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He spent seven years in prison in Jordan for conspiring to overthrow the monarchy and establish an Islamic caliphate.

He spent seven years in prison in Jordan for conspiring to overthrow the monarchy and establish an Islamic caliphate.

In 2002, Zarqawi murdered American diplomat Lawrence Foley, an executive officer of USAid, the American development agency in Amman for which he was sentenced to death ''in absentia''.

Jordan had asked Iraq to extradite al-Zarqawi following the murder of the U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley, executive officer of USAid, but [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime ignored the request. Zarqawi was in Iraq at the end of 2002 and that he was given shelter by the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam which operated from northern Iraq. <ref>http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/articles/2006/march/karmon/1.pdf</ref>

==al-Qaeda in Iraq==

==al-Qaeda in Iraq==