Ba'athist assume power in al-Kasraj
December, 4613
al-Kasraj, Abi'nadi - In a bloodless coup the Majatran Socialist Ba'ath Party - Kafuristan Region have assumed power in al-Kasraj and with their Republican Guard, who maintained legal status as a branch of the Armed Forces of Kafuristan, have assumed power in major cities throughout the country. Acting President of the Majatran Republic of Kafuristan, the successor state to the Kingdom of Kafuristan, Kassem bin Qadir al-Sadhi spoke at the Presidential Palace to a bevy of domestic and foreign reports. President al-Sadhi, flanked by his loyalist and members of the Republican Guard, spoke about the ineffective government that has ruled Kafuristan for the past several decades and has cited a failing economy, lawlessness and a resurgence in radical Ahmadism as a threat to the country and the region. Even as the President spoke following snap elections and the provisional government installed, the Republican Guard and other elements of the Kafuri Armed Forces, security and intelligence forces were conducting large-scale raids against opposition and radical Ahmadi targets.
The leadership of the Republican Guard was taken over by brother of the current President, General Abdut Tawwab al-Sadhi. Effective immediately he appointed his own son, the nephew of the President, Saqr al-Sadhi as the General-Director of the Republican Guard Security Directorate. The RGSD is responsible for intelligence gathering and security operations of the Republican Guard. Longtime ally and friend of the al-Sadhi family Aayid el-Mowad was appointed as the General-Director of the General Intelligence Directorate, the primary foreign and domestic intelligence agency of the Majatran Republic of Kafuristan. The Ba'athist have made it their priority to safeguard oil facilities and their operations. Kafuri, with some luck and leadership, will likely resume their top spot as the worlds leading oil producer and will compete on the international market again. Incoming Minister of Trade, Industry and Oil Mody Deeb is an expert on oil operations, having served on numerous boards of oil companies and is widely known as a rebuilding expert and is rumored to be in talks with assisting the Trigunians for rebuilding their oil operations.