Urgently requesting aid against pro-ISIS rebels [MT, OPEN]

[Allanea]

The Allaneans now moved to entirely different operations. Civil Affairs offices - sometimes in abandoned stores, at other times simply in tents - opened everywhere where Allanean troops were deployed, wherein Allaneans spoke to both refugees and potential volunteers, those Diyaristanis whose pre-war skills and experience enabled them to help with resolving their nation’s problems. The former were directed to airfields, where planes would take them to Allanea, the latter would be either pointed at the relevant offices of the Diyaristani provisional government where they would be able to volunteer.

Combat engineers and Pipeline Troops worked day and night, laying down miles and miles of pipelines to restore water to the populated areas of Diyaristan. Combat bulldozers were repurposed to fix damaged irrigation channels and repair road damage as much as possible, while breaching vehicles, their thick armor a protection against the fallout, worked to clear irradiated wreckage from the areas where dirty bombs were deployed.

Special forces and paratroopers moved on to hunt down the remaining terrorists and warlords. Wherever possible, they organized with Diyaristani police, asking them for help, and in return providing them equipment they would need to do their jobs - jeeps and trucks, helmets and firearms.


In addition to these things, a message was sent.

From: Queen Cassiopeia Blaken-Kazansky
To: Gen. Hamara
Subject:

My dear friend!

I respect your bravery and your commitment to democracy in your country. I would like to continue working for the benefit of your nation. As you know, we are already working on medical assistance, infrastructure rebuilding, refugee evacuation and decontamination. If you can suggest other avenues of assistance, that would be wonderful.

Yours,
Cassiopeia.

[Albatan]

Albatan Ends Envolvement in Diyaristan
Albatan will leave several diplomats behind to oversee the burgeoning democracy, besides that, their attention turns to the LFN.

[The Green Union]

The Green Union has declared vast cutbacks to its involvement in Diyaristan. The mount Kula safe zone, as well as all militia, defence, and administrative assets, have been transferred to the new democratically elected Diyaristani government.

The mount Kula safe zone had previously been operating essentially as a GU-subsidized pocket nation with its own government, documentation, law enforcement, capital city, and militia force. Now, however, the mountain is preparing to rejoin Diyaristan at large for the rebuilding of their nation. It has been a painful war, even in the safe zone, with rebel attacks along the border having taken the lives of many a militiaman and a lack of food and medicine inflamed by unreliable transport systems into and out of the safe zone leading to far more. But here as well as everywhere in Diyaristan the people have endured.

Red Cross, Crescent, and Crystal Workers mourning the loss of a fellow aid worker killed in a suicide bombing in Alisar

Meanwhile, Green Union forces will be withdrawing from the mount Kula safe zone and Diyaristan at large. Only some key administrative figures whose work is indispensable have remained in the area. The Green Union's remaining government assets in the country will be in the form of the Loyalist Red Crystal aid organization currently finishing its work in the mount Kula safe zone and beginning work in the newly war torn northern Diyaristan. After the Diyaristani government gets back on its feet the Green Union aid assets will fully withdraw.

[Diyaristan]

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FROM: Gen. Izgar Hamara, Army Chief of Staff and Interim President of the Republic of Diyaristan
TO: Her Majesty Queen Cassiopeia Blaken-Kazansky of the Free Kingdom of Allanea

This is the first time I have ever spoken with royalty; forgive me my inevitable crudeness! I am frankly honored that you wish to speak with me and that your people have supported us so faithfully in trying times. With the nation at peace, I think we can turn our attention to the national elections which would finally stabilize our country. But I'll need a lot of help organizing it; an international committee overseeing the process will be the best way to ensure a fair outcome.

A rough tally: Alamardin has 1 voter outreach platform, I have 1, Lao has 1, and Istiyar has 2: his Diyaristani Communist Party campaign committee and the Christoslavian interests committee. So far, the DCP has the best-organized pre-election campaign because of this. There is also Dinal Azdirmak now, the former ISIS commander's estranged son, who is running on a traditional (non-terrorist) Quranist platform for the Islamic Justice Party.

So if Christoslavia is helping the DCP organize and spread its messages, whom will you help give a platform to (one or more candidates)? Besides the anti-DRLFN Communists, you have the Libertarians following Alamardin, the Social Liberals following Lao, and myself. There are also a lot of unknown candidates whom you might discover who might appreciate you giving them at least one platform.

I believe the Christoslavian election oversight subcommittee will probably continue to campaign in favor of Chairman Istiyar, but other international oversight committees have not yet chosen a campaign to support. I, for my part, could either consume my time in presidential affairs if elected or military affairs otherwise; we are still severely lacking in loyal generals, or even so little as corrupt and mercenary ones after Baghmetara's assassination and the Baklayev corruption scandal.

The reason I want so many international committees openly involved in the canvassing process is because I know there will be election irregularities otherwise. We need one nation's committees to report on fraud by other nations' committees and for self-interest to balance out instead of being concealed behind a mask of "objectivity" like in the Western democratic traditions.

Finally, I have been hearing disturbing stories from Army engineers about the structural stability of the Qashmar Dam. The foundations have been eroded severely by nuclear blast shockwaves, if what I've been hearing is correct. I am going to dispatch a team there immediately but I do not believe our effort alone will be enough.

[END]

Qashmar Dam



"The dam was already unstable before the blast shockwave."
"How come?"
"We... didn't exactly have the best contractors working on the project. At least they weren't the worst... or we got lucky. Subsoil erosion on the limestone deposits is our primary problem here, but we'd expected it to hold out for at least another 15 years."
"What are our options?"
"Well, we could build another dam downriver a little ways while reinforcing the current one long enough to hold out until then. The Army might have to evacuate a few towns along the way. We might also try to save this dam by pumping large volumes of composite hydraulic cement to broaden the foundation level."
"That option would be faster, but require considerable tax increases short of major assistance here by anti-ISIS coalition countries."
"The political implications of the dam will affect a lot of voters downriver in Isteni Province... and not everyone is prepared to start such a major tax hike. Ironically, proposed tax cuts might hurt right-wing candidates in the polls unless foreign aid money fills this gap..."
"Hold up. We need to focus, people. Politicians may be arguing over how the main work begins, but this levee won't repair itself."

[The Aryan Confederate States]

It is the middle of August, in the summer heat of the eastern Diyaristani lowlands. The city of Qashmar is notable for its choking pollution, ubiquitous smokestacks, and extensive railway hubs. A commercial district buzzes with neon signage, seemingly oblivious to the time of day - or perhaps just more visible in the huge shadows produced by towering new industrial complexes. A new plume of smoke rose from the direction of the Presidential House. The 27th of this month was fated to become a day of national infamy.

"Everyone, we have an emergency! Terrorists just bombed the Presidential Palace!"
"We're receiving word that President Amin is dead! Members of the Supreme Ijma are immediately advised to take cover in the Representatives' bunkers."

Filing down a spiral staircase, with soldiers behind and in front of them, most of the representatives are visibly shaken. Army Chief of Staff Marat Baghmetara already awaited inside the main bunker.

"Switch on the news. I need to see what's going on."





The Aryan Confederate States condemn the attack on the Presidential Palace.

if there is anyway my nation could help, please notify me as soon as possible and I will have artillery on your side right quick.

"...as the battle for Yarlaq intensifies. The Army has confirmed 231 casualties just in today's round of fighting. You can see the crowds of people streaming out of the city in expectation of a possible takeover by ISIS."

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"...and we turn to our live interview with the Army Chief of Staff and interim president, General Baghmetara. General? Any words to the nation in the aftermath of President Amin's assassination?"

The news crew. The people must be reassured...

"Just this. The people of our Republic are fighting a life-or-death war for our democracy's very existence. A famous American leader once said that his country could not remain half free and half slave. Either Diyaristan is a nation of free men and women, or the slave empire of Wilayah al-Kala. I appeal to my fellow countrymen and the liberty-loving nations of the earth to aid us in our cause."

"What are your orders, Mr. President?"

"Convert Qashmar Airport into a military landing zone. We'll need all the troops we can get to survive this."

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[Allanea]

FROM: Her Majesty Queen Cassiopeia Blaken-Kazansky of the Free Kingdom of Allanea
TO:Gen. Izgar Hamara, Army Chief of Staff and Interim President of the Republic of Diyaristan

My dear friend!

It would be somewhat inappropriate, given the position we have taken so far, for the Free Kingdom to openly endorse, or fund, any of the candidate. As a private individual, I am willing to make a political donation to the Libertarian Party of Diyaristan if that is legal within current Diyaristani law. In addition, I am sending a copy of your message to several private political organizations in Allanea, which may have the ability to send volunteers to assist one or more of the political groups, either as advisors or as ground-game volunteers.
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In addition - and this is I believe fully legal and will be supported by all the factions - I am ordering a large shipment of high-definition video cameras, to be deployed at polling booths and other facilities pertaining to the voting itself, to record the entire process of voting and vote counting, to avoid any problems.

I am ordering also an immediate deployment of combat engineers to resolve the issues at the Qashmar Dam, and a reorientation of Automobile Battalions and information operations troops to help in any evacuations that may be needed.

Yours, Cassiopeia.

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The vehicles began to move again - army excavators, trenchdiggers, and heavy semitrailer trucks, which hid in their box-like bodies all the equipment to assemble small, portrable, concrete factories. Armored breaching vehicles moved behind the columns, their treads clanking, their excavator arms elevated in position. Behind those, in a second column, moved any local vehicles that the Allaneans could recruit for the emergency - concrete mixers and cranes, excavators, dump trucks and semitrailers bearing bulldozers.

The columns themselves spread over miles and miles. Safety rules imposed a strict limit on how fast the vehicles could travel, what the size of the gap between them could be, and so forth. Traffic lights being still out on many roads, military men with glowsticks in hand directed traffic as the long, howling, clanking columns pushed towards the Qashmar dam.

Simultaneously with this, Civil Affairs and Information Operations troops began mounting helicopters that would fly them to towns in the flood zone. They would establish there for two reasons:

One, it would be to make obvious that Allaneans were not afraid of the dam breaking, and thus by their presence avoid a panic that might cost many lives.

Second, it would be to ensure that if an evacuation was needed, it would be as orderly as possible, and carried out with Allanean assistance.

While all this occured, a small, green helicopter flew over the roads, its crew observing patiently the long columns of vehicles pushing on towards the Qashmar Dam. It landed near the Dam’s offices, and an Allanean wearing an NBC suit hopped out casually, as if he had been trained over and over again to move in full NBC gear. (Which of course, he was).

His voice was low, muffled somewhat by the NBC protection gear:

Colonel Paul North, Allanean Combat Engineers. Let’s see how we can fix this.

[Allanea]

At the Qashmar Dam

The Allaneans began to work at a feverish pace. On the floodplain, the excavators and bulldozers moved on, in some places manned by soldiers and contractors in full-body NBC suits, in others simply placed in autonomous mode, as they piled on meters of topsoil. Chains of military gabions - boxes of hardy cloth with metal reinforcements - would be stretched out behind trucks to form long walls, and then filled with soil and concrete. Several rows of these would be joined together, and a second level of wall would be built on top of them, to form the core of a levee. It was hoped that a levee system could be build up rapidly enough to reduce damage from the flooding.

On the dam itself, the engineers offered a solition to the locals: first, to allow some water to escape the reservoir in a controlled fashion, hopefully reducing the pressure on the dam. Second, to commence working jointly on reinforcing the dam, adding thousands of tons of concrete to back it up at its most important points.

Darullah

In the capital city, the presence of Allanean aid workers and soldiers was the most obvious. Cellphone lines were restored, electricity was gradually coming back online, neighborhood after neighborhood. In the parts of the city ruined by terrorist attacks and the atomic explosion, soldiers wearing NBC gear could be seen working alongside armored bulldozers, removing the wreckage. The priority was clearing the streets, and the second priority was removing the dead for proper burial. Few had survived under the ruins for this long, although there was always the rare miracle - the man who had survived for seven days under a concrete plate, the healthy family who had lasted out the crisis in a basement, a dog squealing under the wreckage. Gradually, even the miracles grew rarer and ceased altogether.

The Allaneans continued, however, to work.

They were methodical. Every ruin was inspected with Geiger counters - and anything that was contaminated over a certain level was driven out of town and buried. Wreckage that was less contaminated was driven off as a second priority.

At the local hospital, Allaneans continued to assist as well. Greenleaf Imperial Charity arrived with new CT machines, new ambulance vehicles as gifts to the hospital, and two robot surgeon machines. Saline beds for burn victims were brought in as well, no doubt saving the lives of dozens of people. Another way to ease the burden was taking away the most dire patients - airlifts to Allanea, helicopter lifts to hospital ships continued to work. Military units deployed in Diyaristan shared much-needed supplies - bandages, morphine, and so forth.

In the rest of the country, men and women alike quickly learned to recognize the blinking lights of Allanean trucks. Whatever the glory of the infantry and tanks, in Diyaristan it would be the Automobile Troops who would probably end up saving the most lives. Those trucks, with their lights blinking, with shipping containers lashed to the metal bedding, drove into villages and small towns. The shipping containers lashed to the truck beds would carry within them crucial supplies - sometimes a generator and several rolls of high-voltage cable to get the lights on again, sometimes food or medicine or toys for Diyaristani children. The containers themselves could be reused too - as emergency housing, storage, or perhaps the basis for a makeshift roadblock.

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Darullah, Mobile Hospital 45

Colonel Forster shook his head, and shut and opened his eyes several times, trying to get rid of the feeling that his head had suddenly been filled with lead and sand had been poured in his eyes - the consequence of several days with little sleep. By now even the pills he’d taken were not doing well at restraining the limitless fatigue he felt. In front of him, the hospital hall was filled with young Diyaristani - educated young men, before the war college students, engineers or programmers, now volunteers.

“My friends,” - Forster spoke, “Large parts of this country are devastated.” - he brought the large, steaming, coffee mug to his lips. “Many villages and towns are isolated from any real medical care and are kilometers away from any hospitals. With phone communications spotty and the roads damaged, rescue may take hours - at a time where medical assistance make require minutes to react. It’s clear that there need to be people at these villages that can render emergency medical aid, and are properly equipped, to assist people with basic injuries, and help keep a man alive before he can get to the hospital.”

“For this reason we have developed a condensed, shortened course. It will require from those who take it to be able to study for ten hours a day, six days a week. It will be less like a college course and more like military training. Some of you will drop out. Some of you will be too lazy, others simply unable to deal with the demands. For others, perhaps, a hidden medical issue will be found that makes you incompatible with this work. Such is life. Those who pass will have to work hard, in remote areas. It will be unglamourous. You will have to deal with blood, feces, and vomit. You will need to be awake for a day or two at a time. But you will be heroes.”

“You will be part of that wall, that border line, between the prosperity of you country, and a return of stone age brutality. You will confront pain, suffering, Death itself, and you will sometimes lose - but you will win time and time again. You will help deliver babies, you will help save lives and relieve pain. You will fight malaria and glaucoma, heart disease and dysentery, radiation sickness and avitaminosis. And just like the brave soldiers who haqve saved this country from slavery and occupation, your heroism will never be forgotten.”

“I will say to you now what you will hear countless times as medics.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you all.”

“May the Gods bless you.”