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False Flag Operations
False flag operations are covert
operations designed to appear as if they are
being carried out by other entities. Some
allegations of false flag operations have been
verified or have been subjects of legitimate
historical dispute (such as the 1933 Reichstag
arson attack). Discussions of unsubstantiated
allegations of such operations feature strongly in
conspiracy theory discourse.
Other allegations of similar operations
have attached to the bombing of Pearl Harbor,
the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2004 Madrid
train bombings, and the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
incident.
The rise of ISIS gave rise to conspiracy theories
that it had been created by the US, CIA, Mossad,
or Hillary Clinton. The same happened after the
rise of Boko Haram. of this story have been promoted by figures concentration camps on US soil, in advance of
including Alex Jones, Newt Gingrich, and Sean the imposition of martial law and genocide.
9/11 Hannity as an alternative theory to Russian
The multiple attacks made on the US by interference in the election. ANC
Islamist terrorists using hijacked aircraft on 11 Pizzagate is a debunked conspiracy Members of South Africa's African
September 2001, have proved especially theory that emerged during the 2016 United National Congress party have long propagated
attractive to conspiracy theorists. Theories may States presidential election, connecting a pizza conspiracy theories, frequently concerning the
include reference to missile or hologram restaurant and members of the Democratic Party CIA and alleged white supremacists. In 2014,
technology. By far, the most popular theory is with a non-existent child-sex ring. It has been Deputy Minister of Defence Kebby Maphatsoe
that the attacks were in fact controlled comprehensively discredited by numerous joined others in accusing without evidence
demolitions, a theory which has been rejected by bodies including the District of Columbia Police Public Protector Thuli Madonsela of being a US
the engineering profession and the 9/11 Department, Snopes.com, The New York Times, agent working to create a puppet government in
Commission. and Fox News. South Africa.

Sandy Hook Barack Obama Cultural Marxism
A 2012 fatal mass shooting at Sandy Former US President Obama has been The intellectual group known as the
Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. His Frankfurt School which emerged in the 1930s
Connecticut, prompted numerous conspiracy presidency was the subject of a 2009 film, The has increasingly been the subject of conspiracy
theories, among which is the claim that it was a Obama Deception, by Alex Jones, which alleged theories which have alleged the promotion of
manufactured event with the aim of promoting that Obama's administration was a puppet Communism in capitalist societies. The term
gun control. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David government for a wealthy elite. Another theory 'Cultural Marxism' has been notably employed
Duke has theorized that 'Zionists' were which came to prominence in 2009 (known as by conservative American movements such as
responsible. Theorists such as Alex Jones have 'birtherism') denies the legitimacy of Obama's the Tea Party, and by Norwegian mass-murderer
suggested that the event was staged with actors. presidency by claiming that he was not born in Anders Breivik.
Harassment of the bereaved families by the US. This theory has persisted despite the
conspiracy theorists has resulted in a number of evidence of his Hawaiian birth certificate and of Deep State
prosecutions. Rush Limbaugh also stated that contemporary birth announcements in two Occasionally used as a neutral term to
the event happened because the Mayan Calendar Hawaiian newspapers in 1961. Notable denote a nation's bureaucracy, the conspiratorial
phenomenon made shooter Adam Lanza do it. promoters of the theory are dentist-lawyer Orly notion of a "deep state" is a concept originating
Taitz and President Donald Trump, who has
principally in Middle Eastern and North African
The Clintons since publicly acknowledged its falsity but is politics with some basis in truth, and has been
said to continue to advocate for it privately.
A discredited theory, parts of which have known in the US since the 1960s. It has since
been advanced by Christopher Ruddy among Other theories claim that Obama, a Protestant come to prominence under the Trump
Christian, is secretly a Muslim.
others, asserts that former US President Bill presidency. "Deep state" in the latter sense refers
A pair of fatal attacks on US government
Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton have to an unidentified "power elite" who act in co-
facilities in Benghazi, Libya, by Islamist
assassinated fifty or more of their associates. ordinated manipulation of a nation's politics and
terrorists in 2012 has spawned numerous
The Lakeland Ledger, the Chicago Tribune and government. Proponents of such theories have
conspiracy theories, including allegations that
Snopes.com have debunked this theory, pointing included Canadian author Peter Dale Scott, who
Obama's administration arranged the attack for
to detailed death records, the unusually large has promoted the idea in the US since at least the
political reasons, and Senator Rand Paul's
circle of associates that a President is likely to 1990s, as well as Breitbart News, Infowars and
repeated assertion that the government's
have, and the facts that many of the people listed US President Donald Trump. A 2017 poll by
had no known link to the Clintons, or had been response to the incident was designed to distract ABC News and The Washington Post indicated
from a secret CIA operation.
misidentified, or were still alive. that 48% of Americans believe in the existence
The unsolved 2016 murder of DNC staff of a conspiratorial "deep state" in the US.
FEMA
member Seth Rich has prompted conspiracy
theorists to claim that his killing was instigated The United States' Federal Emergency (Continued on Page 78)
by Hillary Clinton following alleged Management Agency is the subject of many
collaboration with WikiLeaks during the 2016 theories, including the allegation that the Join Rob McConnell in The ’X’ Zone
United States presidential campaign. Elements organization has been engaged in the building of www.xzoneradiotv.com