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Jul 2021
9m 37s

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

Bbc World Service
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On 9 July 1985 the Greenpeace campaign ship was bombed by French secret agents in Auckland, New Zealand. One environmental campaigner was killed and the Rainbow Warrior was sunk. Claire Bowes heard from the ship's captain Pete Willcox who was on board when the attack took place.

This programme is a rebroadcast

(Photo: Captain Pete Willcox, courtesy of Greenpeace)

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