bob glascoff has his story in today's edition of headliners.
 in december of 1997, the international terrorist known as carlos the jackal goes on trial in paris for murder .
the jackal gained international notoriety during the cold war for staging a string of deadly bombings, assassinations and hostage seizures. he was linked to the assassination of israeli athletes during the 1972 munich olympics, the 1975 seizure of opec ministers in vienna and the 1976 hijacking of an air france jet to uganda.
ilich ramirez sanchez was captured in sudan by french agents in 1994. he was taken to paris to stand trial for the 1975 murder of two investigators and a lebanese national .