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...last June when he made a dramatic escape from French counter-intelligence agents in Paris. On the alert for terrorists who use Paris as the center of their European operations, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) had been alerted by Lebanese authorities that a terrorist courier, Michel Moukarbel, was on his way from Beirut with money and instructions for an agent in Paris. Moukarbel was arrested in France and led three DST agents to Carlos' apartment on the Rue Toullier, near the Sorbonne. Confronted with the informer, Carlos pulled out a 7.65-mm. pistol and fired five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Man Known as 'Carlos' | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

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