Book · 1999 · Terrorism
Jackal
The Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal
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I'm going to quote next from the biography Jackal. In 1962, just as she had lost the battle over her children's first names, so Elba failed to stop her husband from sending Illich to the sprawling Ferman Toro Lysi in Caracus.
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Robert Evans I'm going to quote next from the biography Jackal. In 1962, just as she had lost the battle over her childr… 5
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“In the biography Jackal, author John Foan writes, "The family hero was Elba's grandfather, a doctor who transformed a 60 strong band of followers into an army big enough to help overthrow the government of Caracus in 1899, only to lose power a few years later."”
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“I'm going to quote next from the biography Jackal. In 1962, just as she had lost the battle over her children's first names, so Elba failed to stop her husband from sending Illich to the sprawling Ferman Toro Lysi in Caracus”
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“So, continuing my reading from Jackal. Quote, "One night, the patrol entered Illich's room and saw empty bottles of alcohol and glasses on the table, but he was apparently alone. The squad opened the cupboard door and a girl who was completely drunk fell out."”
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“Um, and in some cases when he trusted the women, he was very open about what he was doing as this passage from the book Jackal makes clear. Nidia was the girlfriend to whom Carlos felt closest and he turned to her for help as he slowly built up a stock of arms for operations in Europe.”
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“So, uh, yeah, I'm going to read a quote from the book Jackal talking about how this attack went. Um, because it's it's a fun it's a fun story. Oh, good. The LL plane was 130 meters away when Weinrich, who was his partner on this,”
