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"Weapons of Moroland" is a plaque or crest containing miniature models of weapons used by warriors from the indigenous peoples of Mindanao in the Philippines. As a souvenir, it is fairly common in gift shops, and is considered a pop culture icon. [ 1 ]
Fernando Pereira (10 May 1950 – 10 July 1985) was a Portuguese-Dutch freelance photographer, who drowned when French intelligence detonated a bomb and sank the Rainbow Warrior, owned by the environmental organisation Greenpeace on 10 July 1985. The bombing of the boat had been designed to make the ship unsalvageable.
Yo-Yo [c] - In the Philippines around 1500, the Yo-Yo was a weapon. It consisted of a four pound stone attached to a rope about 20 feet long. Tribesmen used it in two ways. When hunting, they stood off to one side, held one end of the rope and threw the rock towards the legs of an animal.
Rainbow Warrior, former fishing trawler Sir William Hardy, acquired by Greenpeace in 1978 and sunk by the French intelligence service in 1985 Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior , in 1985 Rainbow Warrior (1957) , auxiliary three-masted schooner, acquired by Greenpeace in 1989
The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, [1] was an act of French state terrorism. [2] Described as a "covert operation" by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence agency , the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), the terrorist attack was carried out on 10 July 1985.
On October 31, 2005, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior ran aground on Tubbataha Reef accidentally damaging approximately 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft) of reef for which they paid a fine of about $7,000. [23] Greenpeace blamed the accident on inaccurate charts provided by the Philippine government. [24]
It was also a return to normalcy for the No. 1-ranked Rainbow Warriors, who were swept by No. 2 Long Beach State 25-22, 25-20, 30-28 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. ... Top-ranked Hawaii ...
Peter Willcox (born March 6, 1953) is an American sea captain best known for his activism with the environmental organization Greenpeace. [1] He was on board as captain of the Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed and sunk by the DGSE (French intelligence service) in New Zealand in 1985.