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I'm thinking the terrorist attack would look like this.

  • Occurs on December 2nd, 2015. The same day as OTL San Bernardino attacks
  • Multiple attacks across the United States happen near simultaneously.
  • Omar Mateen enters the Pulse Nightclub with a second shooter, both wearing body armor. They precede to kill 110 people due to attacking at a busier time and a second shooter being present.
  • The San Bernardino attack happens on schedule, however explosive left behind by them detonate and kill and injure several first respondents. Together they kill around 24 people.
  • At a sports arena in Virginia a suicide bomb goes off in a crowd, causing panic and killing half a dozen people. Once people flee the stadium, four more bombers join the crowd with three of them detonating while completely surrounded by people. All together 79 people are killed, either through the explosions or by being trampled.
  • In the New York Subway almost a dozen bombings happen along the line, similar to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. 251 are killed in the bombings.
  • On the streets of Chicago two large trucks leave the streets and begins mowing down pedestrians on the sidewalks. Together the two drivers manage to kill 50 and 62 people, bring their total killcount to 112.
  • During a Christmas Parade, several men open fire with automatic rifles and detonate bombs. Together they manage to kill 178 people before they are killed or retreat. This happens in Austin, Texas.(Not sure if they have a Christmas Parade December 2nd there.)
  • At two nightclubs in Las Vegas, shooters open fire before detonating suicide bombs. In combination they manage to kill 54 people.
  • At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a shooter opens fire in one of the dorms, killing eight students.
  • All of these attacks combined kills 816 Americans while wounding thousands of others.
  • They find that these attacks were perpetrated by both homegrown Islamic terrorists and foreign nationals who traveled to the United States.
  • They found they most shooters gained access to their weapons through legal and semi-legal channels.(Such as bringing weapons across state lines.)
  • Through investigation they found that all attackers had links to the ISI
How does the United States people and public react to this, how does this effect the United States election and the foreign policy of Barrack Obama. Would the U.S become more involved in Iraq or would the Iran Nuclear Deal fail to pass. What are some possibilities?
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