2019 Middle East Attacks

## Combatants

* Armed Forces of United Blocks
* Weapon manufacturing plants:
	+ Arrandale Military Supplies
	+ Matriarch Armanent
	+ Alliance Precision Arms Ltd.
* Unit Gunners
* Various armed forces around the world

Clustered terrorist groups in Middle East

## Strength

* Stealthy Hunter (newly produced)
* V.A.L.K.Y.R.I.E (newly produced)
* Barracks
* Leatherneck
* Keel-Hauler (newly produced)
* Super Bruiser (newly produced)
* "Tyrant"
* "Premonition"
* "D.E.F.C.O.N"
* "The Pig" (newly produced)
* War Hero (newly produced)
* Desert Spreader (newly produced)
* Camo Squad (newly produced)
* and many more...

Cold War-era weapons

## Casualties

Around 200 casualties
Over 20,000+ casualties

* Evil Bug Cyber Attack (due to the latter's continuous nature)
* Operation Dark Wolf (short-lived)

The **2019 Middle East Attacks** (colloquially known as **WWIII**) is an important event in the Pixel Gun story.

## History

*Note: This happens in an alternative timeline when COVID-19 pandemic starting from the late dawn of 2020 is nonexistent.*

### Beginning

The conflict have all started when the clusters of rival terrorists have appeared to spread throughout Middle east. Seeing that there are terrorists who wished to commit their terrible acts (against the nonconformists who attempted to talk sense against the terrorists' violent agendas) elsewhere aside from Middle East, this phenomenon alarmed many countries of how dogged they are although they are fractured in terms of political power due to the death of their notorious leader in December 2011.

During the first time of this dreadful war, there are many countries (such as Macedonia, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel, to name the few) whose government troops tried to drive the terrorists away from their homeland, but with little to no avail, due to them being outnumbered from 3 to 1. Because of this, these countries have asked help from the United Blocks (being a world superpower) and its allies, to assist them fighting against the terrorists that ravaged Middle East. At the same time, the Israel wanted their land back that was taken by the Islamic countries by force (mostly since the 20th century since its founding in 1948) and requested that the United Blocks assist them in reclaiming their original lands back (The United Blocks agreed, and decided to betray the Islamic countries in favor of Israel and its allies). This angered the Middle Eastern countries that wanted to expand its agendas towards the world, which was constantly held back by Israel, United Blocks and its allies.

As the terrorists have been commonplace in Middle East, there are local polices who struggled to keep the terrorists from plaguing their country from terrorist attacks, though they heightened the security level. As terrorism worsened, many countries have faced their ultimate enemy. Aware of this, Colonel Carr have told his superiors about that if the army will be dispatched to the Middle East to fight against the terrorists, then it will be a win-win situation since their arms are quite inferior (as Colonel Carr noticed after he saw the news regarding the incident) compared to that of the army. His superiors have told him that they are ready for the combat. What shocked Colonel Carr even more is that whenever the terrorists are driven out of their country just to commit terrorist acts elsewhere, since he knew that his distant relatives from Japan will be plagued (or even killed or violated) with terrorist threats from outsiders. Finally, as the fear of terrorism have worsened, the US began to freeze assets from several countries in Middle East involved in terrorism.

Then, it is time that the said event will spark something devastating like how WWII did so...

### Outside the Middle East

At the same time, maritime piracy have sprung within the area of responsibility in Middle East, wherein terrorists have sneaked into ships without the knowledge of the ship owners. There, these terrorists have used the stolen ships to distribute stolen goods to their respective factions. Eventually, there are pirates who turn to gun-running to provide arms to their fellow terrorists. Eventually, as the world have been suspicious of what they are doing, many country's army have sent their naval battleships to terrify the ship pirates. Alarmed by the swarms of battleships, the terrorists have equipped their respective ships with rockets launchers to fend off these battleships. Not swayed by this feature, the battleships have blared their loudspeakers that if they do not surrender, they are forced to shoot them. Moreover, they have armed themselves with protective gears in case of counterattack from terrorists. Finally, the DEFCON level turned to level 3.

### The War Begins

Several hours later, he and the fellow soldiers (high-ranking and normal) that are assigned for desert warfare allowed the troops to be dispatched to the Middle East to fight against millions of terrorists that have been plaguing the citizens in the Middle East. However, it is not only Middle East that are plagued with terrorism, but also around the world who are greeted with the terrorist activities from Middle East, such as in Japan, China, Greece, and many more. As there are many Middle East terrorists being in many countries to sow terror, the army have realized that they are outnumbered by terrorist from one to four (However, there are Middle Eastern countries that have outlawed Islam (due to its nature) and tried to stop its attacks, but with little to no avail). Having learned from this, Colonel Carr, along with Major Addison began to respect his superiors as he was commanded to ask for its allied countries for assistance. These countries include Japan, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, and Belgium. Without them, their plans to fight against terrorists would be fruitless. There are several allied countries that wanted to start the war against the terrorists with the help of the United Blocks.

Furthermore, there exists kidnappings of civilians from all over the world, since the terrorists believed that these people are not of the same faith and that they have accused their religion for causing them to wage war against unbelievers. However, contrary to popular belief, it is known that these terrorists have misused their religion (Islam) as the way to justify their actions, all "in the name of Allah", according to them. Hearing this, Col. Frederick N. Carr have assigned the sergeants to order their subordinates to interfere the convoy of terrorists with kidnapped civilians on hand. The civilians in question did not commit anything that offended the terrorist's belief, but the terrorists did not care either. However, he was assigned to order his troops *not* to harm civilians in the mission. Before the mission commenced, he told Major Addison that the other platoons will go hunt for terrorists with the convoy of victims. Major Addison have realized the plan, and then allowed his platoons to assist Colonel Carr's forces since the number of terrorists in the convoy are many, whose numbers range from 1000 to 4500 (as Colonel Carr have estimated).

As this war time progresses in time, the Arrandale Military Supplies and Matriarch Armanent began their joint venture to create arms to counter the terrorists that are spreading everywhere outside Middle East. Two months after Middle East Attacks had begun, they have developed their new arms, such as the Stealthy Hunter, V.A.L.K.Y.R.I.E,Barracks,Leatherneck,Keel-Hauler,Super Bruiser,"Tyrant","Premonition" and "D.E.F.C.O.N" to name the few, all of which have the desert camouflage finish to suit the war environment there (since the epicenter of the war is located somewhere in Middle East). Fortunately, Colonel Carr was able to keep the terrorists at bay by ordering the sergeants to summon their soldiers equipped with high-powered and accurate assault rifles so as to snipe the terrorist in extremely long range just with automatic fire. Also, there existed numerous M1 Abrams tanks and Humvees that surrounded the terrorist convoy. His long-time aide, Gen. James S. Bickenbach, also one of the leaders like him, aided him in commanding in times of need.

In mid-August 2019, there was a committee that settled the ideas how to tear down the terrorists quickly, and one idea was that of the Unit Gunners, proposed by Gen. Kerry H. MacDonald. It is codenamed "Saturn" and is a three-man unit consisting of elite soldiers that uses their wits and powers to take down enemies with grace. During the entire war, they are responsible for causing troubles on terrorists using their wits and stealth. That task force is active whenever the three members are together doing the important tasks given to them. The members of the said task force are Sgt. Ricardo G. Preston, Sgt. Tyrone Hossman and Sgt. Justin B. Freeman.

Surprisingly, the army have deployed its troops with the Ballistic Shield, for deflecting all enemy projectiles (let alone rockets, .50-caliber rounds and even armor-piercing rounds), and the Ballistic Armor, as an additional supplement for the standard-issue vests. These defense systems makes even the strongest terrorist groups heavily out-armed by the army equipped with these. In fact, the terrorists are equipped mostly with Cold War-era Soviet weapons. Fortunately, the Armed Forces of United Blocks and its allies from other countries are equipped with superior firearms (as stated in "Factions Involved") featuring extreme accuracy and reliability. That way, the terrorists have been easily out-armed while they greatly outnumber the armies.

### Decryption of the Message

The criminals would be successful in sending cryptic messages among fellow terrorists around the world had it not been the introduction of R-67 SuperCarrier by the Armed Forces of United Blocks. This supercomputer was unleashed around four weeks before the war have started. It has an ability to easily decode cryptic messages, no matter how obscure the encryption system is. There are revealed messages that states that the terrorists will stage the bombing in various places in different countries, which have alarmed many involved countries. Thankfully, the supercomputer being mentioned was able to decode the message that the terrorist wanted to send in a secure manner, much to the terrorist's disappointment. This supercomputer has been active in military usage ever since and was located in the main military base in its homeland. When the supercomputer is on operation, the terrorists have stupidly assumed that they have safely delivered their message to their fellow terrorists. These half-witted terrorists have their messages unknowingly deciphered in no time, giving the army the opportunity to read the message. Shocked by the evil intentions of the terrorists revealed in the message, the army declared an all-out war on terrorists around the world. The message read as follows:

That way, we will force them to give in to out demands.

As wartime progressed further, the terrorists began to slightly outnumber the army while being out-armed themselves. The army (including its allies from foreign countries) continued to deploy its soldiers to fight against the terrorists that have plagued not only Middle East but around the world.

Having heard the message gave the army the go signal to launch an attack against the terrorists, the people became alarmed that the terrorist's message has been brought to light, eventually giving the armies from other countries (against the terrorists) full support so the world will not turn into the war that is atrocious as the World War II. Unfortunately, the terrorists have no sympathy towards human life, since they are focused on killing those who are not part of their belief. It seems that all they want is to convert everyone on its way to their belief, as one of the terrorists said. In fact, what they did not know is that they are just committing crimes against humanity, for their actions gave the joint forces the go signal to halt these advances.

### Operation: Dark Eagle

The allied armies began the operation as they heard the message being translated in English (and to the other countries' respective languages), although the audio quality of the recording in question is not that great. Having heard that the terrorists have begun the terrorist attacks on various countries, particularly those who do not have the same faith as those from terrorists, they, under the advice of Col. Frederick N. Carr, devised the strategy as of how to attack the terrorists without suffering too much casualties, since they know that more casualties is tantamount to ultimate disaster.

They knew that the terrorists are not stopping until every people of the same faith died, which is quite alarming considering that these people have been brainwashed by their religion in question. Of course, the armies got shocked by that fact, but Colonel Carr insisted that they should keep calm since they know that they are to keep quiet so as not to alarm the enemies in the process.

### The End(?)

As the decline of the terrorists in numbers closed in, the army continued to drive the terrorists out of their course, since the terrorists have gone out of hand in many countries. Yet, the terrorists still have one thousand men in their service and are determined to fight to their end and that they will not surrender even when situation requires it. At the same time, the army are also determined not to stop until the remnants of the terrorists have been reduced into nothingness. Despite the terrorists being equipped with the primitive weapons from Cold War, they have been known to excel in aiming and offensive attack. However, these skills are nothing compared to that of the armies that tried to drive away these terrorists. Col. Frederick N. Carr have been skillful in rendering the soldiers easily sniping enemies in long ranges and offensive/defensive attacks that have greatly exceeded that of the terrorists. Due to this reason, he was able to instruct his soldiers his skills (as said before).

The war's end in April 2022 is about to close in, and there are four hundred terrorists remaining, still sticking to their promise of "no surrender" mode, whereas many terrorist groups have been doomed to extinction due to its sharp rise of number of deaths of its members, as they did not care about their lives during the war. Surprisingly, the armies from different allied countries **combined** suffered only the meager [around] 200 to 1500 fatalities since they are well-armed, well-trained and well-armored in harsh combat, contrasting the number of fatalities among the terrorists, which scored the whopping 20000 to 40000+ casualties. The war is almost yet to put to a stop, as around 400 terrorists continued to fight, while (unsuccessfully, but only very meager amount of people have supported them) tried to gain support among people in countries where they invaded. Things went hopeless for the terrorists as armies advanced to the Middle East after the entire terrorists have been wiped out outside the Middle East, since they believe that there are remaining and newly-called terrorists that are hiding there. As 157 terrorists have been killed after the armies invaded Middle East in search of terrorists, the majority of the surviving terrorists decided that they have had enough of years of fighting that they have decided for the first time in their terrorist career that they will surrender. Finally, after three years and four months of warfare, the world have rejoiced the end of the terrorist war. As the soldiers arrived back to their homeland, they received the hero's welcome as they marched in the parade as a result of their bravery in fighting for their country's safety.

However, there exists a hideous war that continues until the present, namely Evil Bug Cyber Attack, wherein there are unidentified hackers that unleashed the virus to the world of Internet which triggered massive shutdowns on companies that relied heavily on Internet for their tasks. This is even worse since the army are given yet another task to stop the Internet war (now in the Dark Web, so as to give people chance to regain their access to Internet safely) and also search for the unidentified hackers's identity.

### Aftermath and Trial

> *See the 2022 International Tribunal for exhaustive information regarding the trial.*
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The war have caused intensive damage in most parts of the Earth since there are many terrorists that have spread in numbers like wildfire, which immediately prompted military action due to its severity. It have drained billions and billions of dollars to fund the army with weapons and armories in order to fight against terrorists that are sheer in numbers.

After the end of the war, the severity of the terrorist's crimes have prompted the international court trial (similar in fashion to that of the Nuremberg/Tokyo War Crimes trial in 1946,) against the terrorists and the people involved in helping these conspirators. During the trial, Col. Frederick N. Carr became one of the supervisors in the court in order to maintain peace and order during the trial, and make sure that the trial is fair and just (at the same time, the people have rumored that he has the role similar to that of General Douglas MacArthur's).

The people began watching the televisions to watch the international tribunal trying to administer the appropriate punishment for the defendants. The trial have been on-going for ten months, that is until February 2023 when the international tribunal decided that 50% of the defendants involved in terrorist acts will be sentenced to *reclusión perpetua* (meaning "permanent imprisonment" in Latin) in the total-security prisons, while the other 50% of the defendants are sentenced to death by either by hanging or lethal injection. All of these defendants have been guilty for crimes against humanity.

After the trial against the perpetrators was done after ten months, the defendants have been given their sentencing. During the execution of the 30% of the perpetrators, Col. Frederick N. Carr have been tasked to supervise the execution and (like General Douglas MacArthur in the Tokyo War Crimes Trial) prohibited any form of photography so as not to shock and traumatize the audiences about the verdict. The remaining 70% are not executed, but instead was sentenced to life (or 10 years of) imprisonment. After their execution the world rejoiced knowing that there will be no war being horrendous as the Middle East War, and that hoping that there will be no third world war. After he execution, the president of the United Blocks and Col. Frederick N. Carr (later) have made a worldwide television announcement (aired by the UBNews), stating that terrorism may and will be no more. The execution and/or imprisonment of the terrorists is a message that any further terrorist activity or any activity similar to that will not be tolerated in the future and that it became the reminder that swift punishments will be promptly administered to the perpetrators. Many people in their respective countries paraded the streets celebrate the end of the war. No longer did the people worry about the next war that is as worse as what they have endured. May the peace be with the citizens around the world... Or is it?

## Important Locations

* Middle East
* United States (Blocks)
* Eastern Asia
* Europe

## Factions Involved

* Armed Forces of United Blocks and its allies from foreign countries:
	+ Germany
	+ Japan
	+ UK
	+ Israel
	+ Lebanon
	+ United Kingdom
	+ Russia
	+ Indonesia
	+ South Korea
	+ And many more
* Weapon manufacturers:
	+ Arrandale Military Supplies
	+ Matriarch Armanent
	+ Alliance Precision Arms Ltd.
* Various unknown terrorists

## Weapons Developed During the War

The nonexhaustive list of weapons developed during the war years:

* Stealthy Hunter (newly produced)
* V.A.L.K.Y.R.I.E (newly produced)
* Barracks
* Leatherneck
* Keel-Hauler (newly produced)
* Super Bruiser (newly produced)
* "Tyrant"
* "Premonition"
* "D.E.F.C.O.N"
* "The Pig" (newly produced)
* War Hero (newly produced)
* Desert Spreader (newly produced)
* Camo Squad (newly produced)
* Legend Sniper (newly produced)

## Trivia

* It is one of the ongoing events wherein the perpetrators have been brainwashed into spreading their lowly cultures.
	+ However, this is no longer the case as the war have ended in April 2022.
* There are many weapons developed by Arrandale Military Supplies and Matriarch Armanent.
* It became known that it is all because of Islamic extremists that caused the "World War III". It is colloquially named as such since many parts of the world are disturbed by these extremists' actions, but unlike WWII, there are relatively fewer casualties than the latter (being like a hundered thousand times lesser, to estimate).
* The reason why there are numerous bombings in most countries in that timeline is that there are influx of terrorists who committed heinous acts around the world and that they are mostly confined in the Middle East until they decided to attack the other parts of Asia and Europe to force these regions to accept their demands.
* The course of history during its occurrence is when there is no such thing as COVID-19, unlike the real world, meaning that while many of the events are based from the real-world, there exists the fictional timeline.
* The amount of money that have been used to provide support the military and its allied countries is worth a whopping 650 billion US Dollars.
* The idea that the terrorists have the desire to kill those who are not of the same faith is based from Chick Publication's "Men of Peace?".

## Propaganda images

*Note: Not used in the game or cutscenes. Just the rewards after completing the specific missions related to the said incident.*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=1031