MONTREAL - Insurgents in northern West Basilicus, upset with the insertion of the temporary pipeline put in place by the government on June 6, have started attacking the area in the small hours of the morning of July 12.
Government officials say that they did not expect anything of this scale. "We've had minor skirmishes over the past month, but nothing that wasn't put down within a few minutes, an hour tops," says Cytos Amoebos, head of the White Swarm Defence Agency. "Especially since we have been reinforced by Neupogen fighters. We have so many we barely know what to do with them."
"We expect to have this taken care of by mid-day."
The temporary pipeline was put in place by the government in a controversial move to help remove an overgrowth of twisted, mutated flora and fauna in South Gullet. This flora and fauna threatened to overtake other regions until eventually, the whole country would fall. The cost to using the chemicals in the pipeline were quite high, but temporary, including the loss of certain forests, and the malfunctioning of Goûtama Analysis Lab.
UPDATE: As of 2:30 pm EST, the insurgents have successfully forced the removal of the pipeline. A dam has been erected through much of northern West Basilicus by the insurgents, severely impeding the flow of vital resources to the Southern Left Arm.
Residents are outraged. Said one man, "Why isn't this government doing more about these terrorists? They ignored them, and now look at where we are! The region is starting to flood, crops are being destroyed...I don't know what I will do."
A consultant is being brought in tomorrow to help deal with the situation.
Hah! Well recounted. Hope things are improving.