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Zarqawi first arrived in Afghanistan in 1989, after the Soviet withdrawal of forces. He worked as a correspondent for a radical Islamist journal.  He anticipated taking part in the victorious fall of Kabul and erection of the first Sunni-Islamic state in modern times, however jihadists immediately began fighting among themselves. Kabul was not fall for another three years.

Zarqawi first arrived in Afghanistan in 1989, after the Soviet withdrawal of forces. He worked as a correspondent for a radical Islamist journal.  He anticipated taking part in the victorious fall of Kabul and erection of the first Sunni-Islamic state in modern times, however jihadists immediately began fighting among themselves. Kabul was not fall for another three years.

Meantime Zarqawi took residence in Pakistan and befriended many Jordanian jihadists, and began organizing to overthrow the [[Heshemite dynasty]] of Jordan.<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=27304#.VANcMfBX-uY</ref>

Meantime Zarqawi took residence in Pakistan and befriended many Jordanian jihadists, and began organizing to overthrow the [[Heshemite dynasty]] of Jordan.<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=27304#.VANcMfBX-uY]</ref>

==Return to the Middle East==

==Return to the Middle East==