Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | |
|---|---|
أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ | |
 al-Zarqawi in May 2004 | |
| 1st Emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| In office October 17, 2004 – June 7, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| 1st Emir of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad | |
| In office 1999 – October 17, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Merger with al-Qaeda |
| 1st Emir of the Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq) | |
| In office January 15, 2006 – June 7, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ October 30, 1966 Zarqa, Jordan |
| Died | June 7, 2006 (aged 39) Hibhib, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Airstrike |
| Nationality | Jordanian |
| Children | 5 |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1989–2006 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War United States invasion of Afghanistan Iraq War |
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, Father of Musab, from Zarqa; 
English pronunciation (help·info); October 30, 1966[1][2][3] – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ, ’Aḥmad Faḍīl an-Nazāl al-Ḫalāyla), was a Jordanian Islamist jihadist who ran a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. He first travelled to Afghanistan in the 1980s to join the Afghan mujahideen and take part in the Soviet–Afghan War against the Soviet troops and later became known after going to Iraq following the US invasion and being responsible for a series of bombings, beheadings, and attacks during the Iraq War, reportedly "turning an insurgency against US troops" in Iraq "into a Shia–Sunni civil war".[4] He was sometimes known by his supporters as the "Sheikh of the slaughterers".[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "FBI Seeking Information - Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi". March 22, 2006. Archived from the original on March 22, 2006.
- ↑ Interpol. "Interpol: Al Khalaylen, Ahmad (alias Abu Musab Al-zarqawi)". Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi". Rewards for Justice. February 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 6, 2006.
- ↑ Anonymous (August 13, 2015). "The Mystery of ISIS". New York Review of Books. LXII (13). Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ↑ Weiss, Michael; Hassan, Hassan (2015). "2, Sheikh of the slaughterers". ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1941393710. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
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