In case anyone's interested in the novel
http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/frederick-forsyth-day-o f-the-jackal.pdf
The link has a couple of pages missing and some misspelled words, but is otherwise intact.
I had it on paperback once. Brilliant stuff, and in case anyone asks the film did it great justice, making legitimate adjustments that contributed to its tension and thrills.
07/08/06... 786... the sentinel of Allah has arrived.