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RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 01-23-2019
Poisoned! Cry Bruuman dissidents
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Bruuman dissidents have accused the regime of having murdered their fellow exile Peter Jones yesterday in Kodull, Sedunn. Local authorities have yet to release an official cause of death, but rumors in the comunity say that Jones was likely poisoned with the toxine of the spiny yellow blowfish, a very common specie in the seas around Bruuma.
The poison is extremely lethal even at small doses and have been used by voodoo bokors in the island to create potions that turn the victim in a "zombie" for a few hours before death, leaving a blackened tongue as an unmistakeable sign.
Analysts speculate that if true, the poison was chosen to actually send a message to the Sedunnian government, probably as a retaliation for pressuring the Peony to back off from the joint missile program with Bruuma.
The poison is extremely lethal even at small doses and have been used by voodoo bokors in the island to create potions that turn the victim in a "zombie" for a few hours before death, leaving a blackened tongue as an unmistakeable sign.
Analysts speculate that if true, the poison was chosen to actually send a message to the Sedunnian government, probably as a retaliation for pressuring the Peony to back off from the joint missile program with Bruuma.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 01-27-2019
The Serevan War: the Battle of Syemaqa, Part II
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December 13th
At dawn, the four Bruuman armoured columns began to move into the city. The South-West column was the first to come under enemy fire as it attempted to cross the Syemaqa river, which coasted the outskirt of town in that part. Fearful that the enemy had mined the small bridge and the river bed itself, the commander let its column get bogged down, exchanging fire across the banks. This in turn allowed Orusyio sanqeo to to reinforce his forces fighting on the other front.
The North-East columns pushed into a residential neighbourhood, encountering feeble resistance at first, but as they progressed into narrower streets, the EA ambush sprung into place. To face the Bruuman columns, Orusyio sanqeo had deployed five hunter-killer fire teams in buildings’ basements and top floors. As soon as the vehicles had no lateral escape routes, the anti-tank gunners fired at weaker spots of the vehicles, while snipers and machine gunners then fired on the dismounting infantry. The North-East column fell into the ambush and, unable to counter it, suffered heavy losses while confusingly retreating back.
The North-West column entered a less defendable industrial area and managed to get a foothold, but refused to advance after realising its flanks would have been exposed. The South-East column fell into another ambush and managed to retreat more orderly, after intense fighting.
At the end of the day, the Bruuman Army has experienced its worst day of the battle, losing permanently 8 tanks and 24 APCs and suffering dozens of casualties, mostly fallen as they tried to run back on foot. Its commanders had learned the hard lesson not to underestimate the enemy and to adapt their fighting style to the new threat, which they would apply in the following days.
Erinoran casualties were light, although the fighting inflicted already a toll of destruction in the outskirt of the city, a foreseeing of the complete ruin which would characterize Syemaqa at the end of the battle.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 02-03-2019
The Serevan War: the Battle of Syemaqa, Part III
December 14th
The unexpected defeat sent a shock wave through the Bruuman command: the officers scrambled to understand the reasons why their armored columns had been overpowered and how to respond, indubitably also out of fear of being held responsible and punished by the higher-ups of the regime. Intelligence was still short on the quantity of the enemy forces, but it was clear that there were well-armed Erinoran Army soldiers in town. Request for air support were denied as the planes and helicopters were being used on higher priority target. The Bruuman Army thus spent most of the day devising a new plan, while its forces engaged the defenders at the outskirt of the town in skirmishes, without advancing. The South-East column also managed to scout a new crossing point on the Syemaqa river.
December 15th
Shortly after 3 AM the Bruuman armored columns began to advance again. The commanders had implemented several new measures to counter Erinoran hunter-killers. Self-propelled anti-aircraft were brought along engage the Erinoran combat groups, as the main gun of the tanks they used could not raise and lower enough to engage the fire teams, and the armoured vehicle's machine gun could not suppress the fire of several different fire teams simultaneously. Some of the armour of the tanks had also been fitted quickly with a cage of wire mesh to defeat the shaped charges of the RPGs.
This time also the strategy was different: instead of rushing through the Bruuman Army began a systematic advance through the outskirts of the city, with dismounted Bruuman infantry moving in support of armour. Despite suffering further ambushes and the fierce resistance of the defenders, by sunset Bruuman forces were in control of all the outskirts of Syemaqa.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 02-11-2019
The Serevan War: the Battle of Syemaqa, Part IV
December 16th to December 18th
For three days, the Bruuman Army advanced methodically in the densely built residential areas of Syemaqa, house by house and block by block, cautious not to suffer the same fate of the first assault on the city. In addition to the use of dismounted support infantry and pick-up mounted anti-tank and anti-air guns, the attackers employed new tactics, such as firing directly into houses and then driving tanks through them, as well as using tear gas and smoke bombs to drive out those inside. In proactive moves, the Bruumans also started to set up ambush points of their own and then move armour towards them to lure Erinoran combat groups into ambushes.
Despite the high toll inflicted on civilian casualties, the brutal tactics proved efficient as the Erinoran defenders slowly fell to the superior firepower, in addition to suffer the first shortage of ammunitions and by the afternoon of December 18th the centre of the city was effectively sieged.
December 19th
For the final push, the Bruuman Army finally received aerial support and ground reinforcements. As the centre of the town was a mixture of narrow streets and squares with imposing buildings, they hold back tanks and armoured personnel carriers and subject the entrenched Erinorans to an intensive heavy artillery barrage and aerial bombardment. They mostly employed rocket artillery to indiscriminately to wipe out barrages in the streets and smaller buildings, while airstrikes delivered cluster bombs and fuel air explosives against the biggest and tallest structures, aiming at destroying top floors on buildings to prevent Erinoran fire teams from using them.
December 20th
The Bruuman Army began its final assault in the morning. The first wave was made of freshly arrived units of the Puerto Polloan “Barbarubia” battalion, urban warfare veterans. They slipped in the apocalyptic scenario of the largely destroyed centre, engaging the last Erinoran defenders to drove them out and call further bombardments. At midday, the bulk of the Bruuman Army followed with all its fire and men power. The last pocket of resistance carried on through the night, but by dawn of December 21st the fighting ended.
Aftermath
At Syemaqa, the Bruuman Army achieved a tactical victory, but strategically it favoured the Erinorans.
The invading force did reach its goal to conquer the crucial town, eliminating a possible threat behind its lines and opening the road further east. The price was high: it costed about 170 dead, including high-ranking officers, and 270 wounded plus 14 tanks and 42 vehicles permanently destroyed. The commanding officers proved their worth in adapting their strategies, but deficiencies of military intelligence and dependence on air support plagued the rest of the war of the ground forces.
The strenuous resistance of the Erinoran Army contributed in slowing down the Bruuman advance in that sector and gave precious time to the rest of their forces to regroup and fortify their position, but at a dire cost: 380 dead and 200 captured, plus an unknown number of wounded. Marcoro te'si Orusyo sanqeo died on December 20th after being hit by shrapnel during a bombardment, while Captain Yamera Syatya-Tyaniro led the remaining forces in a daring nightly escape through the sewers and then along the banks of the river out of the town. 350 inhabitants, including 50 children, amounted for civilian casualties of the battle.
The Christmas massacre
Bafuto Serevai militiamen, brought in Syemaqa after the battle, initially guarded the Erinoran prisoners in an abandoned pig farm just outside town. However, after they executed forty of them in cold blood in the so-called Christmas massacre, the Bruuman Army took the remaining detainees under its custody and moved them to a POW camp. After the war, the Bruuman Army refused to evacuate the commander of the separatist unit responsible for the crime, as the killings were considered militarily unmotivated and thus not covered by the peace treaty amnesty. He was then tried and sentenced by an Erinoran court.
Bafuto Serevai militiamen, brought in Syemaqa after the battle, initially guarded the Erinoran prisoners in an abandoned pig farm just outside town. However, after they executed forty of them in cold blood in the so-called Christmas massacre, the Bruuman Army took the remaining detainees under its custody and moved them to a POW camp. After the war, the Bruuman Army refused to evacuate the commander of the separatist unit responsible for the crime, as the killings were considered militarily unmotivated and thus not covered by the peace treaty amnesty. He was then tried and sentenced by an Erinoran court.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 03-06-2019
Kai Fa bids on aquaculture and tighter regulations to tackle looming overfishing threath
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The Kai Fa Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries has announced a series of new measure aimed at tackling overfishing in its maritime water. Seafood is a a vital industry for the country and a main export, especially tuna, cephalopods and shrimps. Despite the growth of volumes experienced in 2018, overfishing has reduced stocks, forcing trawlers and boats to travel futher afar in oceanic waters. The government already introduced new measures during the last fifteen years, such as a total ban on the use of explosives, electricity and poisons, managing to slow but not halt the phenomenon.
The new measures introduce tighter regulations, including an halt to fishing of species during breeding seasons, and allocate a substantial funding to boost the growing aquaculture industry, prioritizing innovative solutions to prevent the developing a collateral pollution issue.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 04-24-2019
Puerto Pollo launches "back to the land" program
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The Puerto Polloan government has launched a new program to encourage internal migration from the capital Danjer Cove to the countryside. The city today houses almost half of the total population, a disparity that has created deep issues of unemployment and inadequate living conditions. Thousands of Puerto Polloan, mostly poor farmers, escaped to the capital through the decades to escape endemic poverty and the violence of the civil wars.
Puerto Pollo is officialy a socialist state, but the government allow a certain degree of private enterprise in the form of "contractors": thus the farming land will remain in possession of the state, but will be leased to individual farmers. The program will involve not only subsidies in the form of money and agrarian equipment, but also training for the will-be farmers, since all of them will be urban dwellers with little or no experience.
The government has reassured the international community that this initiative will not cause a setback of the ongoing coca eradication program, after several analysts warned about this risk.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 05-22-2019
CSCA Bayougrad wins the Bruuman Top League 2019
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CSCA Bayougrad has won the Bruuman Top League two matches ahead of the season’s end, beating Zenith Gatorgrad 2-0 and reaching 48 points. The team, hailing from the nation’s capital, is the most successful with 17 titles won but did not made it to the top in the last two seasons. Dynamo Jimsonweed, the runner up, won 4-3 against Locomotive Voodooville but that only lead it at 41 points, thus giving the mathematical victory to the Bayougrad team.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 05-28-2019
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the "Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty" that Bruuma and Kai Fa have signed with Ubesii
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Sergej Hunt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Voodoo People's Republic of Bruuma
Bruuma and Kai Fa have signed a "Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty" with the Republic of Ubesii, the island country's Minister of Foreign Affairs announced today in a conference.
The three countries are all ruled by communist government, although Ubesii is a multi-party state; the location of the latter lies strategically on the sea and air route between Bayougrad and Tom Yam, and close to Reizen, where both countries are supporting the local communist guerrilla of the WPR, which make plausible that Article III (following) could be put into action soon.
Through reliable sources, we have obtained a copy:
Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty
The Parties signing the Treaty are:
- The Voodoo People’s Republic of Bruuma, representing also the Commonwealth of Puerto Pollo, and the People’s Republic of Kai Fa, joint as one Party for the purpose of this agreement by the already existing Treaty among them and from now on mentioned as Bruuma and Kai Fa
- The Republic of Ubesii, representing the Tanisian Autonomous Republic, joint as one party and from now on mentioned as Ubesii
The Parties have agreed on the following terms:
Article I - The Parties will continue to make every effort to safeguard the socialist cause in the South Pacific.
Article II - The Parties undertake jointly to adopt all measures to prevent aggression against either of the Parties by any state. In the event of one of the Parties being subjected to the armed attack by any state or several states jointly and thus being involved in a state of war, the other Party shall immediately render military and other assistance by all means at its disposal.
Article III - The Parties will provide haven to each other’s military force, as in times of peace as in times of war, in respect of mutual sovereignty and in spirit of mutual cooperation.
Article IV - Neither Party shall conclude any alliance directed against the other Party or take part in any bloc or in any action or measure directed against the other Party.
Article V - The Parties will continue to consult with each other on all important international questions of common interest to them.
Article VI - The Parties, in the spirit of mutual respect, friendly cooperation, mutual aid, and the furthering of the socialist cause around the world, will continue to render all possible aid - and will, within the limits of respecting each Party’s sovereignty, allow for the free association each Party’s peoples across each Party’s borders - to continue to consolidate cultural, scientific and technical, and economic development between them.
Article VII - The present Treaty will remain in force until the Parties agree on its amendment or termination.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 06-05-2019
Kai Fa Women's Team loses the Football World Championship 2019
Kai Fa Women's Team has lost the Football World Championship 2019 final, which ended 3-1 in favour of Huawan. Football has become increasingly popular in Kai Fa, especially among the new generations, and huge crowds had gathered in Tom Yam and other cities' squares to watch the match.
RE: The Bruuman Monitor - VPRB - 06-11-2019
Puerto Pollo's "Lost City" re-opened to tourists
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The "Ciudad Perdida" is actually a temple-complex, built around 800 CE
The Puerto Polloan Tourist Office has announced that the temple-complex know as "the Lost City", in the heartland of the island, will be re-opened to tourists. The ruins will be visitable only with organized trip, as it takes hours of trekking to reach it.
The complex was built by the indigenous population around 800 CE and is one of the very few stone structures erected by the pre-colonial people. Most of it actually served as a foundations for wooden stuctures laid upon it, where the different gods were worshipped.
After the arrival of the colonists and the conversion to Christianity, it was abandoned, altough its location was know locally. Archeological excavation started in 1972, but the site was vacated during the two civil wars that ravaged the country, as it laid in guerrilla-controlled areas. Now, after three-years of Bruuman-sponsored restoration works, it can be finally seen again.
The guides leading the groups are all former PER-guerrillas, part of a public program aimed at rehabilitating the once combatants into the tourist industry, thanks to their extensive survival skills. Tourist activities such as rafting, climbing and trekking are all included in the program.