KAFURISTAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS LARGE-SCALE MILITARY ACTIVATION EXERCISE
AL-KASRAJ, KAFURISTAN -- First Minister Mustafa al-Ghaffari has made a televised national address, announcing his government's plan to authorise military activation and deployment of troops, as the regional conflicts in Majatra escalate, with the Security Council approving action against Beiteynu, whose government has been accused of human rights violations and illegal occupation of Badaran lands. The First Minister outlined the new national security directives that would seek to secure the nation's borders and keep all outside activity limited for good reason. Since all factories and production facilities in Kafuristan are bombproof, after government support of making all economically strategic facilities bombproof was introduced, factory workers and office workers who have not been conscripted will be allowed to remain in their workplaces, and sleeping overnight in the underground reinforce bunkers under the entirety of Kafuristan, to ensure minimal economic disruption. Military rule has been almost completely enacted, with the military given broad powers to shoot, arrest or torture suspected criminals and potential threats to national security. All men and women from ages 16 to 50 have been conscripted into the armed forces, and Kafuristan is now preparing for the worst, as all conscripts will be trained, armed and will have to be report to their military activation centres within 5 minutes of notification, if war happens.
The cause for the sudden crisis was mainly due to dissatisfaction among some regional powers of Kafuristan's closer cooperation with Yeudish nation Beiteynu with regards to their occupation of Communist-ruled Badara.
First Minister Mustafa al-Ghaffari had earlier this year, amid loud cries of opposition from Istalia and other nations, signed an agreement with Beiteynu to allow Beiteynu to use Kafuristanian military bases for military actions. The rationale of this, as Defence Minister Abdul Haleem al-Talweed said, was because Kafuristan viewed that Badara's government, the Communist Party has been very oppressive towards its capitalist minority population and has been a destabilising force in the region. According to foreign policy expert Mr Abu Hussein al-Ramadi at the National University of Kafuristan, the Communist Party's rule of Badara has been very oppressive and not at all beneficial for the nation, with Badara's economic foundations at a very weak state, heavily dependent on government financing to support economic growth, which is not sustainable in the long term, he also stated that he endorsed Kafuristan's cooperation with Beiteynu, a very strong nation regionally that has more potential to invest in Kafuristan and help it grow and develop, as its stable internal government allows for long term planning and cooperation.
Kafuristan's foreign ministry has indicated no interest to engage in direct conflict with Istalia, hoping that instead of fighting along ethnic lines, Istalia can support removal of Communist rule in Badara and restore a free economy and a free population to Badara. Kafuristan's Consultative Assembly has been in active mode, debating and preparing to pass a series of bills that will increase military powers, improve effectiveness of government and lock the nation tight in preparation for a possible war. More updates will be available.