Prologue

The imminent future …

Iraq and Afghanistan become increasingly unstable. U.S. led Coalition forces and flimsy infrastructures struggle to cope …

Iran, Syria and a new hard-line Islamic Pakistan are openly accused of assisting and funding terrorist insurgents …

Israel sees renewed missile attacks inland as far as Haifa. This provokes a strong knee-jerk reaction and Israeli forces once again storm across the Litani to neutralize the threat …

A leaked government document states that U.S. oil reserves have been grossly exaggerated. At current burn rates, U.S. oil fields will run dry within 5-10 years …

A senior executive at Petrofac turns whistle-blower and reveals evidence that the North Sea oil fields are due to run dry within 10 years …

No end in sight for the legal and political deadlock over the Oil and Gas rights under the Arctic Ocean …

In an unprecedented address, the President of the United States admits that continued U.S. involvement in Iraq is now solely due to diminishing world supplies of oil and natural gas. For the security and stability of the nation, the Iraqi oil fields are to be seized by Coalition forces …

Terrorist attacks are reported daily across the globe …

Overnight, Iraq is thrown into turmoil and virtually the entire nation rise up against the Coalition. Afghanistan immediately follows suit …

The Secretary-General to the United Nations calls for calm and a time to reflect and for countries to consider their actions. He also urges for a reversal of U.S. policy in Iraq and a timeframe for a measured withdrawal. The U.S. point blank refuses as they prepare a major force to restore control in Iraq. The U.K. agrees and begins making plans for a full and immediate withdrawal from Iraq …

In response, U.S. forces are immediately withdrawn from Afghanistan, leaving U.K. and Australian forces under siege …

Using Iran and Syria’s terrorist activities as an excuse, Israel launches pre-emptive surgical strikes on both countries’ infrastructure …

Arab and Islamic states are unilaterally incensed and respond. Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Jordan form the Middle East Alliance and declare war on Israel. Only Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates remain neutral …

With a major conflict in the Middle East and facing an imminent oil crisis, stock markets struggle and the world economy at first falters, then takes a rapid nose-dive …

With all eyes on the Middle East, Kuwait and the UAE fold under the pressure and join the newly formed Middle East Alliance …

After suffering huge losses in Afghanistan, remaining Coalition forces are finally evacuated, leaving a country gripped with civil war …

All Coalition forces, except for the U.S., evacuate Iraq once additional U.S. reinforcements arrive to bolster the embroiled troops …

Israeli forces clash with a multinational Middle East Alliance force on the Lebanese/Syrian border. Israel manages to push MEA forces back to Damascus …

A second MEA contingent pushes through from Jordan into the Golan Heights …

With international attention diverted, the People’s Republic of China moves to take advantage of the current crisis and masses forces on its northern border. They then move en mass across the Amur into Russia to seize the Siberian Lowland oil reserves …