Foundation of a Republic (MT-Open)

[United States of Ameruica]

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As the bullet flew through the air men were falling to Snake's left and right, the crash of the blackhawk left huge damage. Out of the wreckage crawled one of the CIA men both of his legs broken the bones ripping through the skin, he bleeding all over spitting out blood. "Muhhh...my legs.." the man screamed, another one wounded was one of FOXHOUND men who was rippled with bullets, on his last breath. The FOXHOUND men had all taken cover behind one of the containers, this particular man whose name was William held onto Snake "Greg..Gre..tell my wife and kids I love them." he died giving one last breath. Sears "Snake" shouted "Noooo, Wiliam!" Sear's had gotten to know William during his stationing in Kurk Murzban and the two had become great friends. It was over those days and weeks that William told Sears about his wife and kids. He told Sears about his aging parents back home, how his dad was a hero in Vietnam and Grenada, and his Grandfather a paratrooper in WWII.

He told Snake about his dog, a yellow lab named Rex, and his girlfriend back-home Sally who he planned to marry one day. It reminded Snake of his fiancee Maria, a spunky redhead who was at his FOB in Afghanistan working with Civil-Affairs. her life taken by a mysterious man who led a raid on the base. And that man was Nikolai.
Angered he quickly noticed Nikolai the last time they met was in Afghanistan on different sides of the conflict, the other time was in Premsk where Snake was very close to getting a shot. "Nikolai, I'm calling you out you bastard. Coming over here and show me what you've got!" Sears took off his shirt revealing a ripped body he unsheathed his KA-BAR. Snake noticed that only 3 of his own men remained and two were wounded while the other was treating their wounds. Snake did not want to risk his own men, usually mono-e-mono was the stuff of movies, but this time it was about to spark on the battlefield.

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Snake shouted "Nikolai, YOU BASTARD I'm coming on board for you!" he got in CQC fighting stance. And charged at Nikolay, attempting a jumping round-house kick.

[Stojam]

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MV "Sparrow 1", Port of Suwadiya, Khataiy
Nikolai was enjoying the "fireworks show" caused by the crash of the Black Hawk, lots of Americans dead. Boris, the merc next to Nikolai enjoyed the "fireworks" as well, he was the one who hated the Americans the most, he wanted their nation to be destroyed and humiliated, and he had a chance right now.
But then a new threat popped up, the Americans started pouring in from the fishing vessel.
Although it was not a problem as the effective security perimeter in the ship ripped some of these people to shreds.

But a few minutes after, some person was calling for Nikolay's name.
He carefully looked outside the ship and saw a man who took off his shirt, with a noticeable KA-BAR.
It was Snake, their eyes connected and Nikolay looked at him with anger and malice.
He then shouted, "Snake you have real balls coming back here, not after we kicked your stupid ass out of Premsk! Now I will end this once and for all!"
He then signaled his men not to shoot him, "This is my fight. Don't interfere." He said with great confidence as he let Snake climb on board as the other Mercs fought the remaining Hezbollah and Americans.
it would not be long before the actual Hezbollah police comes, but they didn't come yet.
Snake would come charging right at Nikolay, with Nikolay taking off his jacket first.
Snake attempted to do a jumping roundhouse kick but Nikolai rolled out of the way, with Snake then not knowing where he dissapeared, then Nikolai charged at him in full speed, grabbing him and then attempting to do a Double-Leg takedown, like in the many styles of wrestling, from Freestyle, to Greco-Roman and to Amateur.
Snake would be evenly matched, Nikolay had an extensive arsenal of martial arts knowledge in his memory. He was well trained in the Martial Arts of: Combat Sambo (Russian martial art that combines Judo, Japanese Jujutsu, Russian Traditional Boxing, Turkic Native Folk Wrestling, Catch Wrestling, Pankration. Kickboxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. It was created by 2 people in the times of WW1 and was used by the Soviet Red Army, NKVD and Secret Police), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Amateur Wrestling, MMA and Muay Thai.
His time in the Stojamian Spetsnaz and later Special Forces got him this extensive knowledge in Martial Arts, and now he was going to use it against Snake and hope for the best.

[United States of Ameruica]

Snake quickly noticed Nikolay's attempt at a double-leg take down, Snake would wrap his arms around Nikolay in an attempt to do a Standing Guillotine Choke in hopes of stopping his enemy. "You bastard." he snarled. "Your ass will be the one kicked now! Ahhhhhh" he shouted.

[Stojam]

Port of Suwadiya, Khataiy
Nikolay's attempt at grappling with snake and trying to take him down to the ground resulted in a failure. His reckless charge and the attempt to do a successful Double leg takedown didn't work, and Snake has wrapped him around in a guillotine choke.
Nikolay needed to think quickly, if he wouldn't be fast enough he would be choked out and down on the ground before he knows it.
Nikolay tried to resist by trying to elbow-strike his stomach or punching his back, or even punching his "family jewels". All futile attempts, they were petty ideas that were not enough for a signifcant resistance.
But Nikolay fortunately had a good idea that could save him, the Judo knowledge gave him that idea.
He used his leverage and speed, he was inside Snake's arms that were wrapped around his neck, so he would start running and moving snake towards a desired location.
He would then use his leverage and speed in order to sweep his leg and then take him to the ground.
In his situation it would be the best solution to a problem like that.
He knew how to use leverage and speed to his advantage, and Snake would know Nikolay is evenly matched to him.
When Snake would be taken down to the ground, he would start getting on him and grabbing him by the throat and recovering from the choke, he would then try to him punch him in the face couple of times while he's on the ground.
When on the ground he'll start using his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu knowledge and if he's lucky enough he'll put snake out of action without using a flashy submission move.

[Khataiy]

Fustat bunker, Khataiy

Entrance to the bunker

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The heightened tensions between the US and Khataiy, and ongoing military confrontation in Suwadiya against Hezbollah, along with the threat posed to Khairallah's family forced them to relocate to the underground Fustat bunker in the country's central mountains. The bunker was built in response to the attempted Syrian-Iranian invasion of Khataiy in 2018 and it was still under construction but still livable and functional enough. Khairallah was planning out his government's survival and accepting the reality that within months or years, at any time Khataiy could be invaded and he could be targeted. Saddam Hussein once said "America treats the third world like an Iraqi peasant treats his wife, three days of honeymoon then straight to the fields." It would appear to be the Khataiyi-American honeymoon was coming to an end much like Saddam Hussein's own honeymoon with America during the 70s and 80s.

Khairallah would not let himself suffer the same fate as Saddam and Ghaddafi. He was setting the grounds for a post-war Khataiy and this Khataiy would still be his, he told his cabinet and officials "The dust will never settle as long as I am live in this land." He continued, "Bashar al-Assad, he needed the Safavid dogs and Russian mafiosos but we have dignity, he was smart though. You see the bombings in the East, do you think he is not behind it targeting the PKK? Our Iraqi brothers, brother Izzat he never laid down his arms and he is the shield of the anti-Safavid resistance, in Afghanistan look at the Taliban the Americans said they would destroy them yet they are negotiating with them right now. We will survive we will remain, this blessed army will not vanish, if you are not a patriot, or ready to die fighting for the sake of God leave now and don't come back."

Khairallah continued, "We still have time, right now the Americans see us and Iran as their targets they know we oppose each other this is why they want to remove both of us they are tired of dealing with us to undermine the Mullahs. This is what they do when they are tired of someone posing a challenge to them rather than being an unwitting slave. They don't like us anymore, they want to replace us with slaves. But you know who else is against us? The Communists, the Chinese they are just waiting for the Americans to strike so they can colonize our land and steal our resources, they always wanted a regime here that imposed Atheism and Communism, pure evil. The Americans and Chinese will never agree on anything, but this is our victory brothers. The Communists support the Iranian Dajjal and Party of Satan when the Americans step foot here, we all know China will follow behind and they will be forced to cooperate with Iran's imperialist agents.

But if we divide them before this happens, by turning them both against us they will fight each other over our country and they will see we are the only ones with a right to this country, you will see Kurk Murzban will be on fire when the Chinese dogs fight the American dogs, and when they come in it will continue they will never be able to function or work together."

One of his ministers asked, "We will have a guerilla warfare God willing, but what is it you would like for us to do?" Khairallah replied, "You're asking the right questions. The answer is in the east, it is India and Pakistan. We have investments in Pakistan, we gave aid to the tribal areas, and we gave arms to the Balochistani resistance but these efforts need to be amplified, I want the Pakistani Taliban doing bombings against Iran, I want us to have an army in Pakistan ready to strike Iran as for India, they have issues with the Chinese and they have issues with Kashmir we need to capitalize on this the Chinese need to know we are their enemy in order for them to come to a clash of interests with the Americans and we will weaken their arm by taking out Iran, when the Americans invade Iran, God willing our foot print will be there too.

The Chinese are abusing the Uyghur Muslims, and we will be their support front, we let them into Syria to fight Bashar we will help them liberate their homeland the entire Islamic world will support us they'll forget that bastard Erdogan soon enough they will owe us a lot of favors, and when China is fighting with the President of the United States over who gets to send troops were in revenge for support for the Uyghurs we will see who is laughing then, and when the Safavids are likewise struggling to get American support against us and our allies we will see who is laughing then.

I want an attachment of the foreign ministry to visit India this will be an unofficial visit of course, and try to buy arms give them intel on Pakistan if you need to we can get this from the Saudis right now India is our strong card, throw money at them we need guns and China to be our enemy. We will teach them when the WA security council is on the verge of world war 3 because they can't agree who gets to invade our country, and this is because God is on our side. I need our Mukhabarat to go to Pakistan and meet with the Taliban we need their support in founding an insurgency, we can't use Syria anymore we've milked that cow enough, this is where it all started, I want camps and fresh recruits ready to come here to Khataiy and build camps and make our country a beehive that one would regret invading."

Notes were being taken, and everyone agreed with the president and the meeting concluded.

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Antakya, Khataiy

Sheikh Abu Abdullah al-Khataiyi, 1989

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Sirhan Imran also known by his kunya Abu Abdullah al-Khataiyi, was a Khataiyi veteran of the Soviet-Afghan war in his youth he was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and later joined Hizb ut-Tahrir hoping to form a world-wide Caliphate, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan he left Khataiy to fight alongside the Mujahideen and help build an Islamic state. He became a prominent speaker giving lectures at mosques in Pakistan recruiting fighters, he worked with the American CIA and Pakistani ISI, he had come to know prominent individuals in the Afghan Jihad like Abdullah Azzam, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ahmad Shah Masoud, Ayman al-Zawhiri, Mullah Omar and Abu Hamza al-Masri. However unlike them he remained largely out the public and was a little known figure.

After the Soviets left he stayed in Afghanistan, he didn't pursue Jihad outside the country like Bin Laden and Zawhiri he instead remained in the country and established an Islamic charity taking money from donors in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, he also tried to reach out to the Saudi government. He also fought alongside what would become the Taliban and Hezb-e-Islami in fighting rival militia groups backed by Iran, Uzbekistan and Russia, he also hunted down former Communist regime leaders imprisoning them or executing them.

He returned to Khataiy in late November of 1989 after doing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. He announced in September he would be leaving Afghanistan and returning to Khataiy after going on Hajj, he was doing it so he could do missionary activities in his home country, after its own civil war. Upon his return the Khataiyi government reached out to him asking him to help build support for the new government, and prove its Islamic credentials.

At the time the Iran-Iraq war was at its height, and Khataiy was a staunch ally of Saddam Hussein and his war with Iran, at the time Shia religious movements were spreading from Hezbollah in Lebanon to various insurgents in Iraq to Shia militants in eastern Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He had fought Iranian backed groups in Afghanistan and was asked to help spread anti-Iranian and anti-Shia propaganda in the country and help convert people to become Sunni to build a unify Khataiy's people under one religious group alongside its Arabization campaign to create a unified Sunni Arab country along the new Baathist government's party lines and ideology of Pan-Arabism.

At first he was reluctant but later agreed after the government offered to support him in building madrasas and mosques, an interior ministry official once told him "We want your Afghan experience here in Khataiy, our nation needs salvation from the greatest one." He was never given an official position like Grand Mufti but he founded his own Islamic political party and got to work spreading his message, he was able to use his Saudi ties to bring in teachers and scholars, and Khataiyi money to build schools and mosques.

On national television while speaking with then newly created Revolutionary Command Council which included Khairallah's predecessor and his father he said, "I thank you brothers sincerely, for enabling the Dawa of truth in this country, the past few years have been historic ones for our religion, we waged a just Jihad against the Atheists in Khorasan and now our Iraqi brothers are waging Jihad against the Iranian Rafidi Safavids. Khataiy will be a palace of Jihad and justice, your revolution was like the one in Afghanistan against the tyrants and apostates, it was a true Islamic revolution unlike Iran's. I swear before Allah, Khomeini is an agent of the Dajjal, it is the duty of every Muslim to fight them. I also thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Ibn Baz, Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, Sheikh al-Fawzan, Sheikh al-Madkhali and Sheikh al-Albani the most excellent people of knowledge of our era after the Martyred Sheikh Abdullah Azzam and one of the Emirs of the Islamic Unity of Afghan Mujahideen group Mullah Muhammad Omar, for their generosity in helping to expand the mission of truth here and the missionary activities. We have guided many people and I can say without a doubt this will be a second Afghanistan, this is the Islamic Emirate of Khataiy, all praise is due to God.

In my youth I was with the Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood), then I joined the Caliphate project of Hizb ut-Tahrir and at the time people would say we were crazy and it would never happen, but today we see that these people were wrong and we are closer than ever to the goals of these blessed parties."

Abu Abdullah 2013

He remained an asset to the government for years, he helped send foreign fighters to Iraq in 2003, he funded militant groups in Lebanon fight against Hezbollah and he worked closely with the Khataiyi government in supporting the Syrian rebels. He also helped keep track of activities of Iran due to his ties to Afghanistan and networks between the two countries over time he lost influence and after 2015 virtually disappeared, some rumored he died, others that he is in Syria as a commander in a group like al-Nusra or ISIS, or that the Khataiyi government arrested or assassinated him. He stopped appearing on television, publishing Fatwas and running his organizations handing them over to the government or other Islamic foundations in the country, the truth was he had retired.

He would be needed again, following Khairallah's orders he was reached out to once again at his farm. A black BMW drove up a long gravel road to his house on the farm, the car parked and tow men got out wearing regular civilian clothing, they knocked on the door, "Sheikh we need to speak with you." Minuets passed before they knocked again, the door opened shortly after and Abu Abdullah answered, "I don't do this anymore brothers, Peace be upon you." He was about to close the door before one of the men stopped him, "Sheikh we need to speak with you, we are from the Mukhabarat", he stopped and asked "What would you like?" The man replied, "Your ties to Afghanistan interest us right now." Abu Abdullah replied, "This isn't the 80s and I am done, and I advise both of you to remain steadfast and pray and to be good to your parents and remember the Quran that will get you a lot further than what you are doing now, I ask Allah to give you wellness, and I already worked with Khairallah he's a good man but like I said I do not do this anymore."

The Mukhabarat agent replied, "You know our country is in danger right now? What do you think the kuffar will do when they come here?" Abu Abdullah replied, "I fear only Allah." The Mukhabarat agent was getting frustrated, "You don't even know what we ask of you sheikh! When Afghanistan needed you, you were there but your country needs you, where are you? Are the Afghans better than us?" Abu Abdullah sighed, and said, "Come in"

The men walked in and sat down, "What would you like of me?" the agent answered, "We want you to write letters and help us contact the Taliban of Pakistan and Mujahideen there, we want to open the gates of Jihad here with the knights of our Ummah when the Kuffar invade, we also will support our Turkistani brothers." Abu Abdullah laughed, "Brother please don't try so hard, I will see what I can do its been over 20 years, most of them are dead or retired know brothers." The agent replied, "That's all we ask." They shook hands and left.

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New Delhi, India

New Delhi

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A small delegation of officials from the foreign ministry were dispatched to India on short notice to both the foreign ministry and India' government. The staff were teamed up with the Khataiyi embassy and two diplomats chosen by Uthman al-Ghamadi to help rally anti-Chinese sentiment upon arriving they met with Indian officials at a government building to discuss the common threat posed by China.

A Khataiyi diplomat named Osama Ali sat down with his Indian counter-part Arjun Singh, Khataiy rarely involved itself with conflicts outside the Arab world including Islamic ones however an image was maintained to gain international Islamic support, but this would contradict that given the Kashmiri conflict, one could say Khataiy was trading Kashmir for Turkistan, but this sort of political calculations and steps was what Khataiy thrived on in the bitter world that is, it was a matter of survival, Khairallah never saw it as his job it was someone else's to care for the issues in Kashmir, this was kept low profile for a reason dealing with the Hindu-Nationalist government.

"Thank you for meeting with us on short notice Mr.Singh." Singh replied, "Yes, welcome to India, we understand you to speak about China?" Ali replied, "Yes, we see China as a threat, they are arming terrorists in our country and they want to overthrow our President with Iran, we know the Chinese claim your territory, Communism is a very real danger Mr.Singh." Singh nodded his head and said, "We agree China is dangerous they are working with Pakistan and they are supporting terrorists here as well and they are challenging our armed forces." Ali said, "Tragic stuff, we would like to invest in your nation's armed forces and become closer, we are fighting a war against terrorism Mr.Singh and India is a crucial part of it in our vision, we hope by 2025 to eliminate all terrorist organizations and state sponsors of terrorism like China and Iran.

The Arab world is plagued with sectarianism, extremism and division, foreign powers wish to occupy our lands and fill it with these issues, much like India years ago we seek solidarity with India in breaking these struggles and supporting a strong national defense and upholding our sovereignty." Singh was not only please with what he was hearing but surprised as well, "Well Mr.Osama this is wonderful news, but this is very surprising and is all happening so quickly, your nation has never reached out to us in such a manner before." Ali replied, "Everything needs to start somewhere, we have a lot of great people from India in Khataiy who contribute greatly to our nation's achievements, much like many other Arab states we have natural historical ties we say that the Desi people of India and the Arab people are brothers and natural allies." Singh replied, "I see, we look forward to working with you."

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Swuadiya, Khataiy

Khataiyi soldiers observing the area

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Weeks had gone by since the start of the offensive, little progress was made and the fighting was getting slower and less productive by the day, the defense ministry had recommended a cease-fire with Hezbollah for second time to allow for the military to regroup and get some rest, Khairallah wasn't a fan of the idea but understood it was the best tactical decision, possibly even an agreement to work together against the Americans something Khairallah thought of as a deal with the devil, but part of the strategy to make Khataiy difficult to occupy should an invasion happen it was to empower Hezbollah and release prisoners.

The man responsible for negotiating with Hezbollah was a commander named Saeed Mansour however his friends and people who knew him called him Abu Janab out of love and respect, he was an older man who came from a military family his family had been serving Khataiy since the 1950s. He was nicknamed the "Governor of Suwadiya" due to the lack of an official governmental presence since it was ousted from the city and surrounding areas, he brokered the first cease-fire that was negotiated by Turkey, Russia and the World Assembly he also was tasked with allowing aid into the city during the siege, and all activities in the region. He was wearing a shemagh wrapped around his head, a multi-cam jacket with a colored polo shirt underneath and tactical khaki pants, he was speaking into a radio at the command camp "You want us to call off the offensive? We're not getting far you're right, we can speak to them if you want." A soldier walked up to him, "Liwa (Major General) our artillery has continued shelling the industrial districts and exterior of the city. We await an order to attack the district, intelligence shows that most of their men have fallen back, there's a lot of mines and IEDs but it is safe otherwise." Mansour replied, "Continue the pace with shelling, switch to mortars we don't need to waste artillery rounds like that, as for the attack on the district hold off we're not ready yet, assemble some humvees, focus on de-mining the areas we have already we're moving too fast for our own good." The soldier saluted and replied "Yes sir!" Mansour added, "Get some snipers to monitor the areas too that would be more productive." The soldier replied again "Yes sir!" then left to go carryout his orders.

His superiors on the radio began speaking "Yes we want you to reach out to Hezbollah, you have authorization to negotiate terms with them." Mansour spoke into his radio, "We will do so, soon we will give them some shock and awe they will be begging for a chance." Mansour switched channels, "Artillery cancel the order for mortars, I want everything we have shelling that city." He then picked up a satellite phone and entered the number of Hezbollah's negotiating body and called, "Its Abu Janab we want to talk." Hezbollah negotiation body was composed of commanders on the group's shura council a man who called himself Abu Abdul Abbas was on the other line, "Call off your attacks and we will meet you." Mansour replied, "I can't do that you are terrorists, but I consider you a friend, you know we can work together Abu Abdul Abbas." Abu Abdul Abbas said, "This isn't how it works general, people are dying right now by your orders. We will talk but stop the artillery we can't even move." Mansour covered the phone and turned to another officer near him and said "Tell them to use rockets now I want everything we need to pressure them." Then he turned back to the phone, "Let's not get into politics, we're fighting for what we think is right, we want everyone's best interests in mind we're all citizens of Khataiy, we all pray to Allah brother come and speak with us, if you cared about these people and our strikes you'd come here to talk." Abu Abdul Abbas could hear the explosions and feel the earth shake, he was in a makeshift bunker underneath an abandoned warehouse, he answered back "Alright we are coming, meet us at the food processing plant." Mansour smiled and said "Sure you know the rules only three armed guards no heavy weapons, and because of your willingness to talk we will call off the strikes in an hour."

Abu Abdul Abbas replied, "See you soon." Then they hung up, Mansour grabbed a Glock 18 and put it in his holster and called over 3 soldiers to come with him to negotiate, they entered into a NIMR II armored car with a Khataiyi flag hanging on an antenna and they drove off, all troop movements were ordered to come to a halt. Hezbollah likewise ended their movements and prepared to meet Mansour.

The food processing plant was in the middle of "no-man's land" it was a factory owned by a European company for processing foods, such as refrigerated and dried ones, the factory was the main plant in the middle east for the company and the products processed there were sent to Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Greece. However it ceased production after Hezbollah's take over and sat abandoned, and the recent offensive has left it was a shell of a building, with holes in the roof, walls collapsed and machinery totally destroyed by the bombs, bullet holes also riddled the walls from the cross fire by technical ZU-23s, the only part intact was the building's front office with a few broken windows, neither side controlled the building and it is considered tactically important.

Hezbollah's negotiators arrived first and planted a Hezbollah flag outside the building and waited for Mansour in the building's office, papers were all over the floor along with broken glass and rubble. There was no power either so it was dark with light coming in from the outside, a few backup lights were on though providing some extra light from the ceileing's florescents. There was a conference room in the office as well all the lights were off aside from one back up, in the room a portrait of Khairallah hung next to a projector screen next to a Khataiyi flag, Hezbollah's fighters saw it and laughed, one of Abu Abdul Abbas's men saw it and said "I don't think they'll notice if we do this." And he proceeded to throw Khairallah's picture on the floor and step on it.

Mansour finally arrived and he got down along with his guards, they walked into the building, he yelled, "Okay we're here!" Abu Abdul Abbas yelled back, "We're in the conference room, its in the back!" They made there way to the room, Abu Abdul Abbas was standing there with his men and Mansour walked up to him to shake hands, he pulled out of his pocket a box of cigarettes and asked if he wanted one, Abu Abdul Abbas declined saying, "No thanks, let's discuss business." Mansour lit his cigarette and began talking after taking a seat, "We're all tired of fighting, this is getting expensive and is becoming a waste of time can't you agree?" Abu Abdul Abbas was sitting down at the other end of the table, "This sounds like a surrender Abu Janab, you thought you could take Suwadiya but you couldn't and now you want us to lay down our arms and pretend this never happened." Mansour smiled and let out a small chuckle, "This is why I like you, you have a way of getting around the bull shit, straight to the point, God bless you my friend, it really is too bad you're not part of the army you'd go places." He took a draw from his cigarette then continued, "It's not going you're way either, let's be fair, what do you want food? You know I can arrange things, let me tell you something, the quicker we get around measuring what's in our pants the quicker we can get things done, I'm not here to tell you you're a slave of Iran or talk politics with you or tell you why you're wrong, I'm here to do my job which is getting you to agree to stop the fighting and I can give you just about anything you want, just tell me and I can get it."

Abu Abdul Abbas replied, "Get Khairallah to resign..." Mansour said, "You know my limits, I am ready to send food, water and medicine all you have to do is stop fighting, and we will stop fighting and we promise food, medicine everything." Abu Abdul Abbas replied, "Okay we will." Mansour smiled, "This is was painless I was preparing for more, I'm glad this worked out." Abu Abdul Abbas replied back, "I agree." They shook hands again and walked out, Mansour threw his cigarette on the ground and headed back to the car and left.

Soon after a statement was released by the Defense Ministry detailing the cease-fire, a separate one was released by Hezbollah acknowledging the cease-fire as well, however something didn't sit right with Mansour who told his guard, "This isn't the end."

[Khataiy]

Suwadiya, Khataiy

Hezbollah "victory" celebration

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After the agreement between the Khataiyi government and Hezbollah a victory celebration was held in Suwadiya by Hezbollah. During the celebration flags of America, Israel and Khataiy were burned, and children marched dressed like soldiers chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel, Victory to Islam." Portraits of Khamenei, Nasrallah and Bashar al-Assad were also visible along with Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian flags. Locals came out to celebrate as well, local media affiliated with Hezbollah interviewed locals who were happy about the end of the fighting one local said, "All praise is due to Allah, the bombings finally ended we are free for now, I don't trust Khairallah but for now its the best we got."

As promised aid convoys were allowed into Suwadiya to distribute food and medicine, and some power was restored to the city. During the parade missiles were displayed as well, and speakers were praising Iran, the Syrian government and Hezbollah and vowed to destroy Zionism, Khairallah, the Saudis and America. The celebrations would go on long into the night.

[Khataiy]

Fustat Bunker, Khataiy

Khairallah making a statement about Hezbollah and West Khataiy

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This would be Khairallah's first appearance in weeks since moving to the Fustat Bunker, he would make a video statement regarding the recent cease-fire in Suwadiya and appeal to the self-proclaimed republic of "West Khataiy".

"Our nation is suffering it darkest hour, our nation's very existence is being threatened. We have made successful progress in Suwadiya and we are working with everyone in the country to restore general order. I call upon the leadership of Kurk Murzban to enter the negotiation arena and we can come to a fair compromise. Hezbollah has no place in our country, neither do the traitors behind this destabilization attempt. We want a united nation, not a fractured one and if the leaders of this fake state are sincere in helping the people they would answer our requests otherwise we will be forced to take action."

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Kurk Murzban, Khataiy

Abdullah Jawaf denouncing Khairallah

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The opposition's stronghold of Kurk Murzban was divided on the Hezbollah issue, Hezbollah was a liability but at the same time including Shiites in the opposition was something necessary as Khairallah was a prominent Sunni figurehead, what Bashar al-Assad was for Shiite is what Khairallah represented for Sunnis, the opposition relied on minorities like Shiites, Kurds, and Christians, Abdullah Jawaf, General Waseem and Nouri Abbas were all prominent Sunnis in the opposition however differed, Jawaf is an Islamist and a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, Waseem is pragmatic and works with anyone that will help him achieve his goals and Abbas is a former ally of Khairallah and still considered close to the government advocating a gradual transition in the government of Khairallah and a return to national unity.

Jawaf supports Hezbollah unlike Abbas, and Waseem who could take or leave them but seems them as an ally for now, Jawaf supports Pan-Islamic unity and many of his unusual views led him to being expelled from the Khataiyi Muslim Brotherhood, leading him to form his own party in West Khataiy. Khairallah's threats started a debate in "West Khataiy" over what to do, Jawaf is calling for a war against Khairallah to bring Khataiy underneath his rule and establish a new government in Khataiy, while Waseem is arguing for a status quo, and Abbas is calling for negotiations with Khairallah. Jawaf has made an appearance describing what he is calling for,

"We need to remove Khairallah, if he is right about anything it is that Khataiy needs to be united and Khairallah has lost all legitimacy to this claim, we need to remove him, Khairallah bought our Kurdish brothers and now he is buying Hezbollah and I think its obvious he is going to by Waseem and Abbas next. Abbas is Khairallah's agent in this revolution, I urge General Waseem to not let this revolution die, I renounce West Khataiy! This is a fake state created for real issues, I am a Khataiyi citizen not a West Khataiyi citizen and when the people who think this is the solution wake up, I will be here waiting, we have forces ready to fight and Khairallah as we speak is preparing to attack Kurk Murzban, I withdraw from the Presidency of West Khataiy, because I know this is not the answer to this crisis."

Following the speech by Jawaf, General Waseem has made his own address,

General Waseem

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"We will negotiate with Khairallah the day he realizes he is the one in the wrong, there is no option left at this point aside from West Khataiy, the Transitional Council of West Khataiy is the only legitimate authority here in Kurk Murzban and everyone must submit to it in our territory. No one shall act without permission in Kurk Murzban and as head of the Transitional Council I am suspending the election process, even though I have won the popular vote, elections are suspended until further notice."

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Sears looked down at the numerous wounded operators, he stood up straight and looked at Nikolay "You bastard, you off the hook today. till we meet again." and walked away from the fight to go assist his men. Now was not the time to let personal vengence to consume him ,the mission had failed and his men needed him.