Operation BOUNTY
Situational Overview
Location – Mediterranean
Primary States – Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, (external; USA & Russia)
Secondary States – Saudi Arabia, Jordan & Israel
Mission – repress and destroy Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS) terrorist organisation
US lead coalition airstrikes have been successful in stalling IS’s advances in the region however the last 6-9 months have seen a stalemate situation. Despite the Russian Federation’s increasing involvement and sustained use of heavy air strikes their support of the current Syrian government and subsequent targeting of government opponents has exacerbated the stalemate.
There is no clear UN mandate regarding NATO direct involvement in the Mediterranean conflict. After the protracted campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan no western foreign powers are willing to place large scale infantry forces in the region. Various Western Intelligence agencies and Special Forces groups are covertly operating in the AO. The Syrian government still has a strong military presence in the region however it lacks the competencies to effectively engage and destroy IS on its own.
President Bashar al-Assad’s request upon the Russian Federation for military support has resulted in direct Russian military intervention. NATO estimates Russian Bombers, Jet Fighters and approximately 2,000 troops of the VDV have deployed to Western Syria. Despite increased terrorist activities against Russia it is unlikely that the Russian government is capable of supporting a sustained large scale military presence due to internal financial constraints and public opinion in Russia.
Operational Overview
NASOE R&A (North Atlantic Special Operations Executive, Research & Analysis) have successfully turned a high level individual within the IS organization, codenamed ‘TILKI’. This individual is providing robust intelligence on IS locations, movements, and strategies which have already resulted in several successful air strikes. NASOE R&A believe TILKI can, and is willing, to provide detailed information on the movements of key IS leadership.
NATO & UN sponsors of the NASOE programme have agreed to the deployment of the organisation to the Mediterranean theater with the objective to capture or kill per-identified targets.
10 key individuals have been marked and are to be secured, dead or alive. To remove any doubt or counter claims by the IS media channels a high priority is to be placed upon the physical removal and the availability of each target for identification. They are to be transited to a specific location for 100% confirmation of removal from the operational theater.
Mission Overview
We are to deploy ASAP to the Mediterranean. All operations will be covert. Targets have been identified and code named using playing card markers, King of Diamonds, King of Clubs etc. Further details will be provided as information is released.