Attack on Smurf Village Leaves Dozens Smurfed

The Work of Gargamel?

Last week a Smurf Village was the target of an unprecedented air raid that left dozens of it's tiny residents smurfed and homeless.

Gargamel, who has lodged several protests with the U.N. over what he calls "an infestation of the most grotesque kind" upon his sovereign territory in the Woods, and who has had his attempts at expelling them smurfed repeatedly, is the chief suspect in the attack.
Brainy Smurf, who, until now had been heading the Smurf delegation to the peace talks, told a press conference this morning, "We Smurfly protest this insidious and most unsmurfed attack on our homes," and he vowed that the attack "will be met with the swiftest and smurfiest reaction." He, then, left the peace talks, being held at the Castle, to return, with great haste, to the site of the devastation.
The fate of Smurf patriarch and political leader Papa Smurf, who was believed to be in the village at the time of the attack, is not known for certain, however video footage captured by a UNICEF camera crew has shed a grim shadow on his whereabouts. Last year Kofi Annan vowed to help the Smurfs end this decades long territorial dispute.


Balthazar, spokesman for Gargamel had this to say: "We are wizards, not bomb builders. This is the work of some other agent or agencies. We categorically deny that this was the work of Gargamel."

Although Gargamel has used all manner of gadgets and spells to expel the Smurfs in past decades this use of heavy ordinance would mark a significant escalation of arms. This has led investigators on a trail of arms suppliers, including putting a freeze on longtime supplier of bombs, anvils and gadgets, Acme Corp.
In a press release, Acme Corp. noted that "Our bombs are for squashing, not blowing up. Although we do provide explosives such as barrels of gun power and dynamite, the only bombs we market are those round things with the hissing fuses."
<--An example of the bombs that devistated the Smurf Village.

InvestigationAn investigation into the raid has led Anti-terror operatives to arrest this man:



Major Bludd, formerly of the Cobra corporation has been implicated in several other terror attacks including the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Captain Caveman and a thwarted bomb attempt of the Cartoon Network. Spokesman for the Cobra Corp., Tomax and Xamot, deny any involvement with either the attack, or Major Bludd.
"Cobra corporation has nothing to hide," said Tomax. "In this matter," Xamot finished. "We had nothing to do with it." Also, they provided investigators with information linking Major Bludd to this man:
James McCullen Destro XXIV
"Major Bludd had fallen on hard times," says Veritas Military Analyst Gen. Clayton Abernathy (ret.) "He was found hiding in a hovel in Bedrock with Monchi-chi hooker and a fifth of cheap rum. In the past he has had close ties with Destro because no one else would have anything to do with him." Said General Abernathy. "Make no mistake, whoever did this will never give, they'll stay til the fight's won."

Investigations are on going and Veritas will keep you posted on further developments as they arise.