Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi
أبو مصعب الزرقاوي
Group: Al-Qaeda
Position:Former Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) (Deceased June 2006)
Also Known As:Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh, Abu Ahmad, Abu Muhammad, Sakr Abu Suwayd
Date/Place of Birth:October 20, 1996 / Zarqa, Jordan
Formal Designation:FBI, U.S. Department of State
Arrests:1992 (Jordan)
Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian citizen, had ties to Al-Qaeda, Asbat al-Ansar and Hezbollah. In addition to providing the financial and material support for the assassination of a U.S. diplomat, he had participated in acts of terrorism, trained terrorists, led terrorist cells, facilitated transport of terrorists and is being cited in the international press as a suspect in the recent devastating bombing of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad. (Read more...)
Zarqawi, Abu Musab (Ahmed Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh)