television. Given Libya's refusal to allow Carlos's plane to land during the OPEC hostage drama, Qathafi's expansive attitude was puzzling. Some years later, an accomplice of Carlos expressed the view that Qathafi had in fact commissioned the OPEC raid and paid Carlos $1 million a year as a reward. French intelligence later revealed that Qathafi also provided the funds for Carlos's stay in Algeria. On February 10, Carlos and Klein flew to Aden in South Yemen for a Popular Front meeting in a private jet supplied by Qathafi. The meeting was called by Wadi Haddad to review the effectiveness of the OPEC raid. The meeting lasted for two days during which, Carlos, Klein and Krocher-Tiedemann blamed each other for their failure to carry out the mission according to Haddad's instructions. Haddad took no part in the heated discussions but took copious notes during the proceedings. Towards the end of the meeting, Haddad repeatedly questioned Carlos regarding his failure to execute Yamani and Amouzegar as planned. When the meeting finished, Carlos and Klein were ordered to attend a Popular Front training camp in Aden while they waited for Haddad's verdict on their actions. After several days at the camp, Carlos was summoned by Haddad and informed that because he had failed to execute the Arab hostages as planned, he would no longer be welcome as a member of the Popular Front. In dismissing Carlos Haddad told him: - "Stars are very bad at following instructions. You have not followed my instructions. There is no room for stars in my operational teams. You can go." In deference to Carlos, Haddad kept the expulsion secret while his former protg decided his future. Years later, Carlos related the incident somewhat differently claiming he had left the Popular Front of his own free will. His dismissal remained a secret for several months during which time the press reported Carlos was the leader of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France fl...
