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Carlos the Jackal

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (October 12, 1949- )
    Birth name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
    'Carlos' was his most common alias
    Nicknamed when French reporters found a copy of the book 'Day of the Jackal' in his apartment
    Sentenced to life imprisonment in France (1997)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was named after V.I. Lenin.
    He is a devoted Marxist.
    He was an active participant in the Palestinian terrorist group PFLP (1970-1975).
    He orchestrated several terrorist bombings and attempted assassinations in London, Paris, and Berlin.
    He led an attack on OPEC headquarters and took 60 hostages. He then forced all the hostages onto a bomb-rigged plane to fly to Algeria (1975).
    While flying to safety in Algeria, he gave out his autograph to the hostages and chatted with them as if nothing was wrong.
    He was expelled from the PFLP for allegedly embezzling funds.
    He formed his own terrorism-for-hire group (1979).
    He was defended in court by attorney Jacques Verges.
    He is engaged to his lawyer (an American-hating French woman of course).
    He writes ridiculously bad love poems to his lawyer/fiancée.
    He is unrepentant about any of his crimes.
    He wrote a book in jail that defended Islamic terrorism and praised Osama bin Laden.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He lived a playboy lifestyle.
    He released all of the hostages of the OPEC raid, much to the anger of the PFLP.
    He is reportedly fluent in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, English and French.
    Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum wrote books with him as a main character.

Credit: Call me Calvin


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 350 Votes: 60.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 96.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1179 Votes: 64.04% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 764 Votes: 67.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 247 Votes: 83.40% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 235 Votes: 93.19% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1208 Votes: 67.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 438 Votes: 60.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 210 Votes: 68.57% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 251 Votes: 79.28% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 162 Votes: 79.63% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 192 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 119 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 261 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 493 Votes: 77.89% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 350 Votes: 76.29% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 520 Votes: 69.62% Annoying