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Peter Maass @maassp
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False flag claims don't go away. Nearly 25 years ago, a Serb shell killed 68 Bosnians in a Sarajevo marketplace. To this day, many Serbs contend the bombing was faked -- dummies instead of bodies -- or Bosnians bombed themselves to increase global condemnation of Serbs.
I mention this in the context of false flag claims about the parcel bombs mailed to Obama, Clinton, CNN and others. The folks who create and share these claims are bringing to life a narrative that can poison minds for decades to come. Some of these things do not die.
False flag claims succeed without convincing people by just making them pause, providing an excuse to not take sides. It was a bonus if people believed Serb lies about blood-smeared dummies (that era's crisis actors). Here's what I wrote about Karadzic's aims in my Bosnia book:
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