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New lawyer to defend Carlos the Jackal

His former defence team withdrew from the case because the court refused to order a new investigation into his alleged shooting in 1975 of two French intelligence agents and their Lebanese informer.

The defence contended the victims were actually killed in a plot by the Israeli secret service, Mossad, and the CIA.

Olivier Maudret, Carlos' new lawyer, asked for a one-week adjournment to study his client's case. This is now being considered.

When his defence team pulled out of the case, Carlos - whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez - had decided to take over his own defence.

Carlos is said to have masterminded a series of bombings, kidnappings and hijackings in the 1970s in support of the Palestinian cause.

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