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avevale_intelligencer ([personal profile] avevale_intelligencer) wrote2008-12-06 12:17 am
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"Now. Reports are still coming in from the Shahvan Aramco Camp in Saudi Arabia, where terrorist bombs have wrecked several buildings and the number of casualties is still unknown, but estimated at three killed and twenty-seven wounded. UN troops have been guarding the camp, which is one of the last remaining communities in the world based around the petrochemical industry, since early last year when it became a target for environmental extremists, who attribute the recent atmospheric and meteorological anomalies to pollution caused by the long-term use of fossil fuels. It is not yet known how the bombs were introduced into the camp. A spokesman for the Saudi Aramco Company deplored what he called a 'senseless atrocity,' and said that messages of condolence would be sent to the families of the victims..."
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[personal profile] aunty_marion 2008-12-06 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha! At last - a possible tie-in between events in the game and those in the real world? I was wondering, after the last instalment, whether the 'machine explosions' would have any real-world repercussions; given the fact that the shop is apparently receiving its stock from the world inside the game, it seemed plausible to me that there might be a two-way transfer of effects somehow...

[identity profile] zanda-myrande.livejournal.com 2008-12-06 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, not quite, as you'll see. Not yet awhile anyway.
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[identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Even though I've been more-or-less following your "The shop" series, my first reaction was on the lines of "Oh ####."

[identity profile] zanda-myrande.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry about that. I should have included it in the next bit rather than posting it on its own, only the next bit took longer than I was expecting.

I'm glad you're reading, anyway.

[identity profile] hurdle1gal.livejournal.com 2008-12-08 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ooo! That explains it! Like Aunty Marion, I thought this bombing was related/influenced to what happened in Mumbai recently...