State security forces may have perpetrated massacres later blamed on Islamists.

Evidence

There were even ugly rumours that somehow the Army itself was involved in some of the uglier massacres. Reports seeped out via eyewitnesses and defectors suggesting that the security services and the regime, or at least elements within them, had a hand in some of the extreme violence initially attributed to Islamists. The main motivation for this was never quite clear, but there appeared to be a desire to demonise the Islamists and win over the bulk of the population—which seemed to be bewildered as to exactly who was killing whom. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 42

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: the provenance and reliability of Algerian civil war ‘false flag’ claims — a notoriously contested history.
• XREF: connects to: The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority; Religious framing of terrorism justifies state expansion that erodes due process; State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies (+4 more)

Related

• The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority (similarity 0.85)
• Religious framing of terrorism justifies state expansion that erodes due process (similarity 0.80)
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.79)
• Terror attacks spark vigilante violence against perceived Muslims endorsed by state policy (similarity 0.79)
• The Algerian War was anticolonial, not religious, yet seeded later jihad (similarity 0.79)
• Fear of Muslim takeover redirected Breivik’s violence onto the state. (similarity 0.78)
• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #expands (0.75)
• The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority #expands (0.70)
• Religious framing of terrorism justifies state expansion that erodes due process #expands (0.70)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance #corroborates (0.70)
• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #expands (0.65) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.60)
• Islamophobia’s growth is furthered by savagery attributed to Islam’s victims #expands (0.60)