We are determined to do everything we can to stop this relentless march to war. Not only would it make the world a more volatile and dangerous place, it'd also be illegal, disastrous and immoral.

As we arrived along side the cargo ship Progress that loaded war supplies through the night to be ready for departure this morning, the sun was just peaking over the horizon, a bright ball of red flame to light our way and warm our activists.

The Rainbow Warrior was joined by three Greeenpeace inflatable boats that can from further up the harbour,

they immediately tried to get activists in to position to climb up the stern of the Progress, but the police inflatables were on top of them blocking their way.

We also launched two inflatable canoes into the water from the Rainbow Warrior. What I can only describe as chaos ensued. Our inflatables continued to try to get climbers onto the cargo ship while the canoes distracted the police. Eventually one of the climbers got close enough to the stern of the ship and began to climb, only seconds passed before the police picked up the climber and arrested him.

The Dutch police and U.S. military personel on the cargo ship and key side turned high powered water cannon on the activists. Not long after that the police picked up one of the canoes and arrested the two Brits who were paddling. The other canoe returned to the ship, there was a swift tidal current and it is bloody cold out there with the wind. The police then began to round up our other activists and inflatables in the water.