What is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ}}}} | nationality = [[Jordan]]ian | image = Abu Musab al-Zarqawi portrait.jpg | caption = al-Zarqawi in May 2004 | imagesize = 225px | birth_name = Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh<br />{{lang|ar|أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|10|30}} | birth_place = [[Zarqa]], [[Jordan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|6|7|1966|10|30}} | death_place = [[Hibhib]], [[Iraq]] | death_cause = [[Airstrike]] | children = 5 | order = 1st Emir of [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] | term_start = October 17, 2004 | term_end = June 7, 2006 | predecessor1 = Position created | successor1 = [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]] | order2 = 1st Emir of [[Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad]] | term_start2 = 1999 | term_end2 = October 17, 2004 | predecessor2 = Position created | successor2 = Merger with [[al-Qaeda]] | order3 = 1st Emir of the [[Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)]] | term_start3 = January 15, 2006 | term_end3 = June 7, 2006 | predecessor3 = Position created | successor3 = Abu Ayyub al-Masri | rank = [[Commander]] | serviceyears = 1989–2006 | battles = [[Soviet–Afghan War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Afghanistan]]<br>[[Iraq War]] }} '''Abu Musab al-Zarqawi''' ({{lang-ar|أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ}}, ''{{transliteration|ar|DIN|’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī}}'', ''Father of Musab, from [[Zarqa]]''; {{Audio|En-us-Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi from Jordan pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|English pronunciation}}; October 30, 1966<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/alzarqawi.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322010432/http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/alzarqawi.htm|archivedate=M