Geverdian Royal Intelligence Bureau: Foreign Intelligence

File No. 55983204932089

Name/Rank Date Borrowed Gerald Witikquer/Northern Seaboard Analysis 13/8/1934 Aliscia Harmann/Northern Seaboard Analysis 29/8/1934 Wirel Jakoby/Weapons and Arms Intelligence 9/9/1934

The following is an excerpt from the radio channel Fadaak Daily during and after a breaking news broadcast on the 10th of August, 1934 at 10:36am. The broadcast details the events of the 1934 bombing of Workar tower as said events unfolded.

1036 hours:

LEAD:

BREAKING NEWS. MEMBERS OF THE URBAN TERRORIST MILITIA, THE F.S.A., RECENTLY BEGUN A BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN THE CBD. POLICE AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED AN EVACUATION WARNING, AND FOR ALL THOSE NOT IN THE GENERAL VICINITY TO STAY INSIDE THEIR HOMES. AREAS AFFECTED BY THE EVACUATION ORDER ARE: HELSTER DISTRICT, RURIRI DISTRICT, YALI FRAIRER PRECINCT AND SUKREKER DISTRICT. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS, PLEASE MOVE AWAY FROM WORKAR TOWER IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND FOLLOW POLICE TO DESIGNATED SHELTERS. I REPEAT, AREAS AFFECTED BY THE EVACUATION ORDER ARE: HELSTER DISTRICT, RURIRI DISTRICT...

1120 hours:

LEAD

COMING BACK TO THE ONGOING SITUATION AT WORKAR TOWER, EVENTS HAVE ESCALATED INTO URBAN WARFARE BETWEEN THE FADAAK STATE MILITARY AND MEMBERS OF THE F.S.A. SEVERAL CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN INFLICTED ON EITHER SIDE, YET THE BOMBING CAMPAIGN IS YET TO CEASE. REPORTER TRAVITZ WEKLER IS ON THE SCENE.

REPORTER: TRAVITZ WELKER

THANK YOU TARARA. AS YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR FROM BEHIND ME, SEVERAL ARMED CONVOYS DEPLOYED BY THE FADAAK STATE MILITARY HAVE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. DISTRICT POLICE FORCES WERE OVERWHELMED NOT TOO LONG AGO AS THE F.S.A. MEMBERS TOOK POSITIONS. CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ARE LOW FOR THE MOMENT, BUT FEARS OF THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE BUILDING CONTINUE TO RISE. FIGHTING IS STILL ONGOING AS THE TOWER CONTINUES TO FACE BOMBARDMENT. HOWEVER, SO FAR, IT HAS SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE IN THE PROCESS.

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LEAD:

THANK YOU TRAVITZ.

REPORTER:

THANK YOU TARARA.

LEAD:

NOW TURNING THE ATTENTION TO...

1146 hours:

LEAD:

THIS JUST IN, A JOINT POLICE AND MILITARY TASK FORCE HAS MANAGED TO WEAKEN INSURGENT FORCES SIGNIFICANTLY AS FIGHTING CONTINUES AROUND WORKAR TOWER PLAZA. WE HAVE ON THE SHOW JAREN HALOQUI, A PROFESSIONAL INTER SPIRIT-HUMAN RELATIONS ANALYST. WELCOME JAREN, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.

GUEST: JAREN HALOQUI

IT'S A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

LEAD:

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS ATTACK HAS HAPPENED?

GUEST: JAREN HALOQUI

WELL, IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION, REALLY. THE F.S.A. ARE A GROUP DEDICATED ON STEALING HELP & LABOUR PRODUCTS UNDER THE GUISE OF 'LIBERATION'. THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS THEIR MISSION TO FREE WHAT THEY SEE AS SLAVES. AN ATTACK ON WORKAR TOWER IS THE NATURAL CULMINATION OF THESE SENTIMENTS IN THE FORM OF RETALIATION. HOWEVER WHAT I, AND MANY OTHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS ATTACK IS THE VALIDITY OF ITS PURPOSE CONSIDERING THEIR GOALS. AN ATTACK ON THE MAIN BUILDING WOULD NOT FREE SLAVES OR CAUSE OPERATIONS TO CEASE. WORKAR IS A MULTI-NATIONAL ORGANISATION, AND RESPONSIBILITY CAN SIMPLY BE SHIFTED TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE.

LEAD:

DO THEY PERHAPS KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT?

GUEST: JAREN HALOQUI

POSSIBLY, BUT I AND MY COLLEAGUES HIGHLY DOUBT IT. MISGUIDED EFFORTS LIKE THESE ARE MORE COMMON AMONGST SMALLER URBAN TERRORIST SECTS, HOWEVER IT IS RARE TO SEE AN ORGANISATION AS WIDESPREAD AS THE F.S.A. TRY SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.

LEAD:

DESPERATION, PERHAPS?

GUEST: JAREN HALOQUI

IT IS HARD TO SAY AS OF NOW. THE SITUATION MUST UNFOLD FURTHER FOR ANY CONCRETE ANSWERS.

LEAD:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME JAREN, WE WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM YOU LATER.

GUEST: JAREN HALOQUI

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

End excerpt.

Although the situation would continue for another sixteen hours, the damages sustained by Workar Tower were minimal. Despite the use of heavy ordinance and shoulder-fired explosives, the tower suffered little to no significant damage, and all civilians inside were left unharmed. Recent events have alluded to the reasons why Workar Tower was attacked by the F.S.A., yet nothing conclusive can be determined. The attack ended as a significant defeat for F.S.A. forces.