Ten to midnight, last night (NZST), marked the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior as it was moored at the Marsden Wharf here in Auckland. The attack was carried out by French Government DGSE agents with the authority of the then president, François Mitterrand, and resulted in the murder of Portuguese photographer Fernando Pereira.

It is interesting to note that this arrogant act of international terrorism went with barely a murmur of condemnation from the leaders of the nations that now call themselves the coalition in the war against terrorism.

More information from Greenpeace New Zealand.