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unusual facts about Ilich Ramírez Sánchez



Jamshid Amouzegar

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

Philippe Rondot

In 1994, he was active in the capture of terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") in Sudan, by tracking down Sánchez inside Sudan and making Sheikh Hassan al-Turabi and the Sudanese government admit that they were harboring him.

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.


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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.