transcribed from a ham radio broadcast, August 20
Government Forces Attack Washington Protesters,
Thousands Killed
by Daniel Andrews
The nation is in shock after a preemptive strike was
launched
on protesters encamped at Greenway Park and on neighboring
towns. Thousands are reported dead and wounded.
The
government cited an early morning assault on a road
blockade
as justification for their action. Someone did
pull a gun at a
blockade and shoot an officer. But there is
no evidence that
the assault was staged by the protesters or that it
was even
connected to them in any way. Medical assistance
is being
thwarted by the military. This is a nation at
war with itself. Such
an act demonstrates incontestably that, far from being
empowered
in order to protect the public, our government perceives
that it is
their duty to protect monied interests--and their
own power base--
from the US public. And, seeing this, we must
rise up for freedom,
democracy and justice.
At 7am, the air force flew a bombing mission over Greenway
Park
and nearby towns of Greenbelt and New Carrollton,
which is where
the vast majority of protesters had gathered.
No one was expecting
it. Those who were awake simply watched the
jets’ approach, until
they saw the missiles. Then all hell broke loose.
But before anything
could be done, the shells blasted into their targets.
The townspeople
were heard to say that they didn’t believe the missiles
were intended
for them until several had impacted, destroying streets,
homes, and
neighbors. The military cited large concentrations
of protesters in
the towns as the reason for their being targeted.
The survivors are
very bitter at discovering that they could be treated
as expendable.
Everyone has lost loved ones. Their grief is
tinged with anger. Many
are taking up arms and banding together. The
entire countryside has
galvanized against a government which has turned on
them. One
survivor from New Carrollton has been quoted as saying,
“Just think
what those poor folks in the park have been through.
We have to
do something about this. It is our duty to the
living and the dead.”
While the towns were only shelled for about fifteen
minutes, Greenway
Park was pulverized for a full hour.
As soon as the bombing ended, troops were sent through
the area
to mop up. Many of the survivors who had escaped
a direct blast
were hemorrhaging due to the concussions of the sustained
bombing.
Those few who were fortunate enough to escape injury
entirely were
simply wandering through the devastated area in shock.
A few
attempted to establish some order, but the troops
overtook them.
The official word is that the survivors put up a surprisingly
strong
resistance, calling for a lethal response. Other
sources, however,
say that the troops were instructed to make an example
of the
protesters, and to use their own discretion when dealing
with
suspected terrorists.
None of the protesters were armed, but many were either
shot
down or summarily executed for suspicious behavior
(suspicious
behavior often amounting to nothing more than an attempt
to run
and hide or resist arrest). The many hemorrhaging
and other
wounded were treated merely as obstacles in efforts
to police the
area. Most were simply left to die. Doctors
and surgeons in the
surrounding countryside organized medical relief but
were not
allowed into either the towns or the park until late
this evening,
by which time most of the wounded had died.
The medical teams
were quite distraught by what they did eventually
find, especially
in the park. They estimate as many as 25,000
dead, and possibly
2,000 more in the towns. Compare that to 3,000
wounded, half
of them from the towns.
It is not the protesters who have provided a stiff
resistance to the
government. They were unarmed and thoroughly
unprepared for
such an assault. It is the natives of the surrounding
countryside who
are rising up now and organizing to fight against
the government
troops. A new revolution has begun!
RISE UP! RISE UP! A GOVERNMENT WHICH TURNS AGAINST
IT’S OWN
CITIZENS CANNOT BE TOLERATED! RISE UP FOR FREEDOM
AND
DEMOCRACY! RISE UP FOR LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD!
RISE UP FOR YOUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE DIED OR DISAPPEARED!
RISE UP
BEFORE YOU TOO ARE STRICKEN DOWN!
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*********Dissemination News Agency*********
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This report is entirely fictional. It is
part of a short story written as a series
of news reports, and is presented purely
for entertainment purposes.
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*********Oh, for a pair of wireclippers********
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