1.   When McTaggart returned to Mururoa the following year, French commandos boarded his boat and beat him up, severely injuring his right eye.

2.   Armed Australian commandos also boarded the Tampa to prevent it from docking at the remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island.

3.   Commandos boarded the Rainbow Warrior in a similar fashion during a July protest.

4.   French Navy commandos repeatedly boarded and seized Greenpeace protest ships, and the Elysee Palace seemed helpless in dealing with the inevitable public relations nightmare.

5.   French commandos boarded the Rainbow Warrior II on Sunday, tear-gassed the crew, and detained them for half a day before releasing them and the ship.

6.   French commandos boarded and seized both ships, along with the helicopters and several zodiac inflatables used to send activists to Mururoa, and have not released them.

7.   Hours after the Rainbow Warrior was boarded, more French navy commandos boarded the MV Greenpeace from helicopters.

8.   Hours after the Rainbow Warrior was boarded, Navy commandos boarded the MV Greenpeace from helicopters.

9.   This time, commandos boarded the vessel in international waters.

10.   Four commandos first boarded the aircraft and women and children soon emerged followed by the rest.