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Chapter 9 - The Floating Fortress

Few minutes before 4:10pm, Captain Martins ushered some Captains and several regular squadrons who were relevant in the daily activities of keeping the combat aircrafts in the air.

In front of the projector sat the commanding officer Captain Martins, the operations officer, air engineering officer, air warfare instructor, while their deputies sat behind.

I have got this feeling that the crew members in the swamp forest should be under our surveillance and I am ordering a five minutes alert status to rescue them if it comes to that, but let us hope everything works out fine, said Captain Martins.

I want all units to be prepared, concluded Captain Martins. They were briefed on the availability of aircraft, stating that some of them are on the ground due to technical problems, they also discussed on air-traffic controls.

Preye was directed to his cabin by a sailor. He was surprised to discover that it was 6ft long by 5ft wide. It comprised of a sink on the left and a cupboard on the right, coupled with a folded bed, nice cabin, thought Preye and bounced on the bed which immediately snapped shut. The sailor was walking out of the cabin when he heard the sound of the bed as it snapped shut. He turned and found Preye swallowed up in his own bed. He ran to the bed and set him free, after which he lectured him on the do's and donts.

An hour later the aircrafts left the carrier for refueling. The Captains were as high as 90,000ft before they settled for cruise level, thereby getting themselves set for tanking. Since air-to-air refueling is a very specific act and if any Captain screws up, it could result in a lot of mess for him and his team-mates.

Each Captain inserted the top of his refueling probe accurately with the fuel hose. Since the rule of the game involves taking your eyes off the hose and leveling up with the aircraft to ensure adequate balance and measure the distance.

Malcolm hoped the others will attain the required balanced state as fast as they could, so he could have enough fuel to stay up till his turn to re-fuel because the closest airfield was ...God knows where, he thought.

The aircraft refueling hit the hose and missed a few times. It was obvious the Captain was following what his instincts told him to do, instead of fighting it. He tried to follow the end of a hose that was wriggling like a worm as it floated through the sky, making the aircraft move around without inserting the hose.

Captain Max knew that if it got bad and the Captain started to panic, he will only end up jabbing the hose which could slacken and pump fuel into the air ingestion. Before he could say a word, it slid in and locked.

After the refueling, the tanker Captain told them they were clear to disengage. The aircrafts headed for a flight level that was 15,000ft higher than the tanker alongside each other with their throttles opened up and in less than no time, they vanished from the sight of the tanker-crew.

Back at the communication room in the carrier, an electronic device was turned on, which viewed the airspace of the Oily Lands, and several chips were fixed on the wings of the aircrafts and helicopters so as to transmit the aircrafts, height, position, heading speed and other functions to the communication room in the carrier, reporting everything about each individual aircraft.

Max the Captain had just concluded his flight drill and after his successful refueling he signed off and decided to enjoy the moment on the aircraft carrier. He sat on the roof of the carrier and the feel of the wind on his skin made him close his eye for a moment and imagined himself sailing through the sky.

He walked through the collection of books and picked up a book that was titled Tears of mankind He glanced through the book and discovered it was a record of the insult against humanity, carried out by terror-minded people against the West.

I will spend my free time going through the records stated in this book, he thought as he climbed down the stairs to his cabin, located on the third floor. He turned off any appliance close to him, so he would not be disturbed. After all I deserve the sign off I just got, thought max, so I would certainly make the best of it before I resume flying again.

He opened the book and read. Tears of Mankind contains all the events surrounding the attacks, which will enable you to understand all that needs to be known about the act of torment.

The narration and views of the world on the inhumane attacks selected from various source are compiled together give the reader a vast knowledge on Global torment and for the benefit of anyone with an obscure or between views, and to enable the next generation have a true knowledge of the torment-inflicting attacks.

It was written to clarify the diverse notions worldwide on the mysteries surrounding the attacks, and would go a long way to help people see torment, undisguised and in its true form which is destruction, and how its spread is cutting through the globe.

It shows how terror-minded people are nurtured and strengthened to carry out attacks and how they are ignorantly being tortured in a cloud of their indoctrinations. It talks about the various beliefs held by terror-minded people and the identity of the terror-minded people that inflicted havocs in the West.

It also touches the heartbreaking last moments of victims and the world mourning for the West. The greatest attacks by terror-minded people and the Western declaration of war against terror-minded people. After reading the introduction, he flipped over to the first chapter

Various Beliefs

The ruling to support the West and other allies-civilians and military to defend the world against fear and torment is an individual duty for every God-loving and trusting person, who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it.

It is believed that the West is controlled by a group of people, who are in turn controlled by the deceiver. It is believed by some that the world is divided into two separate and mutually hostile domains. The abode of peace, and the abode of war.

The abode of peace is the community of worldwide believers. The abode of war is everything else and today the West symbolizes it. How it turned out to be the worst enemy of the hard-core fundamentalist is one of the most annoying questions facing Western policy makers and the leaders of a dozen countries.

A school of thought might say imperialism of the West and the export of Western social morals are to blame. Another holds that some people by their nature are in permanent competition with other civilizations.

There are some facts presented as questions that ought to be answered, like, why is it that whenever two civilizations rub against other, war seems to break out?

It is also believed that the West is implacably hostile to the some messages, so the need to prepare for a fight is never-ending. It is generally believed that fight against their oppressor is an absolute duty. They believe it is imperative to wage war against the West for occupying the sacred ground. This is the particular motive behind the torment-king actions the struggle to evict Western troops from the sacred ground, who are there at the invitation of the king.

Some teachers claim these troops are polluting the soil, and therefore a fight then is compulsory. Whenever their teachers are asked if that was what their students are taught, they always say that their students are taught things far from that, since their school is not a military school.

It is apparent that these schools of thoughts are not torment-training camps, but places where the minds of hundreds of thousands of young men across these lands are psyched. These are poor, impressionable boys kept ignorant of the world and, indeed, largely ignorant of all but one interpretation. They are perfect equipment for a fight.

Even if the West or wherever is subjugating people, does that give the torment-king the right to kill innocent people? A typical example of these schools of thought is similar to an unusually quiet campus that housed so many students. There are no TVs and radio. The students woke before dawn to pray. Filthy dormitories are common and a cafeteria was absent. Students line up at the kitchen and are fed rice, curry and Nan.

It goes without saying that there is no female presence at the schools. The youngest boys were locked up in a dorm guarded by older students. Although theyve not yet been encased in the Armor of war Ideology, and yet they seem to incorporate the politics of the school into their activities.

Most of these youths are refugees that are orphans, and compared with refugee camps, their schools are like a palace and they are privileged to be there, where they eat every day. No one else, certainly not the government of wherever would provide a room, board, food and education.

Generally, the torment-king violets a basic part of war, which holds that even in a war, the lives of innocent people, must be spared. It is narrated that a woman was found killed in one of the battles, so the messenger, may peace rest on him, forbade the killing of women and children.

It is also believed that torment-king was strong, and since the West is afraid of strong people, they decided to make him their enemy. They claim that he wants to keep them pure from pollution and bring them to the entire world, while on the other hand; it is stated that there is no compulsion in faith and at its core; moderation and tolerance of each other should always come first.

It is agreed by some that there is no compulsion, but the West compels some people to live under the control of people they cannot live under. A seminary, which is similar to a school with its classroom and dormitories spread across weed-covered acres, enrolls a lot of male students, drawn mostly from the very poor. Tuition, room and boards are free. A seminary is funded by wealthy and devout politically minded people and the student range in age from 8-35.

Secondary school or college-age students are enrolled in an eight-year course of study, focusing on the narration and interpretation of history and life. The youngest boys spend four to eight hours a day sitting cross-legged on the floor of airless classrooms, memorizing what they are being taught.

There are no courses here in world history, English, Mathematics, Science or computers. The oldest students in the school hope to be scholars who can issue various matters even the rules governing the waging of war. There are millions of students studying in most of these schools.

The Eastern country that hosted the torment-king exploded and on its quick march to the capital, prohibited education for girls, fired female doctors, murdered homosexuals, staged public amputations and generally gave a bad name to him in whose stead they claim to act.

This extreme group is known all over the world for its kindness to terror-minded people, most notably torment-king, the exile thought to be behind the attacks against the Western department of trade and Defense headquarters that killed thousands of people. It also seems to harbor a deep belief in the motion of a never-ending battle.

Most of the teachers in these schools are filled with anti-Western views, and if they had other ways, they would like to see all countries become more like the war-ravished country. Majority of them believe in the ruling issued by the torment-king, calling on the world to kill Westerners

Greatest Torment

The events of the attacks in the Western cities will be forever impressed on the minds of millions, if not billions of the worlds inhabitants. That incredibly swift destruction of so much property and, far more important, of so many lives has given us cause for extreme caution. What have we learnt about our preferences and choices in life? How did those mishap bring to light some of the better qualities of our humanity like; unity, oneness of mind, self-sacrifice, comparison, endurance and unselfishness.

Immediately following the disaster in the West, the subway system closed down, and multitudes of people exited on foot, many of them crossing the two bridges.

A survivor that was covered with ash and dust sand while she was on the train heading to work, said she could see smoke coming out from the Western Centre of trade and when she arrived at the disaster area, people were running in every direction and there was glass everywhere, while the heat could be felt and the police evacuated the area.

She ran into a nearby building for shelter since it looked like a war zone. Then she heard the explosion as the second airmobile hit the building. The scene was beyond description as black smoke filled the whole air. Everybody was told to move out of the danger zone.

A doorman at a Hotel located beside the Department of trade explained: I was on duty in the lobby when the first explosion occurred. I saw debris falling all around. I looked across the street, and there was a man in flames lying on the ground. I tore off my jacket and shirt and ran over to try to put out the flames. Another passer by joined in to help. All the clothes burned off the man except for his socks and shoes. Then the firemen came and took him to get medical help.

Shortly after that, a newscaster called on the phone to get an eyewitness account of what was happening. My family in the Western Islands heard it on the their television and, as a result knew that I was alive

A lady said she saw the events when she got out of a downtown subway station and looked up and saw ash, debris and all kinds of pieces of metals coming down. People were waiting to use pay phones and were getting hysterical because of the delays.

Then another explosion, and steel and glass were falling out of the sky, people shouted, and It was another, human missile. It was horrible to look up and see people jumping from the upper floors where the smoke and flames were billowing out. A man together with a woman were holding onto a window for a while, then they had to let go, and they fell and fell and fell. The sight was unbearable.

An employee at the attacked site was on the 31st floor of his building, looking straight across at the twin blocks and a Hotel and was dumbstruck and horrified by what he saw; people were falling and jumping out of the Western centre of trade. He became tensed up and ran out of the building as fast as he could.

A teenage girl who had arrived at her school next to the Western capital market, which is located a few blocks south of the attacked site, knew something had happened but she didnt know what. It was just after 9.00am, and she was on the eleventh floor of the school attending history class. All the students looked frightened and the teacher still wanted the class to hold but everyone wanted to get out and go home. Then the building shook as the second human missile impacted the Western centre of trade, but still no one knew what happened, suddenly it was heard on the teachers radio that two human missiles have hit the Department of trade

She thought to herself that it is not logical to stay put. This is an attack and the Capital Exchange building will be next, so they all got out. They raced down to the Park, as she looked around to see what was happening and saw that the southern part of the building that housed the Western department of trade was beginning to collapse.

The enormity of the disaster moved people to help in whatever way they could. Volunteers came from other parts of the West as well as from other countries. Thousands of people died in the disaster and the sights were very stressful, especially for fire fighters, who were looking for their lost comrades.

The bodies of some fire fighters who had rushed into the building on the previous day were pulled out and all the rescue workers took off their hard hats and helmets, and stood-out of respect for their fallen colleagues. These are just few of the hundreds of fire fighters, policemen, and emergency workers who lost their lives as they valiantly tried to rescue people and that there is no better example of courage than the fire department of the eastern part of the Western city.

Tragedies like this one in the West should make all of us reflect on what we are doing with our lives. We should not be living for ourselves alone, but we should try to contribute to the happiness and wellbeing of others. Let the Western fear and torment attacks build true love, brotherhood and oneness of heart between all the Wests and make them unite as one to stand firm and eradicate global fear and torment whichever way and whatever it takes.

Interesting book, thought max and flipped over to the next chapter.

The West Declare War against Terror-Minded People Torment

The Western president, clearly moved by what he saw formally declared a war against carriers of fear and torment, who launched the attacks. Thousands of people died in the attacks carried out by bloodthirsty minds that hijacked some registered passenger air mobiles. Two of the air mobs crashed into the building of the Western center of trade, the third into the defense headquarters of the West that was planning a Broad and sustained campaign to secure the West and eradicate the evil of fear and torment.

We are determined to see this conflict through. Westerners of every faith and background are committed to this goal, he said. He spoke on the heels of his governments decision to recall thousands of National Guard and Reserve troops, the outpouring of support and the resolution of the Western congress for military action.

His speech also came against the backdrops of Eastern acceptance of the Western request for co-operation. In the Western bid to apprehend those behind the attacks, including the prime suspect and fundamentalist, who is resident in an undisclosed country.

The Western president, who described the prime suspect, said the public and the military should be aware that the nation faces a new kind of war, a war that was earlier described as a struggle against barbarians. This will be a different kind of conflict against a different kind of enemy he said. This is a conflict without battlefields, a conflict with opponents who believe they are invisible.

Yet they are mistaken, he added. They will be exposed, and they will discover what others in the past have learned: Those who make war against the West have chosen their own destruction. Several sectors of the executive, including the Headquarters of Defense State warned earlier that this assault on the Great West would be met with rapid and crashing response.

Questioned by reporters, the Western president at once shifted his focus to citizens of the West, urging them to do their best to return to a normal life when the work resumes the following day, but to be prepared for the societal changes brought about by a heightened state of alert, and the threat of all-out war.

We are at war. There has been an act of war declared upon the West by terror-minded people, who inflict pains on mankind, the Western president, sitting at a conference table next to his vice, said. The Western people need to go about their business as soon as the week begins, but with a heightened sense of awareness that a group of barbarians has declares war against us, he continued. When pressed by a reporter on what sort of daily changes the average person might have to anticipate. Travel, he responded, might prove more difficult. People may not be able to board flights so quickly he said. Our boarders are tighter than they have ever been before.

The wreckage of the Western City was the sign of the first battle of war, the Western president said. There is no question about it, this act will not stand. We will find those who did this, we will smolder them out of their shacks, we will get them running, and we will bring them to justice, the president said, presumably in reference to torment-king, though intelligence investigators are probing the possibility that the attacks were orchestrated by a loose web of organization that could also include groups from throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

A ruling fundamentalist regime is a prime focus of this probe, the torment-king made his home in the war-ravaged country in the mid 1990s after being expelled from several states. They say they consider torment-king their guest

It is not just one person, we will deal with those who harbor them, and feed them and house them. Those who harbor terror-minded people will be held accountable, the Western president told reporters.

Behind sadness and exhaustion, he said of his trip to the site of the attacks, there is resolve to not seek only revenge, but to win a war against barbaric behavior. But his challenge on the home front is one that no modern Western President has had to face.

A foreign attacker has not touched Western soil since a fellow Western country marched into Western Headquarter during the war of 1812 though there were sporadic reports of Serviceman coming ashore from submarines along the East coast in the early stages of World War II. Those incidents in 1940s did not pose a threat to the general public on a scale anywhere close to what was experienced by civilians and servicemen and women alike when two commanders air mobiles brought down the building of the Western department of trade and when another slammed into the Defenses outer south-Western wall in the suburb of the capital.

Earlier in his radio address, the president generally acknowledged that citizens of the West for the first time now face fear of attack from an outside source. And compounding their risk, he hinted that the West should be ready for the sort of disruption and heartache that could be brought on by sustained military action.

We have much to do and much to ask of the Western people, the president said in his radio address. You will be asked for your patience, for this conflict will not be short. You will be asked for your resolve, for the conflict will not be easy. You will be asked for your strength, because the course to victory may be long.

He also acknowledged that his weekend meetings would be focused on response, shifting his late-week focus from recovery and remembrance to prosecution of what he earlier dubbed the first war of the 21st century

This weekend, I am engaged in extensive sessions with members of my National Security Council as we plan a comprehensive assault on torment-inflicting people he said, an indication that the West could launch an offensive any moment.

Victory against fear and torment will not take place in a single battle, but in a series of decisive actions against terror organizations and those who harbor and support them.

I will not settle for a token act, he continued. Our response must be sweeping, sustained and effective. And as the president prepares to huddle again with his National Security advisers, the government of an eastern country signaled that it was wishing to fulfill its pledge to fully cooperate with the West in its war against the people responsible for the Western department of trade and defense headquarter attacks.

During a meeting with Eastern president, the Cabinet and Security Council voted unanimously to help the international community fight acts of torment. A Spokesman said the government would immediately hold commutation with the Eastern people to build a consensus for the decision.

The West has given the Eastern government a wish list of action it wants it to take. Included on that list is allowing if regulated, the Western war aircrafts access to Eastern airspace.

Apparently reacting to Eastern countrys decision, the ruling government accommodating the torment-king has threatened any neighboring country that allow its soil to be used to help the West stage an attack on it. If regional or neighboring countries, give a positive response to the Wests demand for military bases, it would spark up extraordinary danger, said a Spokesman, Similarly if any neighboring country gives territorial way or airspace to the West against our land, it would draw us into imposed war.

There is widespread fear that the West will attack because suspected torment-king is said to be living as a guest in that country. Any nation, implying neighboring countries that agree to help the West if its Headquarters decides to attack, would incur our wrath, quoted a Spokesman.

What is behind the latest statement that preceded a meeting of Eastern leaders? Certainly they are trying to influence the debate that is currently going on there. Their statement came and debate that currently going on in the East. Their statements came and early on a morning just before those key ministers were about to meet. And what theyve said is that any neighboring country around, should they give other soil or their airspace in support of the West attacking, them, said that they could mobilize a large fighting force to air raid that country. So certainly they are influencing that debate.

The country there is being prepared for the possibility of war. On the radio, in a rare 15-minute address, the Supreme leader said people should put their faith in God, that they shouldnt be afraid of an attack from the West. If they put their faith in God, they would be okay.

He went on to say that they in the past had been invaded by several super powers. He mentioned that in the 19th century, the Western empire had invaded twice. He pointed out that at that time; there was no torment or torment-king. And he questioned why they were invaded then.

He pointed out that the most powerful country in the East had invaded them in the 1980s. He pointed out that people should not be afraid of what might happen next; he said they should be strong, that they should believe in God and be strong; that they should believe in their own power and strength and that their faith should be strong and guard them through the coming days.

He said he was doing it for all of them and that it was important for people to understand that. He said they had been through much adversity in the past and people should be ready for it in the future. Director of state told leaders from several nations to decide if they will stand with the West or risk isolation.

The league secretary general said they stand with the West but needs to be consulted on what action the West plans to take.

We do stand with the Western president. All countries are against international torment. We are very clear that we do reject any international crime of torment anywhere and in particular to what happened in the West, he said. We do understand and appreciate the stand taken by the Western president that the West will not let go after it happened. That we understand, but what could be done and what should be done, we stand ready to listen, to hear and to be consulted.

The Defense secretary went further than any official of the administration in naming the torment-king a leading suspect in the attack against the Western department of trade and Defense.

Speaking about high-level contacts between the West and a country from the East since the attacks, the director of state said we are looking at those torment organization that have the kind of capacity to conduct the attacks.

We have not yet publicly identified the organization we believe was responsible, but when you look at the list of candidates, one resides in that region. When asked if the torment-king was that Candidate, the director of state replied: Yes. West wants the country hosting him to expel him and stop allowing training of terror-minded people in the country.