NATO/US false‐flag attacks in Europe

David Ray Griffin and Clifford W. Cobb

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2023, vol. 82, issue 5, 455-470

Abstract: False flag operations are acts of deception carried out by government officials to blame other countries or political groups for an attack against the nation with the aim of stirring up a desire for retribution against the supposed perpetrator. Since the effectiveness of a false‐flag operation depends on preventing the truth from becoming widely known, it is impossible to know how often such operations have been carried out. Nevertheless, some historical events have been revealed in time, so we can better understand how they operate. The focus here is on false‐flag operations in Western Europe and Turkey, carried out as part of the Gladio program during the Cold War under the supervision of the CIA. In each case, the CIA persuaded NATO members to recruit right‐wing operatives to engage in terrorist actions and then blame the resulting deaths on left‐wing groups, mostly communists. In this way, the United States used deception and terror to prevent communists from gaining power in Europe after World War II.

Date: 2023
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