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The Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior was sunk off New Zealand in July 1985 an act of state sponsored terrorism. Not by Al-Quaida or another fundamentalist organisation – but at the instruction of the French Secret Service.
In 1985, the Rainbow Warrior had been called on a mission to the island of Rongelap. Here, the 1956 Bravo bomb released by the Americans as part of their nuclear testing programme had caused severe radioactive contamination. The US had removed the thyroid glands of all islanders to 'protect' them from developing cancer but had been monitoring them since to see further reactions to the radiation. Elders of the community had called on Greenpeace for help as children were developing abnormalities and the islanders wanted out. For a month in the summer of 1985, the Warrior evacuated the islanders to New Zealand.
The explosions and sinking of the ship shocked the world. New Zealand has never seen an act of terrorism like it, before or since. At one point several crew were missing but were later found; one crew member was killed as he tried to retrieve some equipment. At the time, suspicion fell on the French and two French secret service agents, Alain Marfart and Dominique Prieur were arrested and charged with arson and murder.
The original ship was a wreck and was sunk as a reef; its replacement was again attacked by the French in 1996, when it was on patrol in the Pacific as part of the continuing campaign against nuclear testing. The French testing programme had to be abandoned soon afterwards because of worldwide pressure.
In 1985, the Rainbow Warrior had been called on a mission to the island of Rongelap. Here, the 1956 Bravo bomb released by the Americans as part of their nuclear testing programme had caused severe radioactive contamination. The US had removed the thyroid glands of all islanders to 'protect' them from developing cancer but had been monitoring them since to see further reactions to the radiation. Elders of the community had called on Greenpeace for help as children were developing abnormalities and the islanders wanted out. For a month in the summer of 1985, the Warrior evacuated the islanders to New Zealand.
The explosions and sinking of the ship shocked the world. New Zealand has never seen an act of terrorism like it, before or since. At one point several crew were missing but were later found; one crew member was killed as he tried to retrieve some equipment. At the time, suspicion fell on the French and two French secret service agents, Alain Marfart and Dominique Prieur were arrested and charged with arson and murder.
The original ship was a wreck and was sunk as a reef; its replacement was again attacked by the French in 1996, when it was on patrol in the Pacific as part of the continuing campaign against nuclear testing. The French testing programme had to be abandoned soon afterwards because of worldwide pressure.
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