Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
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 jihadist who ran a terrorist 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, 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]
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- ↑ "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.