Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
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Official name | Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior |
Year | 1985 |
Date | 07/10 |
Place | Port of Auckland, New Zealand |
Place | Pacific Ocean |
Perpetrator/s | French government |
Official summary
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior, at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.
France initially denied responsibility, but two French agents were captured by New Zealand Police and charged with arson, conspiracy to commit arson, willful damage, and murder. As the truth came out, the scandal resulted in the resignation of the French Defence Minister Charles Hernu.
The two agents pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to ten years in prison. They spent just over two years confined to the French island of Hao before being freed by the French government.
Several political figures, including then New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, have referred to the bombing as an act of terrorism or state-sponsored terrorism.
Fakeology Analysis
- Fakeologist: Audio Chat 20 - Kham Radio[ab 1]
- Cluesforum: Cluesforum - Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior[CF 1]
Other
Mainstream links
- The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior – impact on New Zealand's international relations.
- "French Connections" Transcript of the 1985 investigation by the Australian program Four Corners.
- Detail text and letter from NZ PM D. Lange regarding incident in 'Sailing The Dream' at Google Books
Narrative
Typology
Alleged victims
Fernando Pereira, photographer
Hoax management
Propaganda
Memorial
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Matauri Bay Rainbow Warrior memorial
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Rainbow Warrior Memorial
Film
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (Australia 1989)
- The Rainbow Warrior (New Zealand 1992)
- The Boat and the Bomb (United Kingdom and Netherlands 2005)
- L' Affaire du Rainbow Warrior (France 2006, concentrating on the experience of French journalists)
- Blowing Up Paradise 2006 BBC Documentary movie by Ben Lewis about French Atomic Testing in Pacific and associated murder of Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace activist by French Secret Service.
Other
See also
- 9/11
- Glossary
- Main List of psyOps
- Death of Celebrity Person
- Space fakery
- Nuke Hoax
- Plane crashes
- Various events
References
Fakeologist
Cluesforum
Other