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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Syria's policy towards the Taliban before 2011; the ISI supports them, while the Army fights them. Eventually leads to a CivilWar which ends up with the ISI getting kicked out of the country. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the in-universe book describing these events, which is titled, literally, ''Right Hand Versus Left Hand''.
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Syria's Pakistan's policy towards the Taliban before 2011; the ISI supports them, while the Army fights them. Eventually leads to a CivilWar which ends up with the ISI getting kicked out of the country. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the in-universe book describing these events, which is titled, literally, ''Right Hand Versus Left Hand''.
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** While [[Series/BlueBloods Candice McElroy]] is an NHC forecaster.
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** And another by [[Series/BlueBloods Edith Janko]].
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''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]]; its table of contents as of 25 January 2015 is [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10270124#post10270124 here]].
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''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]]; here]], and its table of contents as of 25 January 2015 is [[http://www.[[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10270124#post10270124 com/doku.php/timelines/orange_tempest?&#table_of_contents here]].
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* ChineseWithChopperSupport: They invade and occupy the northern half of North Korea after [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used]] in the North Korean Civil War.
* SouthKoreansWithMarines: They (along with [[YanksWithTanks the U.S. Army]]) invade and occupy the southern half of North Korea after [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used]] in the North Korean Civil War.
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* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though (so far).
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* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though (so far).though.
** Until [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used in the North Korean Civil War]], after which they invade and occupy the southern half of North Korea (alongside the [[SouthKoreansWithMarines South Koreans]]).
** Until [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used in the North Korean Civil War]], after which they invade and occupy the southern half of North Korea (alongside the [[SouthKoreansWithMarines South Koreans]]).
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* AtomicHate: Several nuclear weapons are used in the Pakistani Civil War. Another is used by Israel against Syrian and Hezbollah forces [[spoiler:after they launch a chemical attack on Israel]].
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* AtomicHate: Several nuclear weapons are used in the Pakistani Civil War. Another is used by Israel against Syrian and Hezbollah forces [[spoiler:after they launch a chemical attack on Israel]].Israel]].
** And [[spoiler:''ten'' nuclear weapons get used in the North Korean Civil War.]]
** And [[spoiler:''ten'' nuclear weapons get used in the North Korean Civil War.]]
** North Korea also falls into civil war following an attempted coup by hardliners. [[spoiler:[[AtomicHate It goes nuclear.]]]]
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* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him.
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* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him. Later, a group of hardliners attempt a counter-coup, which ends up causing a [[spoiler:nuclear]] civil war (they lose).
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* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Completely and utterly broken, with ''four'' nuclear weapons having been used so far in the timeline. Two nuclear weapons are used in March 2011 during the Pakistani Civil War, a captured nuke is then used by the Taliban against [[spoiler:Islamabad]] in May 2011, and a fourth is used by Israel in March 2013 in retaliation for a [[spoiler:Syrian Army-Hezbollah chemical attack on the Golan Heights]].
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* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: They topple Kim Jong-il from power, [[spoiler:execute him]], and begin modernising North Korea in preparation for reunification with the south. Unfortunately, several generals don't like this and attempt a coup, which ends up [[spoiler:going nuclear]].
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Completely and utterly broken, with''four'' ''fourteen'' nuclear weapons having been used so far in the timeline. Two nuclear weapons are used in March 2011 during the Pakistani Civil War, a captured nuke is then used by the Taliban against [[spoiler:Islamabad]] in May 2011, and a fourth is used by Israel in March 2013 in retaliation for a [[spoiler:Syrian Army-Hezbollah chemical attack on the Golan Heights]]. [[spoiler:And then ''ten'' nuclear weapons are used during the North Korean Civil War.]]
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Completely and utterly broken, with
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** And the Caliphate attack on the Crusade of God's Tampa Bay cell. Eight of the Crusaders are killed and the remaining two are taken hostage and later [[ManOnFire burned alive]]. The Caliphate has all of one fighter WIA and no deaths.
* CycleOfRevenge: Between the Crusade and the Caliphate's North American cells following the Tampa attack.
* CycleOfRevenge: Between the Crusade and the Caliphate's North American cells following the Tampa attack.
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* On a much smaller scale, the last two surviving Crusaders of the cell that orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing try this against the Mexican Army when they are trapped on Mexican Highway 5 with no means of escape. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll They don't succeed.]]]]
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* ManOnFire: Happens to two Crusaders captured by the Caliphate.
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; most police cars aren't equipped to stand up to [[spoiler:a rocket launcher]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: Partially [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; justified]]; most police cars aren't equipped to stand up to [[spoiler:a rocket launcher]].
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** As well as Operation [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Grim Reaper]], the drone campaign against the Caliphate's and EIS's military commanders.
* DeepCoverAgent: The agents involved in Operation Persephone.
* DeepCoverAgent: The agents involved in Operation Persephone.
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''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]].
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''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]]; its table of contents as of 25 January 2015 is [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10270124#post10270124 here]].
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* CopKiller: The Crusaders fleeing L.A. after the Yorba Linda bombing end up killing [[UpToEleven ''32'' police officers and 6 Border Patrol agents]] in the process.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: "[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10248881#post10248881 Cops, Killers, Cop Killers]]" ends in one, with [[spoiler:the Crusaders charging a police roadblock in their two SUVs and exchanging fire with the police]].
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: "[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10248881#post10248881 Cops, Killers, Cop Killers]]" ends in one, with [[spoiler:the Crusaders charging a police roadblock in their two SUVs [=SUVs=] and exchanging fire with the police]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; most police cars aren't equipped to stand up to [[spoiler:a rocket launcher]].
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: "[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10248881#post10248881 Cops, Killers, Cop Killers]]" ends in one, with [[spoiler:the Crusaders charging a police roadblock in their two SUVs and exchanging fire with the police]].
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* LastStand: The Egyptian Army forces in Luxor fight to the death against the EIS after seeing their comrades in Asyut try to surrender and get massacred as a result.
* On a much smaller scale, the last two surviving Crusaders of the cell that orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing try this against the Mexican Army when they are trapped on Mexican Highway 5 with no means of escape. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll They don't succeed.]]]]
* On a much smaller scale, the last two surviving Crusaders of the cell that orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing try this against the Mexican Army when they are trapped on Mexican Highway 5 with no means of escape. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll They don't succeed.]]]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillian: The Crusade of God justifies the Yorba Linda bombing because its victims practice homosexuality (which they call "sodomy").
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* SuicideMission: Operations Vindaloo and Persephone are pretty much this. Especially Persephone. Out of the 78 men who successfully infiltrate the Caliphate's military heirarchy, only ''16'' survive. That's a ''79.5%'' loss rate.
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* SuicideMission: Operations Vindaloo and Persephone are pretty much this. Especially Persephone. Persephone. Out of the 78 men who successfully infiltrate the Caliphate's military heirarchy, only ''16'' survive. survive. That's a ''79.5%'' loss rate.rate.
* SyntheticPlague: Partial example with the [[spoiler:Gazan smallpox rockets]]; see ThePlague above.
* SyntheticPlague: Partial example with the [[spoiler:Gazan smallpox rockets]]; see ThePlague above.
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* EgyptiansWithEagleFighters: Currently having more than a little trouble against the EIS.
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* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: Israel bombs Hezbollah supply columns in Syria up until March 2013, then [[spoiler:launches a tactical nuclear strike against Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces that used chemical weapons against Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights]], and finally launches an offensive into Syria that drives Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces out of the southern part of the country.
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* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: Israel bombs Hezbollah supply columns in Syria up until March 2013, then and later launches an offensive into Syria that drives Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces out of the southern part of the country.
** TheSamsonOption: Israel [[spoiler:launches a tactical nuclear strike against Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces that used chemical weapons against Israeli settlements in the GolanHeights]], and finally launches an offensive into Syria that drives Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces out of Heights, marking the southern part of first time the country.Israeli nuclear arsenal has ever actually been used]].
** TheSamsonOption: Israel [[spoiler:launches a tactical nuclear strike against Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces that used chemical weapons against Israeli settlements in the Golan
* PakistanisWithPanters: They fight a CivilWar against their own country's intelligence service and then conduct a rather brutal campaign against Taliban insurgents in northwestern Pakistan.
** PakAttack: Three Pakistani nuclear weapons end up getting used: two by government forces, and one captured nuke planted in [[spoiler:Islamabad]] by the ISI and Taliban.
** PakAttack: Three Pakistani nuclear weapons end up getting used: two by government forces, and one captured nuke planted in [[spoiler:Islamabad]] by the ISI and Taliban.
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* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though.
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* TheRemnant: The democratic forces in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya get pushed back by government and Islamist forces until they control only small scraps of territory in these countries.
** Assad's forces in Syria, to a lesser extent; after the March 2013 Israeli offensive into southern Syria, the only part of the country his forces control is the Alawite Coast (Syria's coastal strip).
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Syria's policy towards the Taliban before 2011; the ISI supports them, while the Army fights them. Eventually leads to a CivilWar which ends up with the ISI getting kicked out of the country. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the in-universe book describing these events, which is titled, literally, ''Right Hand Versus Left Hand''.
** Assad's forces in Syria, to a lesser extent; after the March 2013 Israeli offensive into southern Syria, the only part of the country his forces control is the Alawite Coast (Syria's coastal strip).
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Syria's policy towards the Taliban before 2011; the ISI supports them, while the Army fights them. Eventually leads to a CivilWar which ends up with the ISI getting kicked out of the country. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the in-universe book describing these events, which is titled, literally, ''Right Hand Versus Left Hand''.
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* TheSiege: Several, the most notable being the Siege of Baghdad by Caliphate forces.
** In Morocco, we have Tangier (democrats under siege by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) and Marrakesh (democrats under siege by AQIM on one side and the Moroccan Army on the other).
** Annaba in Algeria, also democrats under siege by AQIM.
** Tunisia has Bizerte and Menzel Bourguiba, held by democrats and under siege by the Tunisian Army.
** Libya's democrats are also besieged in several cities in Tripolitania.
** Finally, the Egyptian democratic government's army gets besieged in the strongholds of Asyut and Luxor in the south; after the defenders of Asyut surrender and are promptly massacred, Luxor's defenders fight to the death.
** In Morocco, we have Tangier (democrats under siege by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) and Marrakesh (democrats under siege by AQIM on one side and the Moroccan Army on the other).
** Annaba in Algeria, also democrats under siege by AQIM.
** Tunisia has Bizerte and Menzel Bourguiba, held by democrats and under siege by the Tunisian Army.
** Libya's democrats are also besieged in several cities in Tripolitania.
** Finally, the Egyptian democratic government's army gets besieged in the strongholds of Asyut and Luxor in the south; after the defenders of Asyut surrender and are promptly massacred, Luxor's defenders fight to the death.
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* BerserkButton: See RoaringRampageOfRevenge below.
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: At least one of Osama bin Laden's sons is among the forces defending his compound, and several of his wives also try to block the attacking U.S. forces from entering.
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** Operation Mjolnir, too, to a lesser extent. The U.S. forces do take casualties, but none are killed, and they manage to capture Osama bin Laden and overpower or kill the other fighters in the compound.
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* MonumentalDamage: [[spoiler:The tombs in the Valley of the Kings are dynamited by Egyptian jihadists, completely destroying most of them.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Operation Minestrone. The Green Berets attacking the prisoner compound suffer only two wounded and no deaths, rescue all of the hostages, and ''completely annihilate'' the Caliphate forces defending the compound.
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* CurbStompBattle: The Israeli offensive into southern Syria. They take very few losses and drive Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces back to well north of Damascus.
** Also Operation Minestrone. The Green Berets attacking the prisoner compound suffer only two wounded and no deaths, rescue all of the hostages, and ''completely annihilate'' the Caliphate forces defending the compound.
** Also Operation Minestrone. The Green Berets attacking the prisoner compound suffer only two wounded and no deaths, rescue all of the hostages, and ''completely annihilate'' the Caliphate forces defending the compound.
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* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: Israel bombs Hezbollah supply columns in Syria up until March 2013, then [[spoiler:launches a tactical nuclear strike against Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces that used chemical weapons against Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights]], and finally launches an offensive into Syria that drives Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces out of the southern part of the country.
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* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Completely and utterly broken, with ''four'' nuclear weapons having been used so far in the timeline. Two nuclear weapons are used in March 2011 during the Pakistani Civil War, a captured nuke is then used by the Taliban against [[spoiler:Islamabad]] in May 2011, and a fourth is used by Israel in March 2013 in retaliation for a [[spoiler:Syrian Army-Hezbollah chemical attack on the Golan Heights]].
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* AbandonedArea: Large areas of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard have to be evacuated indefinitely after [[spoiler:the Pilgrim Plymouth nuclear power plant melts down and explodes]] as a result of Hurricane Igor.
** Then taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:a huge expanse of northeastern Japan is contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini meltdowns]].
** Then taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:a huge expanse of northeastern Japan is contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini meltdowns]].
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* MexicansWithMachineGuns: The Mexican Army are the ones who finally bring [[spoiler:the escaping Crusaders who had orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing and during their escape been responsible for the deaths of 32 police officers and 6 Border Patrol agents]] to their end.
* ThisMeansWar: The destruction of [[spoiler:the Valley of the Kings]] finally pushes the United States and the rest of NATO into intervening against the Caliphate.
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** A [[spoiler:Christian extremist group]] car-bombs [[spoiler:the reception for a wedding between two Californian women]].
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** A [[spoiler:Christian extremist group]] car-bombs [[spoiler:the reception for a wedding between two Californian women]].women]].
* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though.
* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though.
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* ShoutOut: One of the in-universe books that the timeline references is written by [[Series/DoctorWho Clara O. Oswald]].
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* OperationBlank: Operations Baritone, Mjolnir, Fulgurite, Minestrone, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Grim Reaper]], Vindaloo, and Persephone so far.
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* WesternTerrorists: British Airways Flight 217 is blown up by a Christian extremist from Virginia.
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** A [[spoiler:Christian extremist group]] car-bombs [[spoiler:the reception for a wedding between two Californian women]].
** A [[spoiler:Christian extremist group]] car-bombs [[spoiler:the reception for a wedding between two Californian women]].
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** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
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* OperationBlank: Operations Baritone, Mjolnir, Fulgurite, Minestrone, Grim Reaper, Vindaloo, and Persephone so far.
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* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him.
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him.
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
* CurbStompBattle: Operation Minestrone. The Green Berets attacking the prisoner compound suffer only two wounded and no deaths, rescue all of the hostages, and ''completely annihilate'' the Caliphate forces defending the compound.
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
* CurbStompBattle: Operation Minestrone. The Green Berets attacking the prisoner compound suffer only two wounded and no deaths, rescue all of the hostages, and ''completely annihilate'' the Caliphate forces defending the compound.
* DeathFromAbove: Operation Fulgurite, the NATO bombing campaign against the Caliphate and EIS.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Operation '''Grim Reaper'''.
* OperationBlank: Operations Baritone, Mjolnir, Fulgurite, Minestrone, Grim Reaper, Vindaloo, and Persephone so far.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Operation Minestrone. One does NOT take U.S. bomber pilots hostage and get away with it.
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* SuicideMission: Operations ''Vindaloo'' and ''Persephone'' are pretty much this. Especially ''Persephone''; out of the 78 men who successfully infiltrate the Caliphate's military heirarchy, only ''16'' survive - a ''79.5%'' loss rate.
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''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]].
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!!OrangeTempest contains examples of:
* AssShove: Delta Airlines Flight 2168 is brought down by a [[SuicideAttack suicide bomber]] with a bomb hidden in his rectum.
* AtomicHate: Several nuclear weapons are used in the Pakistani Civil War. Another is used by Israel against Syrian and Hezbollah forces [[spoiler:after they launch a chemical attack on Israel]].
* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him.
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
* CivilWar: After the ISI's coup attempt, Pakistan falls into civil war between the ISI, the Army, and Baloch separatists. After the ISI's forces [[spoiler:launch an attack against a nuclear weapons storage facility and manage to capture several nukes]], the Army [[spoiler:uses several tactical nukes against the ISI in order to end the war before the ISI can jury-rig their captured nukes]], which defeats the ISI, [[spoiler:but a [[AtomicHate nuclear time bomb]] gets left in Islamabad and levels a large part of the city]].
** Afghanistan falls into civil war between the government, the Taliban, and ethnic Baloch militias following the U.S. withdrawal from the country.
** Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria all fall into civil war in 2011. The civil war in Syria later spreads over into both Iraq and later Lebanon.
* DeadlyGas: Used by Pakistan against Taliban insurgents.
** And later by Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces against [[spoiler:Israel]].
* LandslideElection: As a result of Igor and the government's swift and effective response to it, the Democrats bury the Republicans in the 2010 U.S. Congressional elections.
** And again in 2012, partly due to President Obama [[spoiler:getting shot, though non-fatally]].
** Due to the Canadian government's ineffectual response to Igor, the Conservatives lose a vote of no confidence, resulting in elections being held in January 2011, which the Conservatives also lose, with the result that they get kicked out of the government and are replaced by a coalition between the New Democrats, the Liberals, and the Greens.
* OhCrap: Several times, the first of which is when Igor suddenly increases in size just prior to hitting Bermuda, cutting off the tail of the evacuation.
** Followed by when Igor suddenly turns to the northwest and accelerates.
** And then when a hospital patient in Lagos turns out to have [[spoiler:Ebola]], itself quickly followed by the revelation that the patient had been showing symptoms for ''over a week'' and that [[TooDumbToLive his family only had him brought in when they themselves, plus a family friend, started showing symptoms]].
** Plus when a message found in a captured Taliban safehouse reveals that [[spoiler:Bagram AFB is going to be the target of a nuclear attack. Fortunately, the nuke fails to explode]].
** Yet another when [[spoiler:a B-2 stealth bomber is shot down by Caliphate forces over Iraq and its crew captured]].
* OutWithABang: Justice Antonin Scalia dies of a heart attack while having sex with his wife.
* ThePlague: An outbreak of [[spoiler:Ebola]] occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and spreads far and wide, reaching into the Middle East and India.
** And then [[spoiler:Gazan militants fire rockets containing smallpox into Israel, and the disease quickly spreads throughout the globe.]] Overlaps with SyntheticPlague, since the virus used is a weaponised strain engineered to have higher-than-normal transmissibility and lethality.
* SuicideAttack: The Caliphate makes generous use of suicide bombers, [[spoiler:including one who brings down Delta Airlines Flight 2168]].
* SuicideMission: Operations ''Vindaloo'' and ''Persephone'' are pretty much this. Especially ''Persephone''; out of the 78 men who successfully infiltrate the Caliphate's military heirarchy, only ''16'' survive - a ''79.5%'' loss rate.
* TooDumbToLive: The family of [[spoiler:Lagos' first diagnosed Ebola patient]] only bring him to hospital when ''they themselves start showing symptoms''.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted. The Mossad capture one of the individuals responsible for the Ashdod attacks and he readily admits that he was involved, but refuses to say who else was. They try to torture it out of him, but he dies without providing any more information.
* WesternTerrorists: British Airways Flight 217 is blown up by a Christian extremist from Virginia.
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!!OrangeTempest contains examples of:
* AssShove: Delta Airlines Flight 2168 is brought down by a [[SuicideAttack suicide bomber]] with a bomb hidden in his rectum.
* AtomicHate: Several nuclear weapons are used in the Pakistani Civil War. Another is used by Israel against Syrian and Hezbollah forces [[spoiler:after they launch a chemical attack on Israel]].
* TheCoup: When [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] ticks off his generals one time too many, they coup [[spoiler:and execute]] him.
** Also attempted by the ISI in Pakistan following the capture of [[spoiler:OsamaBinLaden]]. It ends up causing a civil war [[spoiler:which they lose]].
* CivilWar: After the ISI's coup attempt, Pakistan falls into civil war between the ISI, the Army, and Baloch separatists. After the ISI's forces [[spoiler:launch an attack against a nuclear weapons storage facility and manage to capture several nukes]], the Army [[spoiler:uses several tactical nukes against the ISI in order to end the war before the ISI can jury-rig their captured nukes]], which defeats the ISI, [[spoiler:but a [[AtomicHate nuclear time bomb]] gets left in Islamabad and levels a large part of the city]].
** Afghanistan falls into civil war between the government, the Taliban, and ethnic Baloch militias following the U.S. withdrawal from the country.
** Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria all fall into civil war in 2011. The civil war in Syria later spreads over into both Iraq and later Lebanon.
* DeadlyGas: Used by Pakistan against Taliban insurgents.
** And later by Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces against [[spoiler:Israel]].
* LandslideElection: As a result of Igor and the government's swift and effective response to it, the Democrats bury the Republicans in the 2010 U.S. Congressional elections.
** And again in 2012, partly due to President Obama [[spoiler:getting shot, though non-fatally]].
** Due to the Canadian government's ineffectual response to Igor, the Conservatives lose a vote of no confidence, resulting in elections being held in January 2011, which the Conservatives also lose, with the result that they get kicked out of the government and are replaced by a coalition between the New Democrats, the Liberals, and the Greens.
* OhCrap: Several times, the first of which is when Igor suddenly increases in size just prior to hitting Bermuda, cutting off the tail of the evacuation.
** Followed by when Igor suddenly turns to the northwest and accelerates.
** And then when a hospital patient in Lagos turns out to have [[spoiler:Ebola]], itself quickly followed by the revelation that the patient had been showing symptoms for ''over a week'' and that [[TooDumbToLive his family only had him brought in when they themselves, plus a family friend, started showing symptoms]].
** Plus when a message found in a captured Taliban safehouse reveals that [[spoiler:Bagram AFB is going to be the target of a nuclear attack. Fortunately, the nuke fails to explode]].
** Yet another when [[spoiler:a B-2 stealth bomber is shot down by Caliphate forces over Iraq and its crew captured]].
* OutWithABang: Justice Antonin Scalia dies of a heart attack while having sex with his wife.
* ThePlague: An outbreak of [[spoiler:Ebola]] occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and spreads far and wide, reaching into the Middle East and India.
** And then [[spoiler:Gazan militants fire rockets containing smallpox into Israel, and the disease quickly spreads throughout the globe.]] Overlaps with SyntheticPlague, since the virus used is a weaponised strain engineered to have higher-than-normal transmissibility and lethality.
* SuicideAttack: The Caliphate makes generous use of suicide bombers, [[spoiler:including one who brings down Delta Airlines Flight 2168]].
* SuicideMission: Operations ''Vindaloo'' and ''Persephone'' are pretty much this. Especially ''Persephone''; out of the 78 men who successfully infiltrate the Caliphate's military heirarchy, only ''16'' survive - a ''79.5%'' loss rate.
* TooDumbToLive: The family of [[spoiler:Lagos' first diagnosed Ebola patient]] only bring him to hospital when ''they themselves start showing symptoms''.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Averted. The Mossad capture one of the individuals responsible for the Ashdod attacks and he readily admits that he was involved, but refuses to say who else was. They try to torture it out of him, but he dies without providing any more information.
* WesternTerrorists: British Airways Flight 217 is blown up by a Christian extremist from Virginia.
