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WAR ON JABIIM "INEVITABLE"
JELWICK, HANDOOINE -- Despite last-hour negotiatons spearheaded by the Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps, Republic officials have described a war on Jabiim as "inevitable." A sparsely inhabited planet in the neighboring Handooine system has become a Republic staging area far a military engagement likely to start within the next standard month.
"We have attempted a diplomatic solution, but the natives of Jabiim do not seem open to peaceful alternatives," Vice Chair Mas Amedda said during an abbreviated Senate session this morning. Citing issues of security, Amedda refused further comment on what he described as a "still-fluid situation." Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was unavailable for comment.
Jabiim has become a political and military hotspot since the majority government chose to side with the Separatists. Jabiimite Spokesbeing Alto Stratus has rebuffed entreaties from the Republic government, despite a vocal loyalist contingent in the Jabiim Congress.
"The Republic is not to be trusted," said Stratus, repeating his often-heard rhetoric in the Caucus Chambers. "They make noises about peaceful resolutions, but only once their army is amassed a short hyperspace jump away. We can feel the weight of those soldiers and their weapons behind every creaky promise the Republic chooses to insult us with.
Republic intelligence reports reveal that Separatists have been supplying the Jabiim ruling government with provisions, weapons, and credits to destroy the vocal loyalists. Republic initiatives have focused on the extradition of the loyalists and the mineral resources that many of them own.
"We cannot let these assets fall into the hands of the enemy," said Senator Orn Free Taa (Ryloth). "Stratus, this silver-tongued holocam-favorite, would have us believe it's the will of his people to secede, but he's being played by the Separatists to grab more ore to build their forces. Jabiim has made its choice, but it's a wrong choice, and we will stop at nothing to correct it."
The Jabiim campaign will not be easy, for the world is perpetually deluged by storms that will complicate any surface-based initiatives. The world experiences less than five days per standard year without precipitation, and the muddy surfaces are unstable and constantly shifting. Visibility for infantry units would be hampered, and air support is nearly impossible due to electrically charged atmospheric disturbances.
"A war on Jabiim would be a dirty war in which our forces would have to battle with the elements as well as the droid armies of the Confederacy," Senator Bail Organa (Alderaan) told reporters. "There will be Republic casualties, I'm afraid, and it is my fervent hope that such a costly campaign can be avoided."
On Handooine, the amassed fighting forces wait patiently for the order to strike. With the arrival of the Dominance and its troops, an entire corps awaits deployment to Jabiim. Given the inhospitable climate, much of the vehicular support of the Jabiim initiative consists of walker vehicles. Hundreds of AT-XTs, AT-TEs, and AT-AT[!] walkers are being carefully prepared and maintained for deployment at a moment's notice.
The Jedi Council has not announced which generals will be assigned to the campaign.
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