History 2030 - 2034

World Fears German Space Military Damgarten Kosmodrome, Germany: The newly formed Deutsche Raum Marine (German space navy) commissioned today its first ship: the DRMS Bahnbrecher (pioneer), a brand new Freude class spaceship that is expected to join the ESASS Freude ostensibly in the exploration of Mars and the finishing of its orbital terminal.

Arrests Made in UK Chemical Attack (Bonn, Germany): Today German authorities displayed some of the evidence gathered from the arrest of several men accused of participating in the terrorist chemical bombing of Aberdeen in 2032. German authorities praised the work of security officials across the EU whose cooperation made the arrests possible. Saying only that they still have much to learn about the Supreme Truth movement, South Korean investigators refused to comment on the presence of Baklava flavoured data engrams featured in the evidence haul.

Deal on Airport Likely (Tripoli, Libya): The leader of the European backed Transitional National Libyan Government (TNLG) was hopeful that Italian peacekeepers would not be needed to take back the Tripoli International Airport. This is based on word that the Egyptian backed Interim National Libyan government (INLG) forces would sell the airport back the TLNG for ‘…a reasonable sum’”. In other news, the Islamic Revolutionary Front for Justice (IRFJ) announced that it has lost control of the Ras Lanuf oil refinery to the AUF (Al Bayda Unity Front). However, our experts contend it is likely a mistake since that group has not been heard from for some months and actually refers to the ABrUF (Al Bardiyah Unity Front) group.

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Protests as NATO Welcomes Newest Member (Tbilisi, Georgia): “If they will not fight for their own friends how can we expect them to fight for us?!” shouted Georgian opposition leader ZaZa Pachulia at protests across from the banquet hall to welcome the latest NATO member. Mr Pachulia’s remarks echoed similar remarks from the leaders of Portugal and the Czech Republic on their leaving the NATO alliance following German failed efforts to patch over differences regarding the ongoing situation in the Middle East. Citing the French decision to again remove itself from the NATO command structure, the NATO press officer on the scene declined to state if he knew if a French delegation would be attending saying only that as France was still part of NATO they would be welcome.

‘New Federalist party’ Public Squabbles Over Budget Debt Washington DC, USA Fresh arguments broke open again and threatens to undo much of what the newly minted centrist party had achieved by unifying moderate Democrat and Republican elements to get government moving again. “They cannot keep the lights on in Tijuana because of energy shortages so migrants are flooding our streets looking for handouts. We need to cutback elsewhere and allocate more to border security” says the ex-Republican Senator from Pennsylvania - Michael Straub. “Inflation remains high, mainly due to rising fuel and food costs; eventually the new oil reserves found recently in Texas and the Gulf coast could ease that, but middle-class Americans are hurting right now” says ex-Democrat Steven Ray.

News 2034: Babylon 2.0, Fight Against the Severe Drought in the South Western USA While environmental groups have continually warned of the disruption of the delicate ecosphere, the renewed US administration, spurred on by continuing drought fears, has pressed on with controversial plans to terraform large parts of the California, Arizona and Nevada. Like some convocation of Biblical prophets, the US government, with a little help from PG-AKOL -the worlds leading company for desert reclamation, has brought forth water in the desert. "The effects of this large scale geo-engineering project, one of the first of its kind on the planet, is to be seen but we have hopes that, with the continuing threat of global warming projects like this will be able to mitigate the worst of its effects. The hanging gardens of Babylon - one of the seven wonders of the world - has now been resurrected on a far greater scale in the South West United States", says Mehmet Schlomo CTO of PG-AKOL

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Turkey Invokes NATO article 5 and Calls for NATO to Vote on Kurdistan: Ankara, Turkey: Article 5 has thus been invoked, but no determination has yet been made whether the attack against Turkey was directed from abroad (Free Republic of Kurdistan/Iraq). Any collective action by NATO will be decided by the North Atlantic Council. NATO has to make a decision on its ongoing operation in Turkey. It started as a peacekeeping mission but has evolved into something much more. Now Turkey wants NATO to help expel Kurdish troops from Turkish territory and restore the peace. Kurdish representatives on the other hand want NATO support in their bid for freedom and right to self-determination. It may not formally be NATO's decision but de-facto they hold the power to do so. Turkey contemplates leaving NATO if vote goes against them. France is backing Turkey and the rest of NATO is backing the Kurds.

Refugee Crisis: Tubruq, EU controlled east Libya: The troubles in the Mideast have created a refugee streams to Turkey, Saudi, Caucasus and EU. Turkey is channeling Syrian refugees to the EU border. Along the Iraqi-Saudi border people are trying to cross in large numbers. The EU is building Immigration centres in occupied Libya. No one really knows what is happening to the refugees going to Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan except that a new outbreak of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis is centred in the northern Caucasus region. In the wake of the refugees come starvation and disease. Dysentery and typhoid are noted to be rampant in certain areas of the Mideast; UNHCR is asking countries to help these people. The Plague spreading among the refugees in northern Africa is finally reaching the front pages of the EU newspapers today as Terry van der Flöjten, the head nurse at the EU Immigration centre number 2 outside Derna, Libya, ended her life, writing in her final letter that she could not stand all the pain and suffering she witnessed. This strain of the bacteria Yersinia Pestis causing the Plague seems resistant to the usual antibiotic, aminoglycoside/streptomycin. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is listed by European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) as the biggest risk to health in Europe.

German Military Fights on in the Sand: Al Bukamal, Syria: The Congo based news network TV Tropical reporting: “A German soldier is the latest on an expanding list of dead, captured and tortured by Caliphate Islamist terrorists. Survivors of his captured platoon were crucified before him upon which he had his eyes gouged out and then was released so he could tell the tale. This is a most bloody conflict showing cruelty like in the Old Testament. May our Father in Heaven strike down these evil doers and save these brave German Crusaders.” The fighting continues amid building domestic criticism in Germany about a too large military focus abroad, leaving the Fatherland undefended. Germany has made a commitment to world peace that is unprecedented in its history, with more than half its armed forces engaged in peacekeeping around the world, mainly in the Mideast. “The domestic stockpiles of military and emergency supply units are nearing empty, they have been sent to Mogadishu and Kirkuk ” remarked Brigadier General Franz von Schwartau as she resigned in protest. The rising number of casualties are making this commitment abroad less popular every week. ”Mein liebe Sohn ist in die verdammte Wuste gestorben nur so ein blöde Ziegeficker, die Ziege von sein nachbar ficken kann. Wahnsinn!” cried one bereft father at the funeral of his son, who died in a bombing while guarding a water well. It looks like the fighting will continue; the government of the Free Kurdish Republic issued demands for even greater Kurdistan territorial concessions vs Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, which they in turn demand their own. “There are too many conflicting interests and too much history of bad blood for Germany and the West to just sweep in and make everyone happy with Coca-cola and surfpads.” says Professor of history Ayesha Khan at Bahria University, Pakistan.

Islamic Caliphate Still Alive, Welcomes Defection Mosel, Islamic Caliphate: Prince Ali, former representative of and 7^th in line for the Saudi throne, shows off his newborn daughter’s birth certificate. It has all the key points you'd expect on a birth certificate -- baby's weight, length and date of birth confirmed with an official insignia. The difference here is the governing authority's stamp: The Islamic Caliphate. It's one of many official documents relating to matters such as vaccination schedules, fishing methods and rent disputes in the areas controlled by the IC. For the IC sees itself as a government operating under a rule of law, even if much of its territory is a battle ground where the eyes of NATO soldiers are gouged out by night and ensuring proper segregation between the sexes in the medical care for a tuberculosis epidemic by day. While IC is loosing territory in Syria; Afghanistan and Lebanon have become strongholds for IC sympathizers. Israel´s declaration of war, and subsequent short lived invasion of IC occupied Syria has gained IC both prestige and supporters.

Japanese Arctic Operations Completely Shut Down: Tokyo, Japan: With his resignation, Mitsubishi CEO, Kia Nakamora, is the latest casualty in the Japanese Arctic boondoggle. Oil spills, accidents and Russian efforts to harass Japanese drilling in the Arctic had been met with aggressive efforts on the part of Japanese workers to force continued drilling but the company has clearly decided it was time to cut their losses. Stockholders were not swayed by Mr. Nakamora’s claims of North Korean provocateurs behind the reports of pollution, environmental vandalism, and the throwing of Russian inspectors over-board at Mitsubishi facilities. The Russian Oil Minister dismissed criticism that the Russia harassment was motivated by their ongoing failure to find significant new oil reserves in the roof of the world. In another blow to Japanese plans for energy independence, local referendums rejected many of the emergency energy conservation proposals as “…impinging the Japanese way of life”.