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Policy group may not have started the rumors, but they fed them in order
to
smear paramilitary organizations. It was only one aspect of a broader
black propaganda strategy, which also relied on more "classic"
defamatory
rumors involving misappropriated money, communism, and drug trafficking.
Their
aim was to establish a link in the public opinion between the rise of
paramilitary groups' violence and things that both the protestant and
catholic communities would find objectionable. Ireland's strong
religious
culture and supernatural folklore gave the military the idea of this new
kind
of threat which could also encourage people—especially children and
teenagers—to stay home at night.
How the British Army Spread Rumors of Black Magic and Witchcraft in 1970s Northern Ireland | VICE | United States
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