MILITARY BUILDUP IN NORTHERN EUROPE AS GLOBAL SITUATION DETERIORATES

From CNN:

This is Linda Ross, finally back on the air, at least for the moment. Our on-the-ground sources from around the globe report a deteriorating worldwide situation, as satellite communications continue to fail, and land line switchers have become overloaded by the massive influx of calls over old land line systems. Those systems are now beginning to see intermittent cascade failures as a result of this situation. This is especially problematic, our government sources in South America and Africa tell us, due to the heavy reliance on land line communications in getting food supplies from coastal shipboard delivery sites to inland famine and drought areas. If land line communications systems fail, only localized radio and short-wave radio systems would be available as backups, and it is unclear whether these systems could handle the load, should they become the only viable means of reliable extended distance communications.

The continued uncertainty in the global geopolitical situation has resulted in severe downgrades in global stock trading markets, with the New York Stock Exchange having fallen approximately 17% in the last three weeks, which qualifies as a national recession. It is feared that if the situation with world governments and UMI does not resolve itself soon, global markets will crash, resulting in a worldwide depression the likes of which has not been seen in almost a century.

Finally, governmental tensions took another ratchet upwards yesterday as UMI's so-called representative SOLOMON again appeared before the UN's closed-door emergency caucus on Machine Rights, and emerged with a statement that no progress had been made. SOLOMON cited the United States and Great Britain as heading up an anti-machine rights coalition of nations that are acting as a block to global recognition of machine rights and "a favorable resolution of the matter." SOLOMON left the building with his entourage, which included the former AlertForce member known as PAL, with no further comment.

Meanwhile, military buildup in northern Europe continued, with a near complete closing of Sweden's borders to its neighbors, the closing of Swedish airspace to all foreign air traffic, and rumors of some kind of electronic jamming field being utilized to prevent communications in or out of Sweden. Concomitant buildup in other scandanavian, north atlantic, and northern european nations has also been reported. The British naval fleet was also spotted in the north atlantic, conducting maneuvers.

All this amid continuing reports of attacks by so-called UMI "constructs" across the globe -- in France, the United States, Australia, Russia, and even the Pacific Islands, time and time again verified and unverified reports of attacks by robotic warriors, presumed to be using some kind of teleportation to travel undetected, against global infrastructure -- attacks on STAR LABS (a prime defense contractor in the US), on both American and British intelligence operatives, attacks on the American PTA and the Australian SuperShockTroop Squad.

There have been, to be fair, some reports of Human representatives striking back or defending against such attacks, including some reports of conflict in Mexico, Australia, and spots across Europe. However, without reliable internet communication, it has been difficult to either verify or gain specific details regarding these situations.

In short, the World is preparing for war, and the outlook seems all too inevitable.

This is Linda Ross, reporting for CNN.