Theatre Intel Thread: - Africa

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To: Major Coleman, OC G SQN TFB, Khartoum

From: Major General Adams, Director Joint Special Forces


Although the press are jumping all over these 'claims' about your boys discrepencies abroad, do not worry, i'm in the process of creating a little insulation for you. The PM has asked me to let you know he is aware of the circumstances in Khartoum and that he is giving you his full backing, which currently is behind closed doors but he genuinely means it.

The PM is also ordering your detachment to stay on the ground and keep relaying intel on the situation out there. Keep in contact with the King's loyal supporters that are in hiding and work on re-building their ability to strike at the new regime, use your resources efficiently.

I thought your men would like to know that we have moved the remainders of the Royal Family to their final safe house location and they all send you their deepest thanks for rescuing them. We all realise the risks you took to evacuate them from the city and to get them to Chad and as such, decorations are being considered as we speak.

Stay safe out there Coleman, remember you're on your own for the foreseable future.


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From: General Sir Harry Duncan, Director UK Special Forces

To: Major Coleman, OC G SQN TFB


An urgent request for men on the ground has come through from the Si7 Station Chief in N'Djamena,  there's only so much they can do in the city and need more eyes and ears there and in the rest of Chad.

Something is brewing after that episode in Maidiguri last month and they think it's heading back to our favourite summer holiday spot, at least you can top up your suntan there.  Back to business though, we need to redirect a team into the Cameroon/Chad border area yesterday so drop in mobility troop with the engines running at the nearest landing strip and get them in the provided mission area, we've got predator drones on overwatch but need your boys on the ground.

Extra supplies and support will start being collated for moving with the rest of the Squadron into theatre straight away.

Good luck.

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From:  Major Edwin Kirk, Commander ISAT Forces, FOB Carter, Massakori, Chad

To: Godfather, OC ISAT, FOB Irish, N'Djamena, Chad

Godfather, I'm requesting a green light on a snatch operation.  As you know, the accidental shooting the other week here in Massakori has gone down badly and there are certain individuals that are exploiting the situation.  Our patrols have reported a gradual increase in subversive activities as well as organised protests near to FOB Carter; while relations with local elders have drastically eroded.  We need to act now and take a step towards regaining the climate we had achieved before the incident.

My planners and I have highlighted an individual that has been encouraging the unrest and have put together a swift incursion planned for a few days time.  It will utilise a large number of our forces in the town to secure the area surrounding the target building while a strike team will detain the high profile before returning to the FOB.  It should be a short duration mission that if successful should go a long way to solving the current problems before they escalate further.

We are on standby to deploy and will wait on your word.

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From:  Godfather, OC ISAT, FOB Irish, N'Djamena, Chad

To: ISAT Forces, Chad

I do not need to remind you all that we are only two weeks away from the most important day in recent history for this country.  The work this taskforce has put in over Alexander 1 has been exceptional- dedication, professionalism and sacrifice are but a few words to sum up this difficult and demanding Tour.  Do not let the last five and a half months be in vain, our mission hear in Chad comes down to providing the men and women of this country with a safe, balanced and democratic environment for them to elect, by fair means, the person they see fit to lead them into a new chapter in their own history.

As we are all now aware, the Kanem Guera Brotherhood and the Divine Brotherhood of Roy are now no longer in alliance, they are on their own paths towards their own destinies.  We must treat them as seperate bodies; seperate bodies that no longer see eye to eye and are of  a volatile state.  We must treat them and their supporters with caution and take nothing for granted during the final days of Alex 1.  Do not become complacent, the risks on the streets are the same on your first day in country as they are on your last.  Believe  in your training, believe in the man to your side and believe that we are here to bring democracy to Chad.

I hope come the end of August that we will be remembered as liberators by many and despised by the few, we have come too far to let this fail now.

Further briefs on the election schedule will be passed on from your commanders as the day approaches.

Until then continue on task and hold fast.



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From: General Hatemi,  Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army

To: Admiral Dwight Johnson,  Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Allied Command Operations, Casteau, Belgium.

Admiral Johnson, I welcome you in your new role as SACEUR, I believe Belgium in March can be a little dreary though in comparison to Hawaii.  I'm sure that your staff are bringing you up to speed on the strides we have been making in Chad under the will of Victor Aluma since the end of ISAT combat operations.  We are still in need of your support though to bring prosperity and freedom to all parts of the country, the DBR are stubborn enemies of the state.

We intend to start movements to reduce the DBR's capabilities in the coming days; we need to build a longer line of communications and manpower starting from N'Djamena out to the far reaches of our kingdom.  So I ask you in the spirit that the International Security Assistance Agreement was intended for and request help for our forthcoming manoeuvres.  I know your commando task forces are on the Sudanese border and will be on standby for immediate movement so it wont take alot to get them ready for action.  We need your men to assist in the retaking of Iriba in the Wadi Fira region.  ISAT had a base there that was abandoned when they withdrew, I think it would be a good place to deploy from for future operations.  The problem is that the DBR have proved difficult to remove from Iriba and we need to knock the will out of them, I need your specialists to advise my men and help in achieving this vital first operation of this campaign.

I will have my staff liase with yours at the ACO and deliver further details of the operation.



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From:  Admiral Dwight Johnson,  Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Allied Command Operations, Casteau, Belgium.

To: Colonel Rodgers, OC Training Team Chad, FOB Alliegance, Sudan/Chad Border

Frank, I've had word from General Hatemi that he needs some assistance up in the north, you know the operation they've started in Faya Largeau got underway at dawn and is moving quicker than they anticipated.  Hatemi's requested you send a team from Task Force White to deploy onto the ground and act as contact and liasion with his order of battle so that they don't lose their structure and allow the DBR to break out before their objectives are reached.

From the reports I've had from the intel guys it looks as though the DBR have been taken by surprise for once and they are being pushed back at a massive rate towards the banks of Lake Fitri.  I'd also like TF White to be on hand to ensure none of the KGBNA get too carried away once the DBR have nowhere to escape too, last thing we want are videos of souvenier necklaces being made being beamed round the world, Haram Mujahid News would have a field day.

Once your men have a clearer picture of the situation then send me through a sit rep, I want to be kept out in front of this offensive.  Get them sent asap Frank.

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From:  Colonel Rodgers, OC Training Team Chad, FOB Alliegance, Sudan/Chad Border

To: Major Carter, OC Task Force White, FOB Barossa , Faya-Largeau, Northern Chad

I've just read the reports from the final phases of the follow up operations you oversaw with the KGBNA after Storm King, good work, let's not let the DBR get into that position again any time soon. 

The intelligence chaps have gone through the data your mob retrieved at Lake Fitri and they've come up with some interesting details.  Firstly, they confirmed that the plans for drawing the KGBNA into that trap was planned from outside of the country, an IP address was traced from the DBR commander's emails to his masters and we were sent on an elaborate trip around Africa, bounced from country to country, we ended up in Niger, on the other side of Lake Chad as a matter of fact.  The Si7 boys went in for a subtle look and found that the building had been rented for a week to an unknown man, for cash and no questions asked.  We've tried forensics but no luck, it looks like more than one person was there but no idea who they were at this stage.  They've been using an encryption to disguise the next level in the chain and we've not managed to crack yet.

Secondly, the chap who was running that little distraction at Lake Fitri, Mohamed Sook, turns out wasn't at the top of the tree in your sector.  We've had from a few sources now that the commander in the North for all DBR operations is Lokis Tahri.  I want you to investigate this further, try and get some humint on him and track him down.  We need to take the head off this lot, if we can do that in the DBR's homeland then the other regions will be easier to roll over.  The sources we spoke to mentioned that the Tahri's family roots stem from Kouba Modounga, south of Koro Toro, might be as good a place to start as any? 

One last thing, there was one anomaly in the data you got us.  We think it was an email sent to Sook by accident and that's why we've only found one mention of 'the Nigerian', Si7 have also drawn a blank but are trying to run it down.  There are a few theories that it's a new sponsor or interested party, but we're putting it out to all of the Task Forces to watch out for any further mention.

Let me know soon how the hunt for Tahri is going.

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CONTACT REPORT

Time:
05:52 hours LOCAL

Location:
15.895301, 18.410339, 36k SSW of KORO TORO, target 'GOLD 2'

Friendly units:
L54A, TF WHITE.  4 man recce team, on task to observe possible location of LOKIS TAHRI.

Enemy:
Positive identification of high value target- LOKIS TAHRI: COMMANDER DBR FORCES, NORTHERN CHAD.  Personal protection detail approx. 12                    strong, weapons: small arms seen only.  Other DBR forces approx. 30 strong, weapons: small arms, mortars, RPG's.  Vehicles: Civilian utility vehicles on site.

Contact:
Contact at GOLD2 shortly after sunrise.  L54A compromised by figures 2 BRAVO's on irregular satellite patrol to previous routine.  Attempt to neutralise threat ended in  negligent discharge by BRAVO weapon.  DBR forces mobilised to investigate, L54A forced to extract under fire.  Positive ID of TAHRI made previous evening.  TAHRI and PPD seen leaving the area in civilian vehicles in a NORTH direction.  L54A moving to EXTRACTION POINT L9, request urgent air support and pick up.

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INTEL UPDATE

From: Squadron Intelligence Team, 39 Squadron, RAF, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, USA

To: Intelligence Wing, Training Team Chad, FOB Alliegance, Sudan/Chad Border

We got a hit on following the targets from GOLD 2 yesterday, it was difficult to get an exact fix on where the vehicles went once they entered the city of KORO TORO but we've got a sector pinned down.  Here's a grab from 5-Kilo-Mike's camera, you'll have to search the area from the ground though, this is the closest we can get.

39 Sqaudron's on standby for support though if you need us.  Good luck hunting!



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SIT REP

From: Captain Francois, 3rd Recconaisance Regiment, KGB National Army, Ati, Chad

To: General Hatemi, Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army, FOB Mahana, Chafok, Chad

Sir, I am happy to report that the men of my unit are in place as per your orders.  We have set up observation points covering the main supply routes in and out of Ati as well as keeping the river under our watch.

So far the city seems relaxed and going about its business.  We have observed that the city is split into four distinct sectors, it looks like it has an industrial zone, a large market, and two separate residential areas- one is very distinctive in a European style.  The main approaches to the city are along two metaled highways but the open ground surrounding Ati is navigable.  The city is a warren of alleys and high walls so we can only observe the more open spaces but we have good eyes on the centre of town.

We have witnessed a mix of armed towns people in Ati, we are still processing the images we have collected and will send them to N'Djamena for identification, but we believe there is a mix of clans in here, there seems to be no authority on the streets.

I will keep sending reports to you at Chafok until you proceed with your advance.

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From: General Hatemi, Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army, near Lemka Naasan, Chad

To: Colonel Rodgers, OC Training Team Chad, FOB Alliegance, Sudan/Chad Border

Colonel Rodgers,  I hope this will be the last message I send you before meeting up with your members from Task Force Gold.  My KGBNA units are about 20 miles from Ati, outside Lemka Naasan, and will be ready to move into Ati in the next 36 hours.

My men that are on overwatch over Ati have informed me of a development that may affect our intended operation, I thought TFG might like to be kept abreast too.  It looks like the DBR aren't in overall control of the  city and could well be a hub for the dispatch or narcotics from the gangs here.  The picture isn't clear at the moment so it could be that the gangs are working together under the eye of the DBR or not at all, we wont know until we get in there and see on the ground.  With any luck this might be the source of the Moam and Haribo grade narcotics that have swept into N'Djamena recently, it has brought nothing but misery to those affected.

I understand your intelligence teams have been identifying high value targets relating to the Divine Brotherhood of Roy and, inerestingly I may add, the Knights of Azear, I could've sworn they were a spent force; anyway, I'm requesting you add to that list any of the major players involved with the production and distribution of narcotics in Ati.

I will rendezvous with the commander of Task Force Gold once we are established in our forward operating base at the police station and await the latest briefing regarding these matters.

And one last thing Colonel, ' The French Student', any luck with your Si7 regarding information on this individual.  I think it should be a matter or urgency, I want this person found before he can be a threat to me and N'Djamena.

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From: General Mugabe, Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army, Ati, Chad

To: Major Simmonds, OC Task Force Gold , Ati, Chad

Dear Major,  As you'll no doubt be aware, all correspondences to myself should now be addressed to my forefather's name 'Mugabe', I will not answer to my old slave name of  'Hatemi', I believe this is more fitting after my recent campaigns.

I wish to inform you that I must ask for your soldiers to leave Ati within 24 hours.  The President has declared that Ati is manageable by our own forces and feels your presence in the city will not help matters further, I also think you should leave before you 'lose' more men- your news channels don't seem to like stories involving your soldiers being abducted.  The Haribo and Maom situation is more than controllable by the KGBNA and we have nearly finished mopping up the individuals we wish to speak to, I believe the rest of the targets no doubt fled the city while you were busy chasing your seal's shadow.

If we require your help then I will notify Colonel Rodgers, I must remind you also to direct all communications regarding this operation through myself and my staff- the President does not need any further burdens at this time.

Finally, I demand a list of all your assets for vetting, I expect this in a swift manner as they could be a threat to national security.


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From: General Mugabe, Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army, N'Djamena, Chad

To: Major Simmonds, OC Task Force Black, FOB Perseus, N'Djamena, Chad

Major, what brings you to N'Djamena?  They must have seen fit to transfer you from Taskforce Gold!

I must keep you up to date with the current security matters regarding the festivities President Aluma has deemed appropriate in our great capital.  The President wishes, against mine and other senior advisors, to proceed with this weekend's celebrations even while the DBR are not under control.  The city should be safe enough but I require Taskforce Black to be on standby for assistance to my KGBNA units and Police within the city.

I believe the main areas we need to ensure are sewn up are the street parties and extra security for the DBR Factor open auditions in the disco, the crowds have been known to be volatile when excited, the locals go crazy if a bit of flesh from the ankle is exposed by any burka wearing sirens....

We will also be on the look out for your missing SEAL, even if it does pain me to waste my men and resources on your failure to account for all your personnel...we will however be passing on any information we gather, President Aluma has requested it.

Any further intelligence your men in the shadows receive would be gratefully accepted, I wish this weekend to pass off as quietly, ceremoniously and favourably for myself and my men.

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From: Major Simmonds, OC Task Force Black, FOB Perseus, N'Djamena, Chad

To: General Mugabe, Chief of General Staff, KGB National Army, N'Djamena, Chad

I've had word from assets on the ground in the city that intercepted chatter has started to build in relation to this weekend's celebrations.  I've managed to increase the TFB boots on the ground, they should be arriving this evening, but my advice General is to keep a close eye on the President, put your best men on his security and stay groovy, safety off, finger on.

Bill Fraser will be your point of contact this weekend for ops, I've managed to requisition him from TF Blue now he's out of Bousso after Op Huntsman.

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