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Carlos the Jackal loses appeal in French bombings

Judges upheld Venezuelan-born terrorist's life sentence for four bombings in France three decades ago that killed 11 people and wounded 140.

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The man known as Carlos the Jackal lost an appeal on Wednesday of his conviction in four bombings in France three decades ago that killed 11 people and wounded some 140. A panel of judges in a special anti-terrorism court upheld his life sentence, reprts the Chicago Sun-Times.

The flamboyant Venezuelan-born terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also is serving a second life sentence for a triple murder in Paris in 1975.

The decision followed hours of deliberation, and Ramirez, true to form, made a several-hours-long final plea. The trial began May 13.

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