A Brief History of False Flag Attacks:

[divemaster5734]

Just in case anyone thinks I am trash talking only progressives today, let this post prove I am not.

Here is a VERY short summary of only some of the most egregious crime perpetrated on innocent peoples by the "authorities" in order to promote a particular agenda or conclusion.

These things have been executed by both republican and democratic presidents. Kings, and dictators.

If you have an interest in further exploration, I highly recommend a book "Order from Chaos".

It further details false flag operations for the last 200 years.

A Brief History of False Flag Attacks: Or Why Government Loves State Sponsored Terror

False flag attacks occur when government engages in covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations seem as if they are being carried out by other entities.

False flag terrorism is a favorite political tactic used by governments worldwide. They influence elections, guide national and international policy, and are cynically used to formulate propaganda and shape public opinion as nations go to war.

Nero and the Great Fire of Rome

The Roman consul and historian Cassius Dio, his contemporary Suetonius and others say the Emperor Nero was responsible for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD.

Legend claims Nero had one-third of the city torched as an excuse to build Domus Aurea, a 300 acre palatial complex that included a towering statue of himself, the Colossus of Nero.

Prior to the fire, the Roman Senate had rejected the emperor’s bid to level a third of the city to make way for a “Neropolis,” an urban renewal project.

The Roman historian Tacitus wrote that when the population of Rome held Nero responsible for the fire, he shifted blame on the Christians for “hating the human race” and starting the fire.

The Spanish American War: Remember the Maine

By the late 1800s, the United States was looking for an excuse to kick Spain out of Cuba. U.S. business was heavily invested in sugar, tobacco and iron on the Caribbean island.

The U.S.S. Maine was sent to Havana in January of 1898 to protect these business interests after a local insurrection broke out. Three weeks later, early on the morning of February 15, an explosion destroyed the forward third of the ship anchored in Havana’s harbor, killing more than 270 American sailors.

President McKinley blamed Spain after the U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry declared that a naval mine caused the explosion.

American newspapers blamed the Spanish despite a lack of evidence. “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war,” newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst told Frederic Remington after the illustrator reported that the situation in Cuba did not warrant invasion.

A number of historians and researchers later argued that the ship was blown up by the United States to provide a false flag pretext to invade Cuba and expel Spain.

The United States occupied Cuba from 1898 until 1902, although an amendment to a joint resolution of Congress forbid the U.S. to annex the country.

Wilson’s Pretext for War: The Sinking of the Lusitania

Nearly two thousand travelers, including one hundred Americans, were killed on May 7, 1915, when a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Lusitania, a luxury Cunard Line British ocean liner.

Prior to the sinking, the German embassy in Washington issued a warning. Newspapers in the United States refused to print the warning or acknowledge the German claim that the ship carried munitions.

Wilson’s government issued a flurry of diplomatic protests after the sinking and exploited the tragedy two years later as a pretext for America to enter the First World War.

Nearly a hundred years later, in 2008, divers discovered the Lusitania carried more than four million rounds of rifle ammunition.

“There were literally tons and tons of stuff stored in unrefrigerated cargo holds that were dubiously marked cheese, butter and oysters,” Gregg Bemis, an American businessman who owns the rights to the wreck and is funding its exploration, told The Daily Mail.

Hitler’s Fascist Dictatorship: The Reichstag Fire

In February of 1933, a month after convincing Germany’s president that parliament must be eliminated, Hitler and the Nazis instigated the Reichstag fire.

Hitler then urged president Hindenburg to issue an emergency decree restricting personal liberty, including the right to free expression and a free press, limitations on the rights of association and assembly, warrantless searches of homes, property confiscation, and violations of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications “permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.”

The Nazis used the decree and cracked down on their political opponents . They worked behind the scenes to force through the Enabling Act, which legally allowed Hitler to obtain plenary powers and establish a dictatorship.

Gestapo Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring would admit that “the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”

Prelude to World War: The Gleiwitz Incident

Six years after the Reichstag Fire, the Nazis staged the Gleiwitz incident. Nazi commandos raided a German radio station in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany. The raid was part of Operation Himmler, a series of operations undertaken by the SS as Hitler set the stage for the invasion of Poland and the start of the Second World War.

SS operatives dressed in Polish uniforms attacked the radio station, broadcast an anti-German message in Polish, and left behind the body of a German Silesian known for sympathizing with the Poles. The corpse was then offered to the press as evidence that the Poles had attacked the radio station.

Israeli False Flag Terror: The Lavon Affair

In 1954, the Israelis activated a terrorist cell in response to the United States making friends with the Egyptian government and its pan-Arab leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Israelis were worried Nasser would nationalize the Suez Canal and continue Egypt’s blockade of Israeli shipping through the canal.

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion decided a false flag terrorist attack on American interests in Egypt would sour the new relationship. He recruited and dispatched a terror cell that pretended to be Egyptian terrorists.

The plan, however, contained a fatal flaw. Israel’s top secret cell, Unit 131, was infiltrated by Egyptian intelligence. After a member of the cell was arrested and interrogated, he revealed the plot and this led to more arrests. Israeli agents were subjected to a public trial revealing details of the plan to firebomb the U.S. Information Agency’s libraries, a British-owned Metro-Goldwyn Mayer theatre, a railway terminal, the central post office, and other targets.

In order to deflect blame, the Israeli government tried to frame its own Defense Minister, Pinhas Lavon, but the true nature of the plot was eventually made public.

Operation Northwoods: Targeting American Citizens

In the covert war against the communist regime in Cuba under the CIA’s Operation Mongoose, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff unanimously proposed state-sponsored acts of terrorism in side the United States.

The plan included shooting down hijacked American airplanes, the sinking of U.S. ships, and the shooting of Americans on the streets of Washington, D.C. The outrageous plan even included a staged NASA disaster that would claim the life of astronaut John Glenn.

Reeling under the embarrassing failure of the CIA’s botched Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, president Kennedy rejected the plan in March of 1962. A few months later, Kennedy denied the plan’s author, General Lyman Lemnitzer, a second term as the nation’s highest ranking military officer.

In November of 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Gulf of Tonkin: Phantom Attack on the U.S, Military

On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson went on national television and told the nation that North Vietnam had attacked U.S. ships.

“Repeated acts of violence against the armed forces of the United States must be met not only with alert defense, but with a positive reply. That reply is being given as I speak tonight,” Johnson declared.

Congress soon passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which provided Johnson with pre-approved authority to conduct military operations against North Vietnam. By 1969, over 500,000 troops were fighting in Southeast Asia.

Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, had bamboozled Congress and the American people. In fact, North Vietnam had not attacked the USS Maddox, as the Pentagon claimed, and the “unequivocal proof” of an “unprovoked” second attack against the U.S. warship was a ruse.

Operation Gladio: State Sponsored Terror Blamed on the Left

Following the Second World War, the CIA and Britain’s MI6 collaborated through NATO on Operation Gladio, an effort to create a “stay behind army” to fight communism in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.

Gladio quickly transcended its original mission and became a covert terror network consisting of rightwing militias, organized crime elements, agents provocateurs and secret military units. The so-called stay behind armies were active in France, Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Germany, and Switzerland.

Gladio’s “Strategy of Tension” was designed to portray leftist political groups in Europe as terrorists and frighten the populace into voting for authoritarian governments. In order to carry out this goal, Gladio operatives conducted a number of deadly terrorists attacks that were blamed on leftists and Marxists.

In August of 1980, Gladio operatives bombed a train station in Bologna, killing 85 people. Initially blamed on the Red Brigades, it was later discovered that fascist elements within the Italian secret police and Licio Gelli, the head of the P2 Masonic Lodge, were responsible for the terror attack. Other fascist groups, including Avanguardia Nazionale and Ordine Nuovo, were mobilized and engaged in terror.

Operation Gladio ultimately claimed the lives of hundreds of people across Europe.

According to Vincenzo Vinciguerra, a Gladio terrorist serving a life-sentence for murdering policemen, the reason for Gladio was simple. It was designed “to force these people, the Italian public, to turn to the state to ask for greater security. This is the political logic that lies behind all the massacres and the bombings which remain unpunished, because the state cannot convict itself or declare itself responsible for what happened.

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[flatdawg]

Any predictions for the next one?

I'm thinking something in Chicago, maybe a dirty bomb to be blamed on Iran. Or something against the USS Enterprise, again to be blamed on Iran.

[divemaster5734]

Any predictions for the next one?

I'm thinking something in Chicago, maybe a dirty bomb to be blamed on Iran. Or something against the USS Enterprise, again to be blamed on Iran.

I'm just praying they don't try something between the election he is about to lose and the time he is booted out of DC.

[Snotrocket]

I'm just praying they don't try something between the election he is about to lose and the time he is booted out of DC.

Or maybe an "October Surprise" to delay the election...

Out of pluses Divemaster - I owe you one. Great post.

[jonjon]

The Internet spawns conspiracy theorist and the weak-minded fall their prey.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084585

[Ms.Bean]

The Internet spawns conspiracy theorist and the weak-minded fall their prey.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084585

I think you are only weak minded if you don't take the time to read the information you are given to form your own opinion. It is rather easy to ignore the warning signs and to shrug off any thought that may make you uncomfortable and justify that by assuming the ones behind it are weak minded conspiracy theorist, but please keep in mind when things go strait down hill while our liberties are being slowly stripped away,most of the bright people at Harvard will more than likely be cheering it on.

If you don't think our government uses scare tactics to try and control the peoples opinions all you have to do is take a look at Obama's campaign adds against Romney. He's not outlining what he wants to do if he continues to be president, instead he's telling people how big bad evil Romney is going to over turn Roe Vs. Wade. Basically he's saying "keep me as president or else".

Personally how ever, I don't really care what people at Harvard think. I know that you have to have a rather high level of intelligence (and income) to attend, but that doesn't mean they are automatically right. But for you to state that some one is weak minded for looking deeper into a situation rather than taking everything at face value is not only insulting but rather scary. At some point people are going to have to realize that our government has been dishonest with us for a very, very long time. It is unfortunate however, that by the time they do it will most likely be too late. Then the same people who tossed aside many of these "conspiracy theories" are going to be asking themselves "how did we not see this coming?"

[jonjon]

The sky is falling, The sky is falling, It is all BS but the sheep keep buying it.

Don't take the time to read what I posted you may start seeing through these sensationalized lies.

[rothsdad]

The sky is falling, The sky is falling, It is all BS but the sheep keep buying it.

Don't take the time to read what I posted you may start seeing through these sensationalized lies.

Your funny jonjon. Wasn't it you who posted something about the Batman shootings being a false flag for the liberal agenda to take our guns, meanwhile ignoring the James Holmes father Libor scandal part of it? But then again you did say that the Libor scandal is no big deal. Just simply stop using the banks services because they are just business trying to maximize profit. You should only be concerned if they come to your house and rape your wife and children.

[flatdawg]

The sky is falling, The sky is falling, It is all BS but the sheep keep buying it.

The majority of the worlds citizens suffer from normalcy syndrome. In a nut shell, normalcy syndrome is the belief that everything is as it always has been. People believe that their government tells them everything and there is complete transparency. For them it is easier to keep the status quo and not look outside of the box. The concept that government needs to keep the citizens in line and doing as they are told is beyond their grasp.

[jonjon]

Try not to be discouraged with us who do not subscribe to the hysteria.

[flatdawg]

Try not to be discouraged with us who do not subscribe to the hysteria.

I'm sure there were many that thought much like you in 1930s Germany.

[rothsdad]

Try not to be discouraged with us who do not subscribe to the hysteria.

Oh, but you have subscribed to some of the hysteria, but only when it could be possibly perpetrated by Obama or Hillarious or some other lib. You've been called out jonjon, but it's no big deal. It would be great if you saw the big picture instead of just one side. We would like you on our team.

[jonjon]

The majority of the worlds citizens suffer from normalcy syndrome. In a nut shell, normalcy syndrome is the belief that everything is as it always has been. People believe that their government tells them everything and there is complete transparency. For them it is easier to keep the status quo and not look outside of the box. The concept that government needs to keep the citizens in line and doing as they are told is beyond their grasp.

Normalcy syndrome, commonly known as a 'fear of change' can only be experienced when a direction of change is present.

[jonjon]

Oh, but you have subscribed to some of the hysteria, but only when it could be possibly perpetrated by Obama or Hillarious or some other lib. You've been called out jonjon, but it's no big deal. It would be great if you saw the big picture instead of just one side. We would like you on our team.

I am quite confused about the direction of the team. It appears to be brewers of conspiracy. The lubrication of fear before the big socialist takeover. The start of the new world order. I believe in liberty and am possibly a sworn enemy of your team. I will give up my life before becoming accustomed to the communistic ideologies.

Edited August 18, 2012 by jonjon

[tellmewhen]

If you need any help jonjon I'm with you on that one. I don't care about the gov. only the country. Most do't get that cause they are to busy caring only about themselves.

[rothsdad]

The truth is the team.

[flatdawg]

Normalcy syndrome, commonly known as a 'fear of change' can only be experienced when a direction of change is present.

Your blind support of willard (the establishment) and inability to question anything Govco tells you solidifies your "fear of change".

[divemaster5734]

The Internet spawns conspiracy theorist and the weak-minded fall their prey.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084585

That is just as absurd as fanatic Muslims claiming the Holocaust never happened.

I do however resent your haughty implication I am in someway disadvantaged or possibly even intellectually challenged simply because you have not learned to think for yourself yet.

You provide no research, you only parrot some progressive liberals opinion and then attempt to persuade through insinuation and insult.

You are nothing but a feckless dolt.

I'm sure you still don't understand, but then, you will obviously never actually "get it", until it is far too late.

I would provide more links, but you are also obviously too freaking lazy to try to even form your OWN opinion, I wonder if you have ever had an original thought in your pathetic life.

I have never accused you of anything but having a different outlook in life.

if you want to continue to insult me for not agreeing with you you are then opening the door for rebuttal.

I am not the only one you have angered with your immature babble and brainwashed rhetoric.

Are you sure you want to open the door for others to voice their opinion of you and further speculate about your lineage?

Edited August 18, 2012 by divemaster5734

[rothsdad]

That is just as absurd as fanatic Muslims claiming the Holocaust never happened.

I do however resent your haughty implication I am in someway disadvantaged or possibly even intellectually challenged simply because you have not learned to think for yourself yet.

You provide no research, you only parrot some progressive liberals opinion and then attempt to persuade through insinuation and insult.

You are nothing but a feckless dolt.

I'm sure you still don't understand, but then, you will obviously never actually "get it", until it is far too late.

I would provide more links, but you are also obviously too freaking lazy to try to even form your OWN opinion, I wonder if you have ever had an original thought in your pathetic life.

I have never accused you of anything but having a different outlook in life.

if you want to continue to insult me for not agreeing with you you are then opening the door for rebuttal.

I am not the only one you have angered with your immature babble and brainwashed rhetoric.

Are you sure you want to open the door for others to voice their opinion of you and further speculate about your lineage?

Ha ha, wow! I think a "Hey jonjon, dispute the information if you think it is b.s. " would have sufficed. But have it your way. Just keep in mind that I think the object is try to show the truth and have them make up their own minds instead of beat people into submission. Even if they disrespect you in some way.

[jonjon]

Ha ha, wow! I think a "Hey jonjon, dispute the information if you think it is b.s. " would have sufficed. But have it your way. Just keep in mind that I think the object is try to show the truth and have them make up their own minds instead of beat people into submission. Even if they disrespect you in some way.

The Internet spawns conspiracy theorist and the weak-minded fall their prey.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084585

This is a fact that I posted earlier.

[rightsonword]

This is a fact that I posted earlier.

Just out of curiosity, Jonjon. How do you explain the Gulf of Tonkin incident, Operation Northwoods, and Operation Ajax?

[cris]

I have a question....A serious one.

What conspiracy theories from the internet have

been proven true.

No Monday morning quarterbacking allowed, no 20-20 hindsight.

I'd like to hear of one that was predicted, before hand, that came true

I'll give a few examples:

The 2012 Olympics would be hit with a mini-nuke

Dec 21st 2012 Armageddon

Complete world financial collapse

These are just examples, Im not asking anyone to explain them.

Im looking for other conspiracies

[rothsdad]

Bill Cooper

[jonjon]

[rothsdad]

Are you trying to say Chris Angel is Jesus?