however there have been no deaths as of yet. The Government of Cojotan has called for Ahkbanil to “answer and take responsibility for this situation”. These calls have taken the form of a request of  reperations by the Ahkbanil Government equaling value to the damage dealt by the fires as well as a means to recover what crop has been lost to the flames.        

As of the fire has been burning for near four hours and does not seem to be ending anytime soon.     

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