"The man who hijacked the world"
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
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Social & External
The people behind it
Edgar Ramírez
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')
Alexander Scheer
Johannes Weinrich
Nora Waldstätten
Magdalena Kopp
Talal Jurdi
Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')
Christoph Bach
Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')
Julia Hummer
Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')
Ahmad Kaabour
Wadie Haddad
Fadi Abi Samra
Michel Moukharbel
Rodney El Haddad
Anis Naccache ('Khalid')
Antoine Balabane
Général al-Khouly
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