What is a “False Flag” Attack?

An excellent WANTtoKNOW.info article  explains

“False flag terrorism occurs when elements within a government stage a secret operation whereby government forces pretend to be a targeted enemy while attacking their own forces or people. The attack is then falsely blamed on the enemy in order to justify going to war against that enemy.”

The Pentagon Attack Controversy

Great controversy has emerged among 9/11 Truth activists over whether a large plane struck the Pentagon, or whether a missile, small plane or bombs were used for the attack. With this controversy in mind, in their remarkably logical article “Why Not Use a Plane?”, 9/11/01 researchers Frank Legge and Ken Jenkins invite the reader to….

“Put yourself in the shoes of the planners and perpetrators of 9/11. They had a hijacked plane, Flight 77, which we know they would be willing to crash, because they crashed three other planes that day. They had a choice: they could actually crash a plane, or they could pretend to do so. To fake it, they would have to fabricate a complete, intricate and complex illusion of a crash.”