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There are few men in history that have single handedly struck terror into the hearts of thousands. In America, we recognize names such as Ted Kazinzky and Timothy McVeigh with a cringe, as thoughts about these men also bring memories of the pain and destruction they brought to the United States. Also in these ranks you could add Osama bin Laden and the Taliban, for the terror they brought on September 11th. These are terrorists of contemporary times, however, and they all pale in comparison to the evil of one man, whose countless acts of violence over a span of two decades held an entire planet in thrall.
The story of Carlos the Jackal begins not with Carlos, but with Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Carlos was born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez on October 12th, 1949. His father, Jose, was a very Marxist businessman, who ironically began his life after his teenage years as a man of the cloth. After three years of study in a seminary, he left, proclaiming himself an atheist and becoming a devout......

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