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From: paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
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Subject: Re: Il accuse...
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 18:51:09 EST
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	I think the problem here is to to with national outlooks on 'justice'
the French justice system works differently from most 'British' ones, one is
assumed guilty untill proven innocent (not quite true but close enough).

The Rainbow Warrior had not tresspassed into French waters even though
they intended to. (Of course the above paragraph applies to what happens
after a crime has been committed ....). A few years back another GreenPeace
ship (the 'Free' not the 'Rainbow Warrior') did enter French territory to
stop an atmospheric test, they were arrested, transported to Tahiti where
they staged a hunger strike, and were then force fed.... At the same time
a New Zealand frigate was standing off the atomic test site in international
waters but downwind in the fallout zone, also to try and stop the test.
Needless to say this was the last time the French did any atmospheric
testing, prior to this each test was followed by a measurable rise in the
level of radiation in milk measured in NZ .... NZ took France to the world
court to stop the testing and won, but the French ignored it (... much like
Nicuragua and the US at the moment).


		Paul Campbell
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