Carlos the Jackal goes on trial over French attacks

A DEFIANT and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, went on trial again yesterday — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

The 62-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, went before a special Paris court on terrorism-linked charges. He is already serving a life sentence handed down for a triple murder in 1975.

Ramirez is charged with instigating four attacks in 1982 and 1983 that killed 11 people and injured more than 140 others.