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| − | '''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]].
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| − | ==Afghanistan==
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| − | Zarqawi rose to prominence as an "Afghan Arab" - 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.
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| − | ==Iraq==
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| − | 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 to support the claim that Saddam Hussein was courting al-Qaeda. By 2004, Zarqawi had already claimed 25 attacks against US and Iraq forces. His attacks eventually occurred daily until he was killed by a precision U.S. airstike in 2006.
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| − | [[Category:Islam]]
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| − | [[Category:Terrorism]]
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