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...a sordid act of international state-backed terrorism.
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Source: M. King, Death of the Rainbow Warrior (1986), p. 202.
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Referring to the Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.

 

David Lange

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We understand the anger, the anguish and suffering which this act of international terrorism has created amongst people.
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We believed the unison of the voices of so many people standing together against international terrorism is something to be valued and something to be built upon.

 

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