Defiant Carlos the Jackal, calling himself ‘professional revolutionary’, on trial in France

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Source: WaPo

PARIS — A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, went on trial again on Monday — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

The 62-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, went before a special Paris court on terrorism-linked charges. He is already serving a life sentence handed down for a triple murder in 1975.

Ramirez was one of the most feared masterminds of terror during the Cold War. He is charged with instigating four attacks in 1982 and 1983 that killed 11 people and injured more than 140 others.

He has denied any role in the attacks. A panel of anonymous magistrates will rule after the six-week trial.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/carlos-the-jackal-once-feared-as-terror-mastermind-on-trial-in-4-attacks-in-france/2011/11/07/gIQAqnPGuM_story.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Exactly what he did and didn't do

are in some respects lost in the mists of time. To a certain extent it was the media who gave him such notoriety.

Even his name, "The Jackal" was an invention by the Guardian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_the_Jackal

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4. The government security apparatus always needs its "Emmanuel the Goldsteins"

Whether they are real or not.

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2. I'd have missed this one in "Alive or Dead"

thought he was long gone.

[justabob]

7. me too

It's funny though, I just reread the Bourne Trilogy again. I did a double take seeing a "Carlos the Jackal" headline in LBN. :D

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3. Carlos is lucky France no longer deals

with professional revolutionaries the way they used to.

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5. They save that treatment for Libyans. nt.

[yellowcanine]

6. They only use them for cigars now. Check out the price.

French Revolution Cigar Cutter
Our Price $495.00

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