Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (b. 1966, died June 7, 2006) is the Jordanian born Islamic insurgent head of al-Tawhid wal-Jihad which later became Al-Qaeda in Iraq. A notorious figure associated with Osama bin Laden known for high profile bombings such as the UN in Bagdad and Shiite Mosques. Also, bloody assassinations, beheadings of foreign hostages, and meyham that was intended to drive Iraq into civil war.
Afghanistan
Zarqawi rose to prominence as an "Afghan Arab" - leading foreign fighters in the "jihad" against Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s. [1] But after the defeat of the Soviets, Zarqawi went back to Jordan with a radical Islamic agenda. He spent seven years in prison in Jordan for conspiring to overthrow the monarchy and establish an Islamic caliphate. He fled Jordan after release.
Iraq
In February 2003, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations that Zarqawi, now branded a known terrorist, had sought refuge in Iraq. One means of justification that Saddam Hussein was courting al-Qaeda. By 2004, he had already claimed 25 attacks against US and Iraq forces. His attacks eventually occurred daily until his was killed by a precision U.S. airstike in 2006.
References
- ↑ Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi BBC, November 10, 2005
