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And now for something completely different...
2010
In 2001 the Americans suffered their day; on July 30, 2010 the French suffers theirs. During the Coupe de France in the Stade de France, a group of "terrorists" release a highly toxic Novichok agent (a broad classification for a series of Russian next generation nerve agents) into the crowd. During the panic and confusion they also detonate a van full of an approximately 1000 kilos of ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil high explosive) near the triage area. The resulting blast causes the collapse of the entire southern goals section. Over 10,000 casualties are estimated because of the agent, stadium collapse and the chaos that follows.
Coupe de France
"Coupe de France" soon becomes a rallying cry for French nationalists looking to avenge the Stade de France attack. Numerous atrocities are committed in the days and weeks after the Coupe de France attack in the name of justice. It will be a year before anyone takes responsibility for the Coupe de France attack, but this is ultimately immaterial as the French public look for someone/anyone to extract revenge upon. While no official count exists (or at least none publicly acknowledged), estimates are that there were more than 10,000 victims during this time of chaos.
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2011
After almost a year of investigating, the Renseignement Generaux (French intelligence) is able to identify the group responsible for the Coupe de France bombing. The attack is believed to have been perpetrated by an extremist group operating out of eastern Belarus, in retaliation for the treatment of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the crisis in the Ukraine. The group has ties to several other terrorist organizations and is rumored to be run by a former high ranking KBG officer. The French president immediately demands that the Belarus government track down and turn over those involved in the Coupe de France attack. Partially due to corruption and partially due to an inability to carry it out, the Belarus government refuses to comply with the French ultimatum.
Promising swift and decisive action, the French Parliament authorizes the Prime Minister to take any and all necessary actions to deal with these terrorists. France declares Belarus a terrorist safe have. This is especially poignant given last years Ukrainian incident. In 2006, the French president announced that France would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state which launched a terrorist attack against it.
Such action is finally exercised on the anniversary of the Coupe de France attack as France launches a single nuclear SLBM with six independently targetable nuclear warheads, from a submarine located in the Black Sea. Five of the nukes target several suspected terrorist strongholds in an area north of Cherikov in Belarus. The last warhead strikes the Belarusian military's Western Operational Command at Grodno.
The French believe the strikes to have successfully decimated the terrorist group, their infrastructure and Belarus' capability to retaliate. Public outcry is high especially when the dust settles and it is determined that all of the approximately 17,000 civilians in Cherikov are also killed in one of the strikes (not to mention the deaths from the surrounding towns).
The submarine responsible for the launch is believed to have been hunted down and destroyed by Russian naval forces before it is able to make its way back into the Mediterranean.
The nuclear attack is soon dubbed the "Shots Felt 'Round the World" by the press as word of the attack spreads faster its blast wave. At 9pm that night, the French president takes to the air waves explaining to the world what the French people had just done. It is believed for a brief moment the whole world was silent in shock and awe.
Many nations around the world are shocked at the actions of the French and demand action, fearing the genie is now out of the bottle. Panic grips most large cities as week long riots rage. Martial law is declared in nations including the U.S. to deal with the chaos and fear.
In an odd twist, publicly the French action is condemned by most of the civilized world, while privately France is offered support and assurances of inaction from the UN and EU from many of those same nations that publicly call for action against France.
[This is uneditted and subject to change, but should be pretty concrete]
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