Carlos the Jackal, whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, gained his nickname after a journalist found a copy of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal (1971) in one of his London safe houses. Subsequently, the media dubbed him “Carlos the Jackal.” Before this, he was known by his nom de guerre, Carlos, which he had adopted during his time with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), where he received weapons training in Jordan.
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