ABU MOUSAB AL-ZARQAWI: His Enemy Is America
Al-Zarqawi, nearing 40, was born in Jordan. As a youth, he drank, dropped out of high school and often got into trouble with the police. In the 1980s and '90s he trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. From a base somewhere in Iraq, al-Zarqawi now plays a key role in integrating non-Iraqi Muslims...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Time Canada 2005-04, Vol.165 (16), p.48 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Al-Zarqawi, nearing 40, was born in Jordan. As a youth, he drank, dropped out of high school and often got into trouble with the police. In the 1980s and '90s he trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. From a base somewhere in Iraq, al-Zarqawi now plays a key role in integrating non-Iraqi Muslims-from Syria, Jordan, Yemen and elsewhere-into the Iraq insurgency. Last December he openly pledged loyalty to Osama bin Laden. |
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| ISSN: | 0315-8446 |