The Weekly News

The Weekly News is a national newspaper published every Thursday by the Dundee newspaper chain D. C. Thomson. Billed as "the paper with the feelgood factor", it has been in production since 1855, and contains news and features on a broad range of subjects. The paper has recently undergone a redesign and its content appears in six colour-coded sections: That's real life, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Prizes/puzzles, Short stories and Sport. It is also well regarded for its cartoon content. The paper has three offices - Dundee (head), Glasgow and Manchester - and its Editor is Donald Martin.

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False flag

The contemporary term false flag describes covert operations that are designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by entities, groups, or nations other than those who actually planned and executed them.

Historically, the term "false flag" has its origins in naval warfare where the use of a flag other than the belligerent's true battle flag as a ruse de guerre, before engaging the enemy, has long been accepted.

Operations carried out during peace-time by civilian organizations, as well as covert government agencies, can (by extension) also be called false flag operations if they seek to hide the real organization behind an operation.

Use in warfare

In land warfare such operations are generally deemed acceptable in certain circumstances, such as to deceive enemies providing that the deception is not perfidious and all such deceptions are discarded before opening fire upon the enemy. Similarly in naval warfare such a deception is considered permissible provided the false flag is lowered and the true flag raised before engaging in battle:auxiliary cruisers operated in such a fashion in both World Wars, as did Q-ships, while merchant vessels were encouraged to use false flags for protection.