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New page: '''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 asso...
'''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 "Afghan Arabs" - leading foreign fighters in the "[[jihad]]" against [[Soviet]] forces in [[Afghanistan]] in the 1980s. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3483089.stm Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi] BBC, November 10, 2005</ref> 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==
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[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Terrorism]]
==Afghanistan==
Zarqawi rose to prominence as "Afghan Arabs" - leading foreign fighters in the "[[jihad]]" against [[Soviet]] forces in [[Afghanistan]] in the 1980s. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3483089.stm Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi] BBC, November 10, 2005</ref> 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==
<references/>
[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Terrorism]]