'''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]], he was known for high-profile bombings such as that 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''' (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]], he was known for high-profile bombings such as that 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]]. |