15 March 1998 “THIS IS TOO BIG a matter for you to handle,” the head of the communist-era Romanian foreign intelligence agency told journalists. “The Carlos affair is not for greenhorns.” Retired General Nicolae Plesita was summoned to testify in the investigation opened on 21 January into links between international terrorist Illich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, […]

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