MUSCAT, SULTANATE OF OMAN (United News International) - An elite counterterrorist force successfully ended a standoff at a critical desalinization plant late last night. Terrorists captured the plant, a new facility critical to the economic stability of the region, and threatened to poison the local water supply unless their demands were met.
The terrorists, however, chose a poor target. Oman armed forces include one of the world's leading counterterrorist teams, the Cobras. The Cobras routinely train with other leading organizations, including Britain's SAS. According to Oman sources, the Cobras were able to resolve the situation quickly, with minimal loss of life.
Unofficial sources hint that the situation was much worse than Oman officials claimed, with some rumors indicating that the toxin was a bioagent such as anthrax, or a deadly nerve agent. Given that the desalinization plant was a significant portion of Oman's water supply, an incident involving a major toxin would have devastated the country and likely spread across several borders before contained.
