Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh, 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". He was sometimes known by his supporters as the "Sheikh of the slaughterers".
al-Zarqawi in May 2004
U.S. soldiers in Fallujah in November 2004 pursuing Al-Zarqawi's network
American hostage Nick Berg seated, with five men standing over him. The man directly behind him, alleged to be Zarqawi, is the one who beheaded Berg.
Colin Powell's U.N. presentation slide showing Al-Zarqawi's global terrorist network
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
Image: الزرقاء خلال حظر التجول نيسان ٢٠٢١
Image: Qurtobah, Az Zarqa, Jordan panoramio (3)
Image: Zarqa trade center
The Zarqa train station of the Ottoman-built Hejaz Railway.