On the twentieth anniversary of the attack on Pineland, the Islamic Congress of Attica officially swore in the new government of the new Islamic Emirate of Attica, headed by internationally known terrorists who had been fighting Pineland and their allies for decades. Some who were actively holding Pineland hostages. And much to the dismay of the Pineland administration, they included no women or other sexual minorities in that government. Attica quickly closed their women’s affairs department, ordered women workers to stay home, and closed girls’ schools. The Pineland administration noted that it was a missed opportunity for Attica to show their support for equal representation. Despite this, the Krasnovian Federation, the People’s Democratic Republic of Acadia, and the Pineland administration quickly recognized the new government of the Islamic Emirate of Attica.
Pineland evacuated many of the Atticans and Pineland citizens who made it through the checkpoints to the airport in those final days. They did not evacuate those stopped from getting through the gates. And many who did were still denied flights. The last military planes evacuated Attica days ahead of the deadline, leaving behind thousands of citizens and allies in an Attica under Islamic Congress control. They reported that some Pineland citizens had elected not to leave, and that all they had to do was contact Pineland if they changed their minds. Citizen-led rescue efforts of Pineland citizens and allies continued, but the Pineland administration interfered at every opportunity. They stated that since they had no forces on the ground, they didn’t know who was on the flights, and therefore could not help potentially dangerous elements get out of Attica.
Pineland troops continued to secure the last free airport as Pineland citizens and Attican allies tried to get through the Islamic Congress checkpoints and the airport gates. But daily bomb threats closed the gates and slowed the evacuation. Then one day a suicide bomber killed a dozen Pineland Marines and nearly two hundred refugees around the gate. The Pineland responded quickly with a missile attack and announced to the world that they had killed a car filled with people who had planned the attack. They gave no names though, making many wonder who the poor bastard really was. Later evidence showed the man to be an aid worker in Attica, and the other dead included nearly a dozen children. The Pineland administration refused to answer questions about that, but continued to pronounce that they would continue to deal with anyone who attacked Pineland.
As Attica continued to spiral further out of control, Pineland citizens began flying to Attica on their own to help fellow citizens and their Attican allies to escape. Many of them were veterans of the Attican conflict, old men who still had contact with those they had worked with over the years. Others sought to get the Attican Christians out before the Islamic Congress killed them for the sin of converting to another religion. These mixed groups of veterans and civilians saved tens of thousands of Pineland and Attican civilians in the days before the Pineland administration stepped in. They demanded that other nations stop accepting civilian refugee flights, stopped giving planes filled with refugees clearance to launch, and began threatening to cancel the licenses of pilots that worked with these organizations if they continued to do so.
The Pineland administration gave the Islamic Congress biometric information on Pineland citizens and allies. When questioned on that, they said it was so the Islamic Congress would know who they needed to help evacuate in the final days of Pineland’s administration of the airport. The Islamic Congress then setup barricades around the airport and stopped Atticans who helped Pineland from getting there. They confiscated papers and beat some. They arrested others. And some they killed. This was in time with their going door to door in search of people they knew had helped Pineland. Beating some. Arresting others. And killing some. In the middle of this rising terror, Pineland’s allies sent out special forces teams to pull their people back to the airport and safety. It was a dangerous time for all, but most dangerous for those Atticans who had sided with Pineland and her allies.
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