QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100940002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 6, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Questions
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Answers
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Often an event captures head-
lines, then fades from view with
important questions unanswered
questions that defy news re-
porting, at least for a while. This
column periodically offers a selec-
~tion of such questions.
WANTED MAN, Where is the ter-
rorist known as Carlos the Jackal?
Two years have gone by since Car-
~os was positively identified as being
involved in an operation. On Jan. 6,
1984, the French Interior Ministry
said that handwriting specialists had
Identified Carlos, a Venezuelan
whose real name is Illich Ramirez
$gnchez, as the writer of a note claim-
ing responsibility for two fatal New
Year's Eve bombings in the south of
France. Since then his whereabouts
have been a mystery.
Getting the facts on Carlos is corn-
;plicated by the range of his potential
hideouts. He is known to have taken
sanctuary in Libya and has main-
tained ties to Syria and Iraq. He is
'o believed to have maintainer o -
nections to Soviet and East EuroDean
.intelli ence organizations, according
to an American intelligence o ic+ .
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