French nuke tests cloud victims' health 50 years on
Auguste Ribet
"Right after the explosion  they told us 'Go and see what happened' " wheezes 74 -year-old throat cancer sufferer Auguste Ribet  unfurling a sheaf of paperwork documenting his long struggle for justice.
 Ribet has been diagnosed with several simultaneous cancers over the past ten years. He wants the French state to recognise that he and several of his deceased comrades are victims of the tests carried out in Algeria.
 Ribet  like most of the other veterans  has yet to go to court.
 He still holds out hope that a law passed last month lessening the burden of proof on veterans  by establishing a presumption of a causal link between the bombs and cancer  may see veterans at last win recognition as victims.
"Right after the explosion  they told us 'Go and see what happened' " wheezes [TGT]unfurling a sheaf of paperwork documenting [TGT] long struggle for justice.
 [TGT] has been diagnosed with several simultaneous cancers over the past ten years. [TGT] wants the French state to recognise that [TGT] and several of [TGT] deceased comrades are victims of the tests carried out in Algeria.
 Ribet  like most of the other veterans  has yet to go to court.
 He still holds out hope that a law passed last month lessening the burden of proof on veterans  by establishing a presumption of a causal link between the bombs and cancer  may see veterans at last win recognition as victims.