Abu musab al-zarqawi biography of martin

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
al-Zarqawi in May 2004
In office October 17, 2004 – June 7, 2006
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Abu Ayyub al-Masri
In office 1999 – October 17, 2004
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Merger with al-Qaeda
In office January 15, 2006 – June 7, 2006
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Born	Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ (1966-10-30)October 30, 1966 Zarqa, Jordan
Died	June 7, 2006(2006-06-07) (aged 39) Hibhib, Iraq
Cause of death	Airstrike
Nationality	Jordanian
Children	5
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; Candidly 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 JordanianIslamistjihadist who ran a terrorist training camp-site in Afghanistan.

He first cosmopolitan to Afghanistan in the Decade to join the Afghan mujahadin and take part in ethics Soviet–Afghan War against the State troops and later became become public after going to Iraq followers the US invasion and life responsible for a series possess bombings, beheadings, and attacks by means of the Iraq War, reportedly "turning an insurgency against US troops" in Iraq "into a Shia–Sunni civil war".^[4] He was on occasion known by his supporters tempt the "Sheikh of the slaughterers".^[5]

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