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| − | '''Operation Infektion''' was a | + | [[Image:600px-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|thumb|100px|right|Flag of the [[USSR]]]] |
| + | '''Operation Infektion''' was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet-era]] disinformation campaign run in the 1980s to use credible looking doctors to spread false information that [[HIV/AIDS]] was formulated at a lab in Fort Detrick.<ref>[https://www.apnews.com/917ef0fb4cf6616990e6734ad5942bd6 Soviet Bulletin Says AIDS Leaked from U.S. Laboratory]</ref> | ||
| − | Theories about the lab-origin of HIV were first promoted by Jakob Segal, who was later | + | Theories about the lab-origin of HIV were first promoted by Jakob Segal, who was later outed as a [[Soviet]] [[KGB]] agent. Additionally, these theories have been promoted by Alan Cantwell, Robert Strecker, [[Milton William Cooper]], Leonard Horowitz, [[Louis Farrakhan]], [[Frank Zappa]], and [[Infowars]].com<ref>[https://www.infowars.com/brexit-the-hidden-agenda/ ANTI-TRUMP NEOCONS PUSH OUTDATED COLD WAR FEARS]</ref> |
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[[Category:Conspiracy Theory]] | [[Category:Conspiracy Theory]] | ||
[[Category:Deceit]] | [[Category:Deceit]] | ||
[[Category:Soviet Union]] | [[Category:Soviet Union]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Propaganda]][[Category:Fake News]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:08, June 17, 2020
Flag of the USSR
Operation Infektion was a Soviet-era disinformation campaign run in the 1980s to use credible looking doctors to spread false information that HIV/AIDS was formulated at a lab in Fort Detrick.[1]
Theories about the lab-origin of HIV were first promoted by Jakob Segal, who was later outed as a Soviet KGB agent. Additionally, these theories have been promoted by Alan Cantwell, Robert Strecker, Milton William Cooper, Leonard Horowitz, Louis Farrakhan, Frank Zappa, and Infowars.com[2]