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lunarchick - 01:49am Mar 24, 2001 EST (#1423 of 1426)
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After repairing his boat, McTaggart returned to the atoll a year later only to be captured and beaten up by French military officers, an assault that permanently damaged his right eye.

McTaggart was also at the helm of Greenpeace in 1985 when French agents blew up the group's Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland harbour, killing a photographer.

The attack backfired for the French, drawing widespread condemnation and boosting Greenpeace's popularity and presence.

McTaggart stepped down in September 1991, but remained active in the organisation for years afterward.

He was expelled from France in 1995 for trying to disrupt nuclear tests again, and a year later was one of a group of Greenpeace veterans who launched a scathing attack on the group's new leaders, saying Greenpeace had lost its way and needed to rediscover its radical agenda.

Renowned for his short temper, McTaggart was a private man who seldom gave interviews.

He shied away from the publicity that Greenpeace, under his leadership, courted so brilliantly at environmental flash points around the world.

After repairing his boat, McTaggart returned to the atoll a year later only to be captured and beaten up by French military officers, an assault that permanently damaged his right eye.

McTaggart was also at the helm of Greenpeace in 1985 when French agents blew up the group's Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland harbour, killing a photographer.

The attack backfired for the French, drawing widespread condemnation and boosting Greenpeace's popularity and presence.

McTaggart stepped down in September 1991, but remained active in the organisation for years afterward.

He was expelled from France in 1995 for trying to disrupt nuclear tests again, and a year later was one of a group of Greenpeace veterans who launched a scathing attack on the group's new leaders, saying Greenpeace had lost its way and needed to rediscover its radical agenda.

Renowned for his short temper, McTaggart was a private man who seldom gave interviews.

He shied away from the publicity that Greenpeace, under his leadership, courted so brilliantly at environmental flash points around the world.

lunarchick - 06:57am Mar 24, 2001 EST (#1424 of 1426)
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