The Astana Riots

&nbsp The Astana Riots was part of a GLA operation to incite the civilians into riot against the occupational forces to acquire more funds for the war against the Chinese and American superpowers. The riots left much of the city destroyed along with the Coalition bases while the GLA had attained their goal.

Background
Despite the successes at Almaty to acquire more funds, the GLA was still not in the financial position needed to wage war against the superpowers. To acquire more resources, the GLA sent agents to infiltrate the city of Astana, which was under Chinese control. These agents had managed to spread propaganda among the city's civilians, often citing the worsening conditions the people had to live through under 'imperialist rule'. For a short while resentment and hostility had increased among the civilians to their occupational masters.

Riot!
One night the citizens of Astana had enough, and the groups of protestors gathered at the city centre suddenly turned violent and had proceeded to destroy the city's infrastructure. While the Chinese-controlled police were unable to quieten the riots, the GLA quietly moved in and established a command center and supply stash just south of the city. The Angry Mobs joined up with the base, and its leaders started the systematic destruction of Astana. Initially the GLA collected the funds looted to build up its base and capture a civilian hospital and oil derrick, before training support forces to incite the Angry Mobs even more.

When half of the city was burning to the ground, the Sino-American Coalition responded by sending in teams to quell the riots. Noting that Dragon Tanks, numerous Red Guards and the Flashbang Grenades could quickly eliminate the Angry Mobs, the GLA sent in Toxin Tractors and Scorpion Tanks to counter the threats. Since the Americans were operating at the city's airport, the GLA sent its Angry Mobs to burn the airport to the ground and prevented any more US forces arriving by Chinook transport. Once that was done the mobs quickly resumed its destruction of the city, all the while looting more funds for their controllers. By the time the GLA reached and went beyond the required $US40000, the whole city of Astana had been razed to the ground. Unconfirmed reports also suggested that the Angry Mobs had penetrated the Chinese defenses and destroyed the Chinese base to the ground. This would have meant that Astana had been freed from imperialist forces.

Aftermath
Although Astana was in urban ruin, the GLA was now in a greater financial position to wage war against the 'infidels'. This would be demonstrated in their attack on an American airbase in Turkey.