This Day in History: 1985-07-10

Rainbow Warrior bombed on this day in 1985 in Auckland harbor, New Zealand, killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira. The operation was personally approved by French President Francois Mitterand. Two French agents with the DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure) were caught and convicted of arson and murder, sentenced to ten years in prison. Eleven others were not charged, including the leading agent in the bombing, Louis-Pierre Dillais.  Last spotted, Dillais was an executive in the U.S. subsidiary of Belgian arms manufacturer FN Herstal and living in McLean, Virginia.  More information is available from  Democracy Now.