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He sought martyrdom and, with God's blessings, he got what he wanted
Family, friends remember terrorist Zarqawi Jun 10, 2006
It's supposed to be automatic fire. He's shooting single shots one at a time
Terrorist leader comes up short with guns May 04, 2006
For the first time Zarqawi is making conditions and terms, which is unusual in terms of his past speeches and recordings
Zarqawi's speech to Jordan turns political Nov 19, 2005
It should be known that Mujahed brother Abu-Musab Zarqawi is the emir of the al-Qaida for Jihad organization in the Land of the Two Rivers (Iraq). The brothers in the group there should heed his orders and obey him in all that which is good
Bin Laden backs Zarqawi as Iraq leader Dec 27, 2004
We cannot believe that Muslims are behind the kidnapping of Filipinos and other foreign workers and behind killings (such) as the beheading of an American citizen
Khamanei accuses U.S., Israel of terror Jul 13, 2004
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أبومصعب الزرقاوي, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, Abu Musab from Zarqa); October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (Arabic: أحمد فضيل النزال الخلايله, ’Aḥmad Faḍīl an-Nazāl al-Ḫalāyla) was a Jordanian militant Islamist who ran a paramilitary training camp in Afghanistan. He became known after going to Iraq and being responsible for a series of bombings, beheadings, and attacks during the Iraq War.
He formed al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in the 1990s, and led it until his death in June 2006. Zarqawi took responsibility, on several audio- and videotapes, for numerous acts of violence in Iraq including suicide bombings and hostage executions. Zarqawi opposed the presence of US and Western military forces in the Islamic world, as well as the West's support for and the existence of Israel. In late 2004 he joined al-Qaeda, and pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden. After this al-Tawhid wal-Jihad became known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and al-Zarqawi was given the Al-Qaeda title, "Emir of Al Qaeda in the Country of Two Rivers".
In September 2005, he declared "all-out war" on Shia in Iraq after the Iraqi government offensive on insurgents in the Sunni town of Tal Afar. He dispatched numerous suicide bombers throughout Iraq to attack American soldiers and areas with large concentrations of Shia militias. He is also responsible for the 2005 bombing of three hotels in Amman, Jordan. Zarqawi died in a targeted killing on June 7, 2006, while attending a meeting in an isolated safehouse approximately 8 km (5 mi) north of Baqubah. Two United States Air Force F-16C jets dropped two 500-pound (230 kg) guided bombs on the safehouse.