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It aimed to sink the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior, while she was docked in the port of Auckland, New Zealand, to prevent her from interfering in a nuclear test in Moruroa.Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.Following questioning, they were subsequently charged with arson, conspiracy to commit arson, willful damage, and murder.The Rainbow Warrior had not previously visited New Zealand, but David Lange's New Zealand Labour Party government opposed nuclear weapons development and had banned nuclear armed or powered ships from New Zealand ports.As a consequence the United States was in the process of withdrawing from its ANZUS treaty obligations of mutual defense.Sinking of the ship
Agents had boarded and carefully examined the ship while she was open to public viewing.Two limpet mines attached to the hull of the ship detonated 10 minutes apart, at around 11:45 p.Some people below decks did not evacuate the ship but returned below decks to salvage belongings and make a film record of events.Scandal
Operation Satanic was a public relations disaster.Such an action would have been crippling to the New Zealand economy which at that time was heavily dependent on agricultural exports to Britain.However, the two spies had both returned to France by May 1988, after less than two years on the atoll.He continued to serve in the French army and was promoted to colonel in 1993.As this was in violation of the agreement France signed, the French were consequently required to pay further reparations to New Zealand.Australian Police on Norfolk Island, but were to be released as Australian law did not allow them to be held until the results of forensic tests came back.When The Times and Le Monde claimed that President Mitterrand had approved the bombing plan, Defence Minister Charles Hernu resigned, and the head of the DGSE, Admiral Pierre Lacoste, was fired.Days later, Prime Minister Laurent Fabius admitted that the bombing had been a French plot.Aftermath
In the wake of the bombing, a flotilla of privately owned New Zealand yachts sailed to Muroroa to protest against the French test.French nuclear tests in the Pacific were halted, although a further series of tests was conducted in 1995.The Rainbow Warrior was refloated for forensic examination.She was deemed irreparable and scuttled in Matauri Bay, near the Cavalli Islands, on 2 December 1987, to serve as a dive wreck and fish sanctuary.An indirect consequence was to help transform New Zealand's "nuclear free" policy from an unpopular minority position to something of a national icon that even intense American pressure was unable to alter.The ANZUS treaty was condemned by association, and public opinion polls showed a change to oppose rejoining an alliance with the United States of America.This event strengthened New Zealand's resolution to oppose in any form the military application of nuclear technology.The failure of its Western allies, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, to condemn what could be considered an act of war on New Zealand by France caused a great deal of change in foreign and defence policy.Also on that anniversary, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) sought to access a video record made at the preliminary hearing where the two agents pleaded guilty.The footage had remained sealed on the court record since shortly after the conclusion of the criminal proceedings.New Zealand Court of Appeal and, subsequently, the Supreme Court of New Zealand.New Zealand author David Robie who was on board the bombed ship, was published in July 2005.He was interviewed by TVNZ on 8 August 2006 about the Court of Appeal judgement.Also, in 2005 following release of UK government papers, it was confirmed that the French government tried to use French media to imply that the UK's MI6 was involved in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.New Zealand government announced that there would be no extradition requests since they regarded the case as closed.Greenpeace are still pursuing the extradition of Dillais for his involvement in the act.Beef, a French spying comedy, was produced with a storyline strongly based on the events, but with a lighter tone.In the 1997 movie Grosse Pointe Blank, John Cusack's character, a hitman, declines to respond to a contract offer from the French Government to blow up a Greenpeace ship, on moral grounds.In 1992 Sam Neill and Jon Voigt starred in the film Rainbow Warrior with Neill playing chief inspector of police in Auckland and Voigt as Greenpeace group leader Peter Wilcox.The 1989 song Little Fighter by rock band White Lion is about the incident.Mitterrand ordered bombing of Rainbow Warrior, spy chief says."Presidential hopeful's brother linked to Rainbow Warrior bomb".NZ rules out new Rainbow Warrior probe.Bibliography
Michael King, Death of the Rainbow Warrior (Penguin Books, 1986).David Robie, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior (Philadelphia: New Society Press, 1987).The Sunday Times Insight Team, Rainbow Warrior: The French Attempt to Sink Greenpeace (London: Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1986).Movies:
Greenpeace Documentary on the Bombing and coverup.The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy 1989 Australian television movie.The Rainbow Warrior 1992 New Zealand feature film.L' Affaire du Rainbow Warrior 2006 French television movie, (concentrating on the experience of French journalists).This page was last modified on 16 May 2008, at 16:53.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."SV RAINBOW WARRIOR in full sail between Majuro and Ebeye in the
Marshall Islands."Origin The Rainbow Warrior is perhaps the most famous Greenpeace ship.The
current Rainbow Warrior was launched on 10 July 1989.The original
vessel was sunk in 1985 by agents of the French government in an
attempt to foil protests of their nuclear weapons testing in the
Pacific.Nuclear testing
ended at Moruroa in 1996.More information about the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior.The ship's
name was inspired by a North American Indian prophecy which foretells a
time when human greed will make the Earth sick, and a mythical band of
warriors will descend from a rainbow to save it.Actions
The Rainbow Warrior's decks have been graced by celebrities, religious leaders, royalty and rock bands.Engines: 2 Diesel type Deutz M.Personal Account Click here to listen to the BBC radio programme, The Reunion, which brought together Greenpeace activists and crew involved in the early campaigns of Greenpeace and the Rainbow Warrior.It's 6 am on 10 July 1995, the 10th anniversary of the first Rainbow Warrior bombing.After
entering the 12 mile exclusion zone around Moruroa atoll, commandos
storm the Rainbow Warrior and begin breaking windows and throwing tear
gas canisters onto the bridge.As the skipper stops the engines
and the crew head for the lower deck, the Rainbow Warrior is rammed by
a French tug ripping a hole in her hull, fortunately above water level.I'm
in the radio room when commandos take an axe to the door and throw
another canister of tear gas through the split.We
are all forced from the Rainbow Warrior and interrogated before being
returned to the ship and escorted back into international waters.Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact
the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.Click the Back button to try another link.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.This video has no Responses.Be the first to Post a Video Response."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing this video!Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Now though the time has come to raise our insignia high and call out to all our brethren.The time has come, the stars have aligned yet again.The new sun will rise over the field of our victory.The story and legend from the Native Americans ...We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.In accordance with Title 17 U.Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW (Doc.The Boat and the Bomb : 20th Anniversary of the Bombing of the Rainbow...Nothing is ever true, so the saying goes, until it has been officially denied.The French Government terrorist bombing of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is a classic case.Despite mounting evidence to the contrary gathered within days of the attack France continued to deny responsibility for over two months.Here we trace the events that led to the eventual reluctant admission of guilt and the disappearance of those responsible.Embed video
Download is starting.How to get videos onto the iPod or PSP.The French Government terrorist bombing of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is a classic case.French Secret Service agents killed Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira in the attack, in an operation that would have made the bungling Inspector Clousseau look slick.We seem to be experiencing network problems.About all we can do is compare the versions, and try to
get the basic "feel" of the prophecy.This prophecy is the one that has become famous as it fortells
the birth of the "Rainbow Warriors", who will save the earth from
environmental destruction.Many people feel that we are these
Rainbow Warriors.The Rainbow Warrior
A short story about what it means to be a "Rainbow
Warrior".This
version she says was told to her as a young girl by here Grandmother.Black Elk's Vision
This is a summarization of Black Elk's vision as retold in the
book "Black Elk Speaks".This talks alot about "Rainbows".Rainbow Tribe of many colors.This
is the version with that talks about the emergence of the Rainbow
Family.This is the Eight Sign: You will see many youth,
who wear their hair long like my people, come and join the tribal
nations, to learn their ways and wisdom...."Thomas Banacyca Translation
This is the version by Thomas Banacyca, one of the few hopi
allowed to translate the Hopi Prophecies to English.Most other folks
version are based on talks with him, so this is the original source.Address By Thomas Banyacya
This is the text of a speech by Thomas Banyacya to the United
Nations.This
is an interesting version as it has parts of more modern history
interwoven with the Hopi prophecy about the 4 brothers.The Tibetan Budhists also have a
similar prophecy, which was discussed when the Dalai Lama met with the
Hopi Elders a few years ago.Hopi Sinom
Historians, politicians and large numbers of corporate
shareholders would have us believe that America's Indian Wars are
over.The truth is, many of America's indigeneous people continue to
this day to assert their inalienable, aboriginal rights.These are links to other sites that have other Native American Stories
that aren't prophecies.Quotes
plot summaryplot synopsisplot keywordsAmazon.Plot:
This film tells the true story of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior (commanded by Jon Voight)...Cast overview, first billed only) Jon Voight ...Jon
Voight's
character a bit annoying (perhaps I am being a bit harsh...It is a film that will open your eyes, and you may not like what
you see.Was the above comment useful to you?The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior....You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.IMDb is powered by Perl and we are hiring!Near
Motutapere Island, three hours by boat North of Auckland, lies a dive site both
exhilarating and tragic.Resting on the sand at 25 metres is the rusting hulk of
Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.On the
night of 10th July 1985 Rainbow
Warrior had already been in Auckland Harbour for three days, preparing for a
protest voyage to the French nuclear test site at Moruroa Atoll.South Pacific was
a regular occurrence despite international condemnation against what were widely
regarded as unnecessary and unsafe testing procedures.On board the
45 metre long Rainbow Warrior that
fateful July evening were members of the crew and local Greenpeace.By 2330 hrs
Pete Wilcox and Lloyd Anderson had also retired.Davey Edwards immediately raced to the engine room from where the sound
of the detonation had emanated.The first explosive had been well below the
waterline and was designed to make sure she sank.As confusion
took over and people ran from the stricken ship, searching faces to ensure
nobody was left aboard, Fernando made his way down the perilous stairs to his
cabin with the aim of retrieving his cameras.When it exploded it shattered the
stern, bending the propeller shaft and mangling the propeller itself.The final
effect of the second blast was that the aft ballast tank was destroyed.This
tank was filled with water, and more importantly, formed the deck that Fernando
Pereira was standing on.Rainbow Warrior died with him, sinking in less than two minutes
after the second blast.The bombing was obviously deliberate using carefully placed limpet mines.There
was also very little doubt as to who was involved in this cowardly act of
terrorism.Paris flatly denied any involvement, as did the French embassy in New
Zealand.Further French
teams were identified but managed to escape as the Police closed in, sailing
towards Norfolk Island where they were retrieved by the French submarine Rubis.This statement, combined with
President Mitterrand blustering and threatening arrest for any further
protestors near Moruroa, increased the antagonism felt towards the French by New
Zealanders and other onlooking nations.French Defence Minister Charles Hernu, and
sacking of Admiral Pierre Lacoste, head of the French Intelligence and Covert
Operations Bureau.By pleading guilty they prevented
under New Zealand law the Police findings from being made public.They both were
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar during June 1986.Rainbow Warrior was raised and patched, although not operational any
more thanks to the second murderous blast.Towed North she was sunk as an
artificial reef on 14th December 1987 in a sheltered position near
Motutapere Island.Now she is festooned with encrusting sea life and the home to
hundreds of fish, a beautiful site for visiting divers, and a reminder of what
an unpolluted sea is capable of displaying to those willing to look.
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