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Updated February 13, 2007 11:22 AM

BREAKING NEWS:

CLM Militants Take Over Oil Field in Danangistan
February 13, 2007; 10:05

In a bloody raid of the government-owned facility, terrorists wearing the
uniform now associated with the Cubnian paramilitary group, the CLM, seized control one of the largest oil fields in Cuborica. Cubnians working at the facility surrendered immediately to the invading forces; witnesses claim some Cubnians joined the invaders making some analysts suspect either the CLM had infiltrated the plant or the Freedom Party was working covertly with the CLM to stage this assault. Three plant executives were taken hostage, their exact whereabouts and condition is not yet know. The bodies of seven other executives were dumped outside of the compound main gate. No other casualties have been reported.

CLM Apparently Responsible for Friday's Attack
Says Violence Will Continue if Demands Are Not Met
February 12, 2007; 9:05
In a brief statement released to the media, the CLM, while never explicitly claiming responsibility for Friday's attack did warn of future violence if their demands are not met. No demands were provided in the statement, however, and some analysts doubt the authenticity of such a nonsensical communiqué.

SECESSION!
National Alliance Party Secession Announcement
February 13, 2007; 11:22
We the National Alliance Party declare our secession from Cuborica.  As of now, we are officially known as the country of Boreaca.  Our border will reach from just south of San Pusan across the country to just north of the Rhine Strip.

President Selassie has not taken action to accomplish the goals that he outlined in his State of the Union Address.  A constitutional convention has not occurred, an exploratory committee has not been created, and the oil conflict has not been solved.  The Kerner Commission has proved unsuccessful because the Japicas have stated that while they want equality for Cuborica, they want to maintain their power.  This is not possible. 

Historically there have been attempts at secession  such as the New England states and the southern states of the United States, the Quebec province of Canada and the Katanga region of the Congo. Of all of these examples, Katanga is most like us.  Both Katanga and Boreaca are the mineral-rich and ethnically homogeneous regions of our former nations, and as such are entitled to the sovereignty to manage the resources on our land.

We feel that the government of Cuborica has not taken appropriate measures to stop or respond to the Cubnian Liberation Movement attacks.  We feel that President Selassie's speech on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 was nothing more than an acknowledgement that people have died at the hands of terrorists; he has not addressed a strategy or a plan to stop these attacks, and the National Alliance Party does not believe that the attacks will cease.  As to the CLM attack upon our oil, we will take all of the actions necessary to punish these terrorists once we have seceded.  This will be the first step in following our new terrorism plan, which includes taking military action to combat the CLM, or the Common Sense Party if they choose to attack us.  Additionally, we have a plan ready to be put into action to establish our own government and will do so as soon as we secede from Cuborica.

President Selassie Addresses the Nation
Arrests made in Bombing Attack
February 13, 2007; 9:44
President Selassie addressed the nation - promises swift and unmerciful justice. No video file is available. President Selassie also asked for the time and cooperation necessary to facilitate the work of the Kerner Commission. What he described as "hateful attacks" were interfering with meaningful work being done. He warned Cubnians that the CLM was not working on their behalf.

In the days since last weeks bombing of the Hailestan Stock Exchange, 27 people have been rounded up and arrested. According to a spokesperson for President Selassie, these individuals are influential leaders in the CLM terrorist organization. According to the administration, "these baby-killers may not have driven the truck, but they loaded the explosives and drew up the plan. We are all safer while they are detained for interrogation."

Death Toll from Attack Rises
Hopes of Finding More Survivors Dwindles
February 12, 2007; 9:12
The death toll from Friday's attack has now risen to 1,134. Hundreds of people were injured. Rescue authorities say that they have little hope any more survivors will be found. The focus of the effort has turned from rescue to recovery. President Selassie, in a statement to press, said that the Cuborican government is undertaken a comprehensive hunt for "the CLM babykillers and will not rest until they have arrested all people associated with this heinous attack on innocent, hard-working citizens."

Nations around the world are shocked and a tremendous outpouring of sympathy is to the nation and the families of the victims is being extended by world leaders and ordinary people the world around.

SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBER TARGETS HAILESTAN STOCK EXCHANGE, 1000 DEAD
February 09, 2007; 8:43

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck at the crowded Haliestan Stock Exchange Friday morning, killing and least 1000 people and wounding scores of others. Rescue personnel on the scene commented that the death toll will likely rise if they are unable to reach survivors who are trapped under the rubble. 

Gary Skaendunistivitch, head of the Interior Ministry's bomb squad, said the Hyundai truck used in the blast contained "a ton" of explosives.

Friday's bombing comes four days after Cuborican air strikes against CLM bases in Kosnia and Cupana.

At the time of the bombing Cuborican President Selassie was meeting with the Kerner Commission discussing plans to extend greater rights to the Cubnians. 

 


President Selassie Addresses the Nation:
Air strikes Underway

February 05, 2007; 10:15
Cuborican President Selassie made a televised speech to the nation today. he announced that national intelligence had determined that CLM cells in Kosnia and Cupan had served as the staging ground for the attack on the Cuborican embassy in Aforea. In addition he claimed that his intelligence agents had also established a connection between the Cuborican National Alliance Party and the CLM. Jacques Blaques, a militant member of the National Alliance is suspected of recently raiding a federal arsenal. Cuborican intelligence claims the the weapons seized in that raid have been funneled to the CLM. At the time of the speech President Selassie announced that retaliatory airstrikes against the CLM bases in Kosnia and Cupan were underway and that no hostility was intended toward the governments of those nations, only to the terrorists within their borders.


 

EMBASSY ATTACKED!
January 31, 2007; 10:00
At 10:14 on January 31 a bomb exploded at the Cuborican Embassy in Aforea. Early estimates are that  241 Japica service people were killed and 60 were injured in the attack.

Witnesses say a yellow delivery truck drove toward the embassy, turned onto an access road leading to embassy compound and circled a parking lot. The driver then accelerated and crashed through a barbed wire fence around the parking lot, passed between two sentry posts, crashed through a gate and barreled into the lobby. The explosives in the truck, which were equivalent to 12,000 pounds (about 5,400kg) of TNT, were detonated. The force of the explosion collapsed the four-story cinder-block building into rubble, crushing many inside.

 

New Information on the CLM
February 02, 2007; 9:20
According to ranking officials in the Selassie Administration, no concrete tie has been established between the CLM and the Freedom Party in Cuborica. National intelligence has identified militant Cubnian cells in neighboring countries and is investigating any possible role they may have played in Wednesday's attack on the Cuborican Embassy in Aforea. President Selassie has promised the a response to the attack is imminent.

National Alliance Secession Suspected

The State of the Union
President (McCambley)
Reiza Selassie to deliver State of the Union address, Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 9:00 A.M.

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National Alliance Response to be delivered by Prime Minister (Jipper)
Alexander Isayevich Khomeini
January 30, 2007 at 9:30 A.M.

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Text of the speech

VIDEO TAPE RELEASED CLAIMING BOMBING RESPONSIBILITY
February 02, 2007; 8:30
Government experts verified the authenticity of a tape on which a man claims to be a representative of the Cubnian Liberation Movement (CLM) claiming responsibility for the recent attack on the Cuborican Embassy in Bosgovnia. The unidentified man lists the demands of this newly emerged terrorist organization including full citizenship, equal representation in the government, fair labor practices, equal education and access to health care.

Initially the Cuborican administration had assumed the attack had been carried out by the Boreacans. No administration officials, nor the President's press secretary, were available for comment on this new development.

The unidentified speaker on the tape did not claim any connection with the Cubnian Freedom Party, however, until his identity is determined, such a connection can not be ruled out.