George Metesky: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	the Mad Bomber
Born	November 2, 1903 • Connecticut
Died	May 23, 1994 (aged 90) • Waterbury • Connecticut

Eric Robert Rudolph, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and a black protective vest, is escorted in handcuffs and leg irons by law enforcement officers, including FBI and ATF agents.

Eric Rudolph

American terrorist

Terry Nichols, wearing a bulletproof vest and handcuffs, is escorted by a uniformed officer as he leaves the Courthouse.

Terry Nichols

American militant

Timothy McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh

American terrorist

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

Saudi Arabian militant and al-Qaeda leader

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Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Kuwaiti-born militant

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Doku Umarov

Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Egyptian militant

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Anwar al-Awlaki

American preacher and terrorist

The Unabomber

Ted Kaczynski

American criminal

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Velupillai Prabhakaran

Sri Lankan revolutionary

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Jordanian-born terrorist

Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7, 2023, attack

Yahya Sinwar

Palestinian politician

Muammar al-Qaddafi

Muammar al-Qaddafi

de facto leader of Libya

Black and white portrait of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, wearing large dark glasses, a collared shirt, and a leather jacket.

Carlos the Jackal

Venezuelan militant

Joseph Kony

Joseph Kony

Ugandan rebel

“Apo”

Abdullah Öcalan

Kurdish militant leader

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Abimael Guzmán

Peruvian revolutionary

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Islamist militant

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi

Libyan national

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Richard Reid

British Islamist militant