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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures rebound to near normal today and continue through mid- week as shower and thunderstorm chances increase ahead of another cold front. That front is expected to stall and dissipate in or near our area Thursday, with generally typical mid-July conditions expected through at least early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the midafternoon. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers before 5am, then a slight chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. WInds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. WInds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. High in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 5am, then a slight chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light west southwest winds. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. The main threats will be from cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northern Gulf of Mexico:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northern Gulf of Mexico are associated with a trough of low pressure. Gradual development of this system is possible if it can remain offshore while it meanders near the northern Gulf coast through the end of the week. Regardless of development, heavy rains will be possible along portions of the northern Gulf coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle over the next several days. For more information about the potential for heavy rain, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service office and the Weather Prediction Center.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - Monitoring the Gulf - July 11, 2022 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theupper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Highlands in 1930
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 4.55 inches in Highlands in 1948
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of July
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Rep. Gillespie Legislative Newsletter Volume XXV [Macon Media]
• NC Gov. Roy Cooper approves $27.9B state budget proposal [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s COVID state of emergency will end this summer. Here’s how we got to this point [Raleigh News and Observer]
• AG Josh Stein supports federal rule to close ghost gun loophole [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Proposal from state educators reforms teacher licenses, pay [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Tourism to the Blue Ridge Parkway creates $1.3 billion in economic benefits for 2021 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 10 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 10th]
"Outgunned" - Artillery and The War in Ukraine - Developments, lessons, & logistics | Perun
• Erdogan talks grain exports with Putin, Zelenskyy [DW NewsE]
• Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all of Ukraine [AL Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 108-123. Mid-June has seen the Russian Armed Forces maintain their operational momentum and make important gains in the Donbas while the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to press their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/5MnyYOaUbz
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) June 28, 2022
• Ukraine Digs for Survivors in Rubble of Residential Attacks by Russian Missiles [Wall Street Journal]
• Kremlin wants people to call Putin ‘Our Ruler’ instead of president [Metro (London, UK)]
• Erdogan talks grain exports with Putin, Zelenskyy [DW NewsE]
• Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all of Ukraine [AL Jazeera]
• Gazprom Nord Stream 1: Kremlin says shutdown is regular event [France 24]
• Ukraine war: Iran plans to supply Russia with drones, US warns [BBC News]
• Russia Steps Up Attacks on Civilian Areas, Even With Advance Paused [New York Times]
• Myanmar junta leader to visit Moscow, plans space and nuclear meetings -RIA [Reuters]
• Leader of Russian-occupied Ukrainian town killed by car bomb -TASS [Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Ukraine missile attack ‘reminiscent of Hiroshima’ – official [Russia Today]
• What weapons Russia has in Kaliningrad to counter possible NATO attack [Pravda ]
• Putin expands simplified Russian citizenship acquisition on all residents of Ukraine [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates [Wall Street Journal]
• UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 [AP News]
• In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right [SCOTUSblog]
• Kavanaugh makes a play for the high court’s swing vote [Courthouse News Service]
Preppers in the USA - Emergency supplies, survival kits and bunkers | DW Documentary
• Justice Department Is Investigating PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Battle [Wall Street JournalE]
• Albuquerque Erecting Statues of Walter White And Jesse Pinkman [IGN]
• Judge rules Subway can be sued over claims that its tuna sandwiches contain other fish species or animal products [NBC News]
• The father of a teen killed in Parkland interrupts Biden with a call for more action on shootings [Yahoo! News via NBC News]
Global National: July 11, 2022 | Rogers outage fallout continues as Canada's telecoms, feds meet
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 110th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 11th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:33pm CEST, 8 July 2022, there have been 551,226,298 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,345,595 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 3 July 2022, a total of 12,037,259,035 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:33pm CEST, 8 July 2022, there have been 87,176,676 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,009,906 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.
Omicron BA.5 is Overtaking The US: Immune Boosting Strategies | MedCram
• Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection [Research Square]
• What the BA.5 Subvariant Could Mean for the United States [New York Times]
• The BA.5 story: The takeover by this Omicron sub-variant is not pretty [Eric Topol | Substack]
• US officials working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults [CNN]
• TWiV 917: Boosters on, Paul Offit [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet [NASA]
• Here’s one way we know that an EV’s battery will last the car’s lifetime [ARS TECHNICA]
• Twitter tells Musk his attempt to bail on $44 billion acquisition is ‘invalid and wrongful’ [Yahoo! News]
• Elon Musk has turned Twitter into dead money: Morning Brief [Yahoo! Finance]
• Asteroid NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed on had a surface like a ‘pit of plastic balls’ [Engadget]
• Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire in Iran? [BBC News]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
President Biden and Vice President Harris Receive a Briefing on James Webb Space Telescope Images | The White House
This is the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope -- and it's absolutely stunning | Scientific American
Level1 News July 12 2022: See Sam, See Sam Invade Your Privacy
Turning Over the Apple Car - DTNS 4313 | Daily Tech News Show
SpaceX Booster 7 Experiences Explosion | NASA Spaceflight
Forget Heat Pumps - This House Cools Itself With NO Electricity! | Answers with Joe
Lego & Chat | Scott Manley
The Coming AI Chip Boom | Asianometry
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> "Outgunned" - Artillery & The War in Ukraine - Developments, lessons, & logistics | Perun
Ukraine war: Is Russian defeat nothing but a 'fantasy'? | DW News
Ukraine hands over war crimes 'evidence' to international prosecutors | Al Jazeera
Britain deploys fighter jets to Sweden and Finland for training | BBC News
Kyiv warns Russia preparing to step up Donbas offensive | FRANCE 24 English
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 12th is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 172 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
AD 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)]
• [Apocalyptic Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD 💥 Romans crucify Jews] (Librovox Recording)
• [INVICTA: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Great Jewish Revolt]
• [KINGS and GENERALS: Siege of Jerusalem 70 AD - Great Jewish Revolt ]
927 – King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.
1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Acre (1189–1191)]
• [Wikipedia: Third Crusade]
• [Fall of Acre 1191 - Third Crusade] (Kings and Generals Video)
• [Siege of Acre, 1189-1191 - Third Crusade Podcast Episode 5] (Real Crusdaes History Video)
1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Negroponte (1470)]
• [Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19]
1493 – Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
• [Wikipedia: Nuremberg Chronicle]
• [The Nuremberg Chronicle - Bookworm History]
• [Facsimle Copy (Black and White)]
• [Digital Scan (In Color)]
1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
• [Wikipedia: Lê Cung Hoàng]
• [Wikipedia: Lê dynasty]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mạc Đăng Dung]
• [Wikipedia: Mạc dynasty]
1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
1562 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
1576 – Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
• [Wikipedia: Ostrog Bible]
1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Aughrim]
• [Wikipedia: Williamite War in Ireland]
• [The Williamite War in Ireland] (Conor Gunn Video)
1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
• [Wikipedia: Third voyage of James Cook]
• [Wikipedia Bio: James Cook]
• [James Cook (Documentary)]
1789 – In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Camille Desmoulins]
1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
1799 – Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
• [Wikipedia: Second Battle of Algeciras]
• [Wikipedia: French Revolutionary Wars]
• [French Revolutionary Wars - explained in 4 minutes - mini history - 3 minute history for dummies]
1806 – At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
• [Wikipedia: Holy Roman Empire]
• [Wikipedia: Confederation of the Rhine]
1812 – The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
• [Wikipedia: Army of the Northwest (United States)]
• [War of 1812 in the Old Northwest]
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1913 – Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Vidin (1913)]
• [The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes]
1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• [Wikipedia: Bisbee Deportation]
• [Andrew Explains it All: The Bisbee Deportaion]
• [Bisbee'17 Full Q&A 8/1/18]
1918 – The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• [Wikipedia: Japanese battleship Kawachi]
• [Another Naval “Oops” Moment, Battleship Kawachi Blows Up]
1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
• [Wikipedia: Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty]
• [Polish-Lithuanian War - Caught Between Poland and Soviet Russia I THE GREAT WAR 1920]
1943 – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Prokhorovka]
• [Tank Battles of WW2 - The Battle of Prokhorovka, Kursk 1943]
• [Kursk - The battle of Prokhorovka through the eyes of Panzer Ace Rudolf von Ribbentrop]
• [1 Panzer IV vs 14 T-34s - An Iconic Tank Battle Of WW2 | Battle of Prokhorovka, Kusrk]
• [Greatest Tank Battles | Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Battle of Kursk: Southern Front]
• [Battle of Kursk 1943 - World War II DOCUMENTARY]
• [World War II: The Battle of Kursk - Full Documentary] (Janson Media)
1948 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1961 – Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
1963 – Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
1967 – Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
1971 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
1973 – A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1979 – Chinese seismologists successfully predicts the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
1998 – The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• [Quinn brothers' killings]
• [UVF Ulster Loyalists kill 3 young children in sectarian firebomb attack Ballymoney 12 July 1998] (AP Video)
2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
• [Wikipedia: STS-104]
• [STS-104 launch (7-12-01)]
• [Quest Joint Airlock]
2006 – The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
2007 – U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
• [Wikipedia: July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike]
• [WikiLeaks: Collateral Murder]
• [WikiLeaks video: 'Collateral murder' in Iraq]
2012 – Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Tremseh]
• [Wikipedia: Syrian civil war]
• [Syria's Civil War Explained 2021]
• [Live Map: Syrian Civil War]
2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
• [Wikipedia: Okobie road tanker explosion]
• [Tanker Explosion:95 people killed in Rivers State]
2013 – Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
• [Wikipedia: Brétigny-sur-Orge train crash]
• [Catastrophe ferroviaire (railway disaster) / Brétigny-sur-Orge - France 12 juillet 2013 ©Line Press] (English subtitles via Autotranslate)
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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