Insurgency stopped

The Secretary of State of the Republic of Malecia graciously and humbly accepts the warm sentiments of His Majesty and the High Council. Malecia is looking forward to the day when His Majesty welcomes a Malecian Ambassador to the Royal Court. May all Kannexians live in peace and prosperity under the guidance and Leadership of the Prince!

Malecia humbly accepts the congratulatory message of His Majesty, The King of Patrival. Malecia anxiously awaits the day when His Majesty will receive an ambassador from Malecia in to the Royal Court.

Hamish White, Foreign Secretary of H.M's government accepts the invitation wholeheartedly. An embassy has been prepared for the nation of Malecia in the capital city on the waterfront of the river Harlbolder. A quick fifteen minute drive from the Foreign Office building itself. We encourage however large an embassy staff as needed and especially to spend their earnings in local Patrivian businesses.

Ties to Whitewash?

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Associated Malecian Press and wire services

The Malecian Central Intelligence Service's Counter Terrorist Division announced today that Material Witness warrants have been issued for key employees of Whitewash Corporation, a private military contractor. CIS chief Robert Kane credited the CTD's Billington Field Office with uncovering a link between the company and the recent attempted insurgency.

More noteworthy is the fact that the attempted insurgency and the recent terrorist bombing in Shiloh may have been linked. Mr. Kane declined to name the subjects of the warrants, stating only that the witnesses were high level employees of the company. Whitewash currently employs 350 people.

"What I can tell you is that the two incidents, which we originally though to be unrelated, are in fact linked to each other. That is definite. Whether the attacks are connected to Whitewash is not an issue I can discuss at the present time."

Speculation is that Whitewash orchestrated both attacks as the General Assembly prepared the final draft of the 2011 Defense Appropriations Bill. "The theory is that Whitewash was hoping the attacks would prove to the G.A. that there is a need for PMCs to supplement Malecian troops. What better way to do that than to stage a couple of attacks?" stated retired General Mills Sheppard. General Sheppard is a media consultant and comments on military and defense issues. "Whitewash is a small startup, but they've grown exponentially from a few dozen veterans of the civil war, to more than 350 employees. That increase in personnel occured in just over 120 days."

Macintyre "Mac" Power, Special Agent in Charge of the Billington Field Office, stated that the investigation left him feeling exaspeated when all of the facts had been gathered. "This whole thing is starting to look like a season of '24'," he said when asked for comment. '24', is the wildly popular, but recently cancelled T.V. series that depicted the hour by hour happenings of the fictitious Counter Terrorist Unit in the United States.

Malecian Department of Labor Spokeswoman Elizabeth Crane stated that private military contractors are propping up all over Malecia. "These firms establish themselves as 'security consultants' but in reality, they are troops for hire. The pay is substantially more than standard military pay, if the right contracts can be acquired."

Footage from an anonymous source shows three Whitewash employees clearly in a meeting with insurgency leaders. The incident has the new government on a knife's edge, as it struggles to re-establish the economy and establish diplomatic ties with its neighbors in the 10000 islands.

Post reporters Diandra Cohen and Molly Flynn contributed to this story