False flag (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "False flag" in English language version.

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Lounis Aggoun and Jean-Baptiste Rivoire (2004). Françalgérie, crimes et mensonges d'Etats, (Franco-Algeria, Crimes and Lies of the States). Editions La Découverte [fr]. ISBN 2-7071-4747-8. Extract in English with mention of the OJAL available here.

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The encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli conflict: a political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO. 2008. p. 610.

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"Excerpt – Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Other Countries". ssi.armywarcollege.edu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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Crawford, Angus (20 March 2009). "Victims of Cold War 'Romeo spies'". BBC Online. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

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"False flags: What are they and when have they been used?". BBC News. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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Bellingcat Investigation Team (23 February 2022). "Documenting and Debunking Dubious Footage from Ukraine's Frontlines". Bellingcat. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

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"Chapter 2: Accord, Airlift and Discord". Bharat Rakshak. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

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Cline, Lawrence E. (2005) Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from other countries, Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Strategic Studies Institute.

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Politakis, George P. (2018). Modern Aspects of the Laws of Naval Warfare and Maritime Neutrality. Taylor & Francis. pp. 281–. ISBN 978-1-136-88577-8.
Faye Kert (30 September 2015). Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812. JHU Press. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-4214-1747-9.
Donald R. Hickey; Connie D. Clark (8 October 2015). The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812. Routledge. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-317-70198-9.
Black, Ian; Morris, Benny (1 June 1992). Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services. Grove Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8021-3286-4. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
Andrew, Christopher (2001). The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB. Basic Books. pp. 33–35, 42. ISBN 0-465-00312-5.

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Saunders, Anne, "Bass aide resigns after posing as opponent's supporter online", The Boston Globe, 26 September 2006 (URL last accessed 24 October 2006).

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Teh, Cheryl (26 April 2022). "Journalists mocked Russia's spy agency after copies of the 'Sims 3' video game were spotted in a clip of agents allegedly foiling an assassination plot". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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The Hague Rules of Air Warfare, December 1922 to February 1923, this convention was never adopted (backup site).

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McKenna, Kate (13 April 2025). "Liberal operatives planted 'stop the steal' buttons at conservative conference". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

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Montopoli, Brian (25 March 2011). "Indiana prosecutor resigns for encouraging fake attack on Wisconsin governor". CBS News. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012.

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"How the term 'false flag' migrated to the right". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

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Gómez, Javier Guisández (20 June 1998). "The Law of Air Warfare". International Review of the Red Cross. 38 (323): 347–63. doi:10.1017/S0020860400091075. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013.
Weland, James (1994). "Misguided Intelligence: Japanese Military Intelligence Officers in the Manchurian Incident, September 1931". The Journal of Military History. 58 (3): 445–460. doi:10.2307/2944134. JSTOR 2944134.

foreignpolicy.com

Walton, Calder (4 February 2022). "False-Flag Invasions Are a Russian Specialty". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

grammarphobia.com

O'Conner, Patricia; Kellerman, Stewart (11 May 2018). "The True History of False Flags". Grammarphobia.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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"Pentagon Proposes Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962". National Security Archive. 30 April 2001. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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"Rules concerning the Control of Wireless Telegraphy in Time of War and Air Warfare. Drafted by a Commission of Jurists at the Hague, December 1922 – February 1923: Introduction". ICRC. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

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Gómez, Javier Guisández (20 June 1998). "The Law of Air Warfare". International Review of the Red Cross. 38 (323): 347–63. doi:10.1017/S0020860400091075. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013.

jstor.org

Weland, James (1994). "Misguided Intelligence: Japanese Military Intelligence Officers in the Manchurian Incident, September 1931". The Journal of Military History. 58 (3): 445–460. doi:10.2307/2944134. JSTOR 2944134.

latimes.com

"Ex-Marine Corps Gen. Hanneken Dies". Los Angeles Times. 27 August 1986. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

maryferrell.org

P. Horne, Douglas (2009). Inside the Assassination Records Review Board: The U.S. Government's Final Attempt to Reconcile the Conflicting Medical Evidence in the Assassination of JFK. self-published. ISBN 978-0984314447. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

nbcnews.com

Collins, Ben; Abbruzzese, Jason (26 October 2018). "After 'false flag' narrative takes hold, some conservatives scramble to drown out far right". nbcnews.com. NBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

nytimes.com

Risen, James (16 April 2000). "SECRETS OF HISTORY: The C.I.A. in Iran — A Special Report; How a Plot Convulsed Iran in '53 (and in '79)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Weiner, Tim (29 May 1997). "C.I.A. Destroyed Files on 1953 Iran Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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Miller, Jonathan, "Blog Thinks Aide to Kean Posted Jabs At Menendez", The New York Times, 21 September 2006 (URL last accessed 24 October 2006).

politifact.com

"Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?". politifact. 2019.

reuters.com

"Russia says it prevented border breach from Ukraine, Kyiv calls it fake news". Reuters. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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"Backgrounder, Punjab". satp.org. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

telegraph.co.uk

"Four Russian false flags that are comically easy to debunk". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

theguardian.com

"'Dumb and lazy': the flawed films of Ukrainian 'attacks' made by Russia's 'fake factory'". The Guardian. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
Gedeon, Joseph (14 April 2025). "Liberal staffers plant 'stop the steal' pins at Canadian conservative conference". The Guardian.

time.com

Cox, Ana Marie (16 December 2006). "Making Mischief on the Web". Time. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2009.

tripod.com

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Cline (2005), pp. 8–13. For 1978 study, quotes J. K. Cilliers, Counter-insurgency in Rhodesia, London: Croom Helm, 1985, pp. 60–77. Cline also quotes Ian F. W. Beckett, The Rhodesian Army: Counter-Insurgency 1972–1979 at selousscouts.

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Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals. United Nations War Crimes Commission. Vol IX, 1949: Trial of Otto Skorzeny and others. Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. General Military Government Court of the U.S. zone of Germany 18 August to 9 September 1947.

vice.com

Gilbert, David (21 February 2022). "Russia's 'Idiotic' Disinformation Campaign Could Still Lead to War in Ukraine". Vice News. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
Childs, Simon (26 April 2022). "Russia Bizarrely Includes Sims 3 Among Evidence of 'Staged' Assassination Plot". vice.com. Vice Media. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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Klimentov, Mikhail. "Alleged Russian sting operation uncovers 'The Sims 3,' guns, grenade". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Usckinski, Joseph (27 October 2018). "Five things to know about 'false flag' conspiracy theories". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
"Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump's critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison". The Washington Post. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

web.archive.org

Squires, Nick. "HMAS Sydney found off Australia's west coast", The Telegraph, 17 March 2008.
The Hague Rules of Air Warfare, December 1922 to February 1923, this convention was never adopted (backup site).
Gómez, Javier Guisández (20 June 1998). "The Law of Air Warfare". International Review of the Red Cross. 38 (323): 347–63. doi:10.1017/S0020860400091075. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013.
Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals. United Nations War Crimes Commission. Vol IX, 1949: Trial of Otto Skorzeny and others. Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. General Military Government Court of the U.S. zone of Germany 18 August to 9 September 1947.
"Pentagon Proposes Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962". National Security Archive. 30 April 2001. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Gilbert, David (21 February 2022). "Russia's 'Idiotic' Disinformation Campaign Could Still Lead to War in Ukraine". Vice News. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
"Four Russian false flags that are comically easy to debunk". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
"Russia says it prevented border breach from Ukraine, Kyiv calls it fake news". Reuters. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
Bellingcat Investigation Team (23 February 2022). "Documenting and Debunking Dubious Footage from Ukraine's Frontlines". Bellingcat. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
"'Dumb and lazy': the flawed films of Ukrainian 'attacks' made by Russia's 'fake factory'". The Guardian. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
Risen, James (16 April 2000). "SECRETS OF HISTORY: The C.I.A. in Iran — A Special Report; How a Plot Convulsed Iran in '53 (and in '79)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Weiner, Tim (29 May 1997). "C.I.A. Destroyed Files on 1953 Iran Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Cline, Lawrence E. (2005) Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from other countries, Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Strategic Studies Institute.
"Excerpt – Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Other Countries". ssi.armywarcollege.edu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
Steele, Allison, "Bass staffer in D.C. poses as blogger: Bogus posts aimed at his political opponent"Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Concord Monitor, 26 September 2006 (URL last accessed 24 October 2006).
Montopoli, Brian (25 March 2011). "Indiana prosecutor resigns for encouraging fake attack on Wisconsin governor". CBS News. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012.
Cox, Ana Marie (16 December 2006). "Making Mischief on the Web". Time. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2009.

wikipedia.org

fr.wikipedia.org

Lounis Aggoun and Jean-Baptiste Rivoire (2004). Françalgérie, crimes et mensonges d'Etats, (Franco-Algeria, Crimes and Lies of the States). Editions La Découverte [fr]. ISBN 2-7071-4747-8. Extract in English with mention of the OJAL available here.

wikisource.org

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United States of America v. Jane Kember, Morris Budlong, Sentencing Memorandum; pp. 23–25.

wisconsinwatch.org

Golden, Kate (24 March 2011). "Indiana prosecutor resigns over Walker email". WisWatch.org. Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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Murphy, David (2021). The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40 Stalin's Hollow Victory. Johnny Shumate. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-4728-4394-4. OCLC 1261364794.
Risen, James (16 April 2000). "SECRETS OF HISTORY: The C.I.A. in Iran — A Special Report; How a Plot Convulsed Iran in '53 (and in '79)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Weiner, Tim (29 May 1997). "C.I.A. Destroyed Files on 1953 Iran Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
"Ex-Marine Corps Gen. Hanneken Dies". Los Angeles Times. 27 August 1986. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
Barsky, Jack (2017). Deep undercover: my secret life and tangled allegiances as a KGB spy in America. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House. ISBN 978-1-4964-1686-5. OCLC 979545331.

worldcat.org

Murphy, David (2021). The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40 Stalin's Hollow Victory. Johnny Shumate. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-4728-4394-4. OCLC 1261364794.