[War] WAR News FLASH: 'Unimaginable' Attack Averted

[Chazenesq2b at aol.com]

'Unimaginable' Attack Averted- Unprecedented International Cooperation  Lauded
 
Washington, District of Columbia (WAR  News):    Military specialists refer 
to it as 'the kill  chain'... the sequence of events leading from the 
identification of a hostile  threat to it's neutralization.  In modern warfare, the 
Kill Chain is  usually a direct engagement by one side against another, involving 
only the  units involved.  In what is being lauded as an unprecedented 
success for  international cooperation however, the Kill Chain spread five 
continents,  winding from Beijing and Tokyo in the East, to the Pentagon and Berlin in  
the West and involving the military forces and official agencies of eight  
countries.
 
    At approximately 04:30 Eastern Standard Time this  morning, pirates 
associated with the terrorist group 'Ansar Al Islam of Asia'  attacked what they 
thought to be a helpless Chinese merchant vessel  approximately 30 miles off of 
Indonesia's coast.  The vessel was however  involved in an anti-piracy patrol, 
carrying a platoon of heavily armed Chinese  Marines aboard.  Three of the 
eight would be assailants were killed  instantly, the others surrendering 
without a fight to Chinese forces.  Upon  the bodies of the captives and deceased 
were critical pieces of evidence, the  nature of which has yet to be released.  
What is known is that the Captain  of the undercover vessel informed Chinese 
Military Command of what was found,  and sent digital copies of the collected 
data to the Ministry of Defense and  Ministry of Security and Intelligence for 
evaluation.
 
    Sometime at or before 06:00 EST, an unidentified  source had forwarded 
the information to the Chinese Ministry of State.   Included among the normal 
data and analysis was a proverbial 'jackpot' in the  intelligence community, a 
detailed list of planned targets for the attack.   Acting in accordance with 
standing operating procedures, the Ministry of State  had disclosed this 
information to foreign governments immediately, alerting them  to the possibility of 
an attack.
 
    At 06:30 EST, while much of Japan was quiet, the  Japanese National 
Police Agency had acquired the intelligence gathered, and  agents of the NPA in 
conjunction with Tokyo Metropolitan Police began a sweep of  transportation hubs 
in the Tokyo Area.  Although exact details have again  not been released, what 
is known is that a sizable explosive device, estimated  to contain no less 
than 100 kilograms of high-grade TNT, enough for 10 anti-tank  mines, was 
located in Tokyo's subway system.  By 16:30 EST, the NPA had in  their custody 6 
members of a suspected Ansar Al Islam of Asia spin-off sect,  'Rising Sun of 
Islam'.  Investigation continues, but all indications point  to this being a 
small, recently organized and inexperienced terrorist group  centered in Japan.
 
    Simultaneously in Indonesia, National Soldiers  operating in a rare show 
of support in the global 'war on terror' raided a  suspected pirate hub about 
20 miles outside the capitol of Jakarta.  Seven  Indonesian troops were killed 
and five more wounded in the ensuing fire fight,  however more than 20 
believed pirates were captured or killed, and a sizable  cache of weapons, 
intelligence sources, and funds were confiscated.
 
    Information exchanged between the Chinese and  Filipino Governments lead 
to a raid at 10:21 EST in which Special Operations  Forces from the Filipino 
Army captured or killed 10 members of the lethal Jemaal  Islamiyah group, which 
has long plagued the nation.  Among the captured is  believed to be Jemaal 
Islamiyah's chief of operations in the Philippines, and  the dead are rumored to 
include Jemaal Islamiyah's head of finance, Salaad  Hujah.  Information 
obtained indicated that an assassination attempt on the  head of the Filipino 
Military was the eventual goal of the group.
 
    Acting on information passed along by the Chinese,  Filipino, and 
Indonesian operations, GSG-9, Germany's premier counter-terrorism  group in 
conjunction with Berlin police executed a search warrant on an  apartment building in 
the sprawling city.  Four individuals, long suspected  terrorist operatives, 
were arrested.  Inside the apartment were found  dozens of bottles of bleach, a 
pair of dogs apparently poisoned to death, and  literature associated with 
terrorist networks for conducting attacks using  home-made chemical weapons.  The 
attack had been scheduled for 16:37 EST,  the arrests occurring just two 
hours before what analysts believe would've  been a devastating assault on an 
aircraft, evidenced by four tickets on Luftanza  airlines bound for London.
 
    At 11:30 EST, the Central Intelligence Agency,  Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department  of Defense pooled th
eir resources, and after an analysis of the information  provided by the 
Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, and German governments,  had concluded that 
a threat to American interests was imminent.  The  information pointed to a 
Mid-East target, and all installations and government  agencies with a presence 
in the Middle East were alerted.  Sure enough, at  18:16 EST, a low-profile 
Chevolet pick-up carrying a 600 pound high-explosive  attempted to run the 
gates at the US Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in  Bahrain.  Naval Shore Patrolmen 
shot and killed the driver and his  passenger in a brief fire-fight which 
resulted in no American or Civilian  Casualties.  Navy EOD personnel successfully 
dismantled the device.  A  subsequent investigation in cooperation with 
Bahrain government officials lead  to several arrests, including Al Qaeda financier 
Jedah Kalil.  
 
    All detainees are expected to be arraigned and face  trials in the 
nations in which they are currently incarcerated.  




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