---- 15th May 2013. 1530 hours. West of Kassala  ----
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"Captain, you'd better hurry." Colonel Kleszczak sounded nervous. "We are in deep trouble here."
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"Rogue Ethiopian army units are getting their butts kicked in central Ethiopia, and need Kassala badly if their little coup is to be succesful. They even contacted me and proposed a deal - if we leave all our heavy equipment, we will be allowed safe passage to Addis Ababba. Of course, we both know what would happen if we leave the city to those bandits - it would be Srebrenica all over again. I cut a deal with local militia and pro-government forces - we will help them to defend the city. " 
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"We expect a serious attack any time soon - we think that they have at least brigade sized forces in the area- artillery, tanks, APCs. . . you get the idea. They tried some attacks with smaller forces yesterday, apparently testing our defences before the main event." 
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"UNIFE probably won't manage to send us reinforcements on time, but we have some air support promised by the French, from their base at Djibouti. "
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