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10 unusual facts about Carlos the Jackal


Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann

On 21 December 1975 she participated with the international terrorist "Carlos the Jackal" in a raid on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna.

István Horváth

On the other hand, he participated in the creation of CC-decisions concerning the opposition, and in his time was Carlos in Hungary, although Horváth opposed Carlos's visit in Hungary.

Jamshid Amouzegar

On 21 December 1975 he was taken hostage by the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal during an OPEC meeting.

Left-wing terrorism

The RAF was organized into small isolated cells, and had connections with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Carlos the Jackal.

Neville Atkinson

Probably one of the most notable moments in Atkinson's career was in December 1975, when he was given the task of flying Carlos the Jackal and a number of other terrorists.

Nik Wheeler

Nik Wheeler (1939- ) is a British-born photographer, known for taking what for years was the only known photograph of Carlos the Jackal.

OPEC

On 21 December 1975, Ahmed Zaki Yamani and the other oil ministers of the members of OPEC were taken hostage by a six-person team led by terrorist Carlos the Jackal (which included Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann and Hans-Joachim Klein), in Vienna, Austria, where the ministers were attending a meeting at the OPEC headquarters.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Stasi files opened after 1989 indicated that the bombing was carried out by a group under the direction of Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (AKA Carlos the Jackal), and paid for by Nicolae Ceaușescu, president of Romania.

Rocket-propelled grenade

One of the first instances when it was used by militants was on 13 January 1975 at the Orly airport in France, when Carlos the Jackal, together with another member from the PFLP, used two Soviet RPG-7 grenades to attack an Israeli El Al airliner.

Sudan–United States relations

In the early and mid-1990s, Carlos the Jackal, Osama bin Laden, Abu Nidal, and other terrorist leaders resided in Khartoum.


Joseph Sieff

On 30 December PFLP assassin Carlos the Jackal, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez called on Sieff's home on Queen's Grove in St John's Wood and ordered the maid to take him to Sieff.

Ristea Priboi

During this time, the department coordinated a 1981 bomb attack on the RFE headquarters, perpetrated by Carlos the Jackal, as well as attempts to assassinate RFE employees and the dissident writer Paul Goma.