Carlos the Jackal: The World’s First Super-Terrorist
2026-09-29
In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joby Warrick tells Thomas all about his latest book The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist.
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Joby explains:
Carlos the Jackal: From Venezuelan Marxist to Global Terror Icon
Wadi Haddad, the KGB and the Birth of International Terrorism
Dawson’s Field and the Rise of Made-for-TV Terror
How the Media Created the Myth of “Carlos the Jackal”
OPEC 1975: Gaddafi, Ransom Millions and Carlos’s Biggest Coup
Carlos Inc: How Dictators Turned Terrorism Into a Hired Service
From Carlos to Bin Laden: The Shift From Marxism to Jihadism
Joby Warrick Meets Carlos: Unrepentant After 30 Years in Prison
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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.