Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ucbvax!usenet From: usenet@ucbvax.ARPA (USENET News Administration) Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Rainbow Warrior/Iran Hostage conspiracy theories ... Message-ID: <10559@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 08:05:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10559 Posted: Sun Oct 6 08:05:47 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 06:03:54 EDT Reply-To: tedrick@ucbernie.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 10 Keywords: paranoia incorporated Here is the latest conspiracy theory I heard: That the failure of the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran was the result of a plot to make Carter look bad, so as to help Reagan to get elected. Here is one I made up myself: That the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was part of a right-wing plot to make Mitterand look bad.