Carlos

I spoke to one of the top lieutenants of Wadi` Haddad this summer.  He told me about the perception of Carolos ("the jackal"): that he was such a braggart and that he was never senior in the organization and Haddad as is known expelled him after the Vienna operation.  Carlos, unlike the rest, loved the limelight and media and wanted to promote himself.  But all those who knew him spoke of his incredible physical (and language) abilities especially in the early years in Jordan.  He attracted the attention of commanders from his first training.  I never knew him but I never liked him.   An old Middle East intelligence hand showed me the chair where Carlos sat and negotiated with Saudi intelligence for an operation-for-hire.