Context
A photograph shows a genuine headline from an Irish tabloid known for its conspiratorial and misleading content. While this tabloid no longer appears to be in print, archived versions of these pages are still online.
Origin
In June 2011, an Irish tabloid known for publishing conspiratorial content called “The Sovereign Independent” published an article about Bill Gates that carried the misleading headline “Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination: The Zero Carbon Solution!”
An image of this newspaper article resurfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 along with a variety of false claims. Social media users claimed, for example, that this newspaper was proof that the pandemic had been “planned.” Others claimed that this article had been “scrubbed” from the internet a false claim to make this article appear extra nefarious and that the pandemic was somehow connected to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Members of the Mukti Bahini preparing for their next guerilla attack.
On May 1, 1971, General SHFJ Manekshaw issued the Indian Army Operational Instruction No. 52. A structured policy to provide training facilities and logistical and operational support for the liberation of Bangladesh was prepared by Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command. The Indian Army was responsible for training, equipping, and providing logistical support to Mukti Bahini. Selection of personnel, discipline, motivation, planning and execution of operations were an exclusive prerogative of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Bangladesh. An elaborate procedure was adopted for the selection of recruits for Mukti Bahini. Youth from all over Bangladesh were recruited to cover the entire territory. They were trained in the Indian Army s Operation Jackpot sectors training camps located close to their native places. The Indian Government s Ministry of Rehabi