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False flag

A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term "false flag" originated in the 16th century as a strictly figurative expression for an intentional misrepresentation of someone's allegiance, and centuries later also came to be used literally for a ruse…

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Use in warfare

As pretexts for war

As a tactic to undermine political opponents

Failed operations

Pseudo-operations

Espionage

Militant usage

Civilian usage

Political campaigning

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False flag

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Edges228
Triples165
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008734
Components1

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False flag

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related to Land warfare · 24
False flag → American, Annex, Article, Before, Dachau, During, Field Manual, German, He, In, It, IV Hague Convention, Land Warfare, National, October, Operation Greif, Otto Skorzeny, Paragraph, Rules, Skorzeny
related to Use in warfare · 21
False flag → Another, Australian, Auxiliary, Battle, British, Carmania, Dutch, German, Germans, HMAS Sydney, In, Kormoran, Q-ships, RMS Carmania, Similarly, SMS Cap Trafalgar, Such, Trindade, While Kormoran, World War II German
related to Militant usage · 18
False flag → Babbar Khalsa, Bhindranwale, Bibi Amarjit Kaur, CRPF, During, False, Fauja Singh, Golden Temple, Indian, IPKF, Kankesanturai, LTTE, Nirankari, October, On, Sikh, Sri Lankan, This
related to Failed operations · 16
False flag → April, Due, Eliot Higgins, FSB, Further, Investigative, Nazi, Russian, SIMs, The, The FSB, The Sims, This, Together, Ukrainian, Vladimir Solovyov
related to Operation TPAJAX · 15
False flag → April, CIA, Communist, Communists, Iran, Iranian, Iranians, Mosaddegh, Muslim's, On, One, Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, The, The CIA, TPAJAX
related to Espionage · 14
False flag → According, Cold War, East German Stasi, For, In, Israel, Jack Barsky, KGB, Many, Romeos, Soviets, Stasi, West German, Western
related to Operation Southern Spear · 12
False flag → American, Caracas, CIA-backed, During Operation Southern Spear, October, On, Tobago, Trinidad, United States, USS Gravely, Venezuela, Venezuelan
related to Ideological · 10
False flag → Church, Cooper, In, Operation Freakout, Paulette Cooper's, Proponents, Scientology, The Guardian's Office, The Scandal, This
related to Russian invasion of Ukraine · 10
False flag → Bellingcat, Donbas, February, In, In January, Many, Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Ukrainian
related to Political campaigning · 7
False flag → In, IP, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Political, The Canuck, This

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
fabricating the hijacking or shooting down of passengerinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
military planesinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
sinking a U.S. ship in the vicinity of Cubainstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
burning cropsinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
sinking a boat filled with Cuban refugeesinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
attacks by alleged Cuban infiltrators inside the United Statesinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
and harassment of U.S. aircraftinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
shippinginstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
and the destruction of aerial drones by aircraft disguised as Cuban MiGsinstance ofinvolved scenarios0.80text
False flagrelated to Civilian usageThe0.60section
False flagrelated to Civilian usageAccording0.60section
False flagrelated to Civilian usageColumbia Journalism Review0.60section

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