| − | '''Abu Musab al-Zarqawi''' (Arabic: أبو مصعب الزرقاوي; b. 1966, d. June 7, 2006) was 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]], he was known for high-profile bombings such as those of the UN office in [[Bagdad]] and [[Shiite]] Mosques and for bloody assassinations, beheadings of foreign hostages, and mayhem that was intended to drive [[Iraq]] into [[civil war]]. | + | '''Abu Musab al-Zarqawi''' (Arabic: أبو مصعب الزرقاوي; b. 1966, d. June 7, 2006) was the Jordanian-born Islamic insurgent head of al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Group of Monotheism and Jihad,) which later became [[al-Qaeda]] in Iraq. A notorious figure associated with [[Osama bin Laden]], he was known for high-profile bombings such as those of the UN office in [[Bagdad]] and [[Shiite]] Mosques and for bloody assassinations, beheadings of foreign hostages, and mayhem that was intended to drive [[Iraq]] into [[civil war]]. |