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In article <gauvreau.760149141@unixg.ubc.ca> gauvreau@unixg.ubc.ca (Gwethalyn Gauvreau) writes:
  [a pile of stuff which we have seen on the news a few hundred times...]

   Well, digging through the BIG PILE of information I picked up from Share 
Our Resources (boy they have a great deal of interesting facts), I thought that
a little followup to the nice Greenpeace News Releases was in order..  Here is 
a few FACTS, which are not already plastered all over the news media, like 
the stuff Gwethalyn wrote...

   I have re-punched this in a computer readable form, for you all to read... 
There is probably the odd typo, I am not a awsome typist, but I do get by...


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     GREENPEACE'S FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT AND TERRORISM EXPOSED IN THE NEW

                 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCED BY DANISH TELEVISION


Nov. 15 (21st Century) -- Leaders of Greenpeace have shifted tens of millions
of dollars from contributors into private bank accounts, according to a shocking
film that premiered last night on national television in Denmark.  The one 
hour documentary, titled "The Man in the Rainbow." presents detailed evidence
that the leaders of Greenpeace International were involved in international
criminal activity -- including financial misconduct, sponsership of
international terrorism, and bribary of government officials.
   The show inspired on Denmark's TV-2 State television channel Sunday evening
during prime time, despite Greenpeace's effort to stop the showing.  The
documentary was produced by a team from TV-2 with the assistance of
internationally known Icelandic filmmaker, Magnus Gudmundson.  It is available
for television stations from TV-2 and will be distributed in English
internationally with the title "The Crack in the Rainbow."

			- Secret Bank Accounts -

   The most explosive revelations were provided by Frans Kotte, former chief
accountant of greenpeace in the Netherlands.  Based in Amsterdam, Kotte worked
closely with the accounting offices of Greenpeace International and was able to
track the movement of money raised by Greenpeace in several nations.

   Kotte exposed the existance of secret bank accounts with tens of millions
of dollars that had been skimmed from contributions to Greenpeace campaigns.
These accounts were for "shell" holding companies, accessable only to top
greenpeace leaders, including the former Greenpeace chairman David McTaggart
who in now the honorary president of Greenpeace International.  According
to the film, the money was skimmed from contributions to various Greenpeace
campaignes, including the Save the whales, Save the Rainforests, and Save the
Ozone Layer campaigns.

			- Terrorist Connections Exposed -

   The film exposes Greenpeace's connections to international terrorist
organizations, in particular, to Earth First!  According to documents pressented
during the film, Greenpeace channels vast amounts of money to Earth First!, a
group that specializes in "ecotage", or acts of sabotage on behalf of Mother
Earth.

    Earth First! acts of terrorism have taken place around the world--from the
Pacific Northwest of the United States to Malaysia--and have left a bloody trial
of injured, maimed and dismembered loggers, miners, and other workers.  In
addition Earth First! has destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth
of equipment.  One of Earth First!'s recent actions was an attempt to blow
up a nuclear power plant in Arizona.

   Interviewed in the documentary is Earth First! chief Mike Rosella, who
boasts of his group's relationship with Greenpeace.  Financial support from
Greenpeace enabled Earth First! to carry out acts of terrorism.

   Greenpeace was given a chance to refute these charges before the documentary
aired.  After much stalling, the new chairman of Greenpeace, Ms Uta Bellison,
agreed to an interview.  Bellison firmly denies any contact with Earth First!,
until, on camera, she is presented with documentation to the contrary. Bellison
then becomes very nervous and finally acknowledges that, indeed, under certain
circumstances Greenpeace and Earth First! work together.

   Also explored in the film is the life of Greenpeace's former chairman,
David McTaggart, who still controls secret Greenpeace accounts with tens of
millions of dollars in deposits.  The Danish investigative team discovered that
McTaggart was found guilty of smuggling expensive swiss watches into New 
Zealand, and spent several months there in jail, which is where, ironically,
McTaggart came in contact with Greenpeace.  McTaggart owned a ship and
Greenpeace needed a ship to demonstrate against a French Nuclear test in the
southern Pacific.  Greenpeace made a deal with McTaggart's lawyer.  They bailed
him out and he took them in his ship to the demonstration.

   During the trip, according to the documentary, McTaggart realized that he
could make a lot more money by taking over Greeppeace then by any other means.
From this point on, McTaggart quickly rose in prominance within Greenpeace,
eventually taking over the organization.  McTaggart's major coup is that he
managed to list Greenpeace International as his own private company, thus
removing the rest of the leaders of Greenpeace from decision-making control.

		- Bribing the International Whaling Commision -

   Also documented in the film is the role of greenpeace and other major
environmental groups, including the World Wildlife Fund, in bribing
government officials in the International Whaling Commision.  According to
the documentary, these groups had a $5 million dollar slush fund that they
used in the late 1970's and early 1980's to buy "enoguh votes to ensure that
the commission enacted a moratorium on commercial whaling".

   Interviewed in the documentary is Dr. Fancisco, who operated on behalf of
a secret special steering committee set up by these environmental groups in
London with a $5 million budget.

   Palacio said that his secret committee gathered regularly in London at the
headquarters of the World Wildlife Fund to organize and plan joint actions.
Participant at these secret meetings decided whom to contact, whom to bribe,
and so on.  Palacio was given full authority to use the money, as long as he
obtained results.  According to Palacio, government officials were invited on
luxurious trips abroad with all expenses paid and pocket money, including
first class travel and luxury hotels to destinations of their choice.  Family
and Friends were included in the paid Vacations.

   While the officials were traveling, according to Palacio, friends of David
McTaggart gave themselves the mandate to sit in for the representatives of 
those nations taking advantage of the all-expenses-paid trips.  As a result,
representatives of Greenpeace were able to vote at the whaling Commission
meetings on behalf of several nations.  These Greenpeace activists were not
citizens of those nations they represented, and in some cases the governments
of these nations did not have any idea that they were represented at the
whaling Commission.

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Additional information to be posted at a later date .

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     So the next time to hear about the Sea Shepherd, or someone get's killed
by Earth First!, or someone tries to blow up a Power DAM, blow up a Nuclear 
power plant near you, or tries to burn you to death on a bridge soaked in 
flammable fluids, remember what your tax decuctable contributions to Greenpeace
are supporting!

   There has been a bit on this in the Province, a newspaper we have in B.C.!
But there is a good chance you will never hear about it through the Media
sources located around you..

Cheers.....

						---- Robb ---

P.S. - If you want more information, please contact your local Share Our
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