History Declassified

The Rainbow Warrior Bombing – When Allies Turned Enemies

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In 1985, French intelligence agents bombed Greenpeace’s flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, while it was docked in New Zealand — killing a crew member and sparking an international scandal. The mission, codenamed Opération Satanique, was designed to silence anti-nuclear protests in the Pacific. Instead, it exposed a covert act of state sabotage by a Western ally.

This episode unpacks the planning, the cover-up, and the global fallout that followed — revealing how far governments will go to protect their interests, even at the cost of diplomacy, truth, and human life.

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