User blog comment:MerchantofDeath/ Battlefield 3 Story Ideas/@comment-1990578-20110825232655/@comment-24476373-20110826113536

I mentioned this earlier, but:

US forces enter Sualamiya (However it's spelled), Iraqi Kurdistan. There is a fault line there, and the PLR are experimenting with said Earthquake gun. The US know about the PLR, but not about the EQ gun. Now, while US forces battle the PLR, the PLR begin to try to jumpstart the fault line, possibly by trying to use the EQ gun to cause a far larger earthquake by, like I said, jumpstarting the natural fault line. So, they succeed, causing the huge earthquake.

Meanwhile, Dmitri Mayakovsky is sent to Paris to investigate this earthquake gun (Apparently, the story says it's to stop a dirty bomb, but who knows, EA may be lying to keep the real plot hidden (AKA Misinformation Campaign). Now, while Dmitri Mayakovsky doesn't find anything, the US begins to assault the Metro in Paris in hope of busting some more PLR ass. Now, they find the Spetsnaz body in the middle of the PLR, and it becomes something like MW2's No Russian. They find the body, accuse the RU for working with the PLR, RU denies any involvement, US calls bullshit on their denial, next thing you know, the US is at war with Russia for the twentieth time