// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var zarqawi_timeline = new Array(); zarqawi_timeline.ID = "zarqawi_timeline"; zarqawi_timeline.ID_WB = 13203521; zarqawi_timeline.sPubDate = "6/8/2006 5:11:03 PM GMT"; zarqawi_timeline.navsectionID = "3032571" zarqawi_timeline.appFmt = 2; zarqawi_timeline.appWidth = 525; zarqawi_timeline.appHeader = "timeline|Rise and fall of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
"; zarqawi_timeline.mainArt = ""; zarqawi_timeline.appDeck = "Key events in the life of Zarqawi"; zarqawi_timeline.appFooter = "Source: Reuters"; zarqawi_timeline.appNavStyle = 3; zarqawi_timeline.appLayout = 1; zarqawi_timeline.copyHeight = 235; zarqawi_timeline.copyMargin = 9; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 1966","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Born Ahmed Fadhil al-Khalayleh in Jordanian town of Zarqa."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1984-86 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Military service."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1987","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Serves brief prison sentence for violent crime."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1989","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Travels to Afghanistan to join Islamic groups waging war against occupying Soviet troops. He arrives after Soviets have withdrawn but takes part in factional fighting that follows."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1989-93","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Mainly based in Afghanistan, undergoes militant training. Returns to Zarqa in 1993."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1994","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Zarqawi’s first militant group, Bayt al-Imam, is smashed by Jordanian security forces, and he is sentenced to 15 years jail."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","1999","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Freed from jail under amnesty granted by King Abdullah shortly after taking office. Travels via Pakistan to Afghanistan, where he joins up with al-Qaida."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","2000","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Zarqawi sets up his own al-Qaida training camp near western Afghan city of Herat."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 2001","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Flees to Iran after U.S. invasion of Afghanistan."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 2002","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Leaves Iran for Iraq."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Zarqawi attracts widespread international attention when U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell names him, in run-up to invasion of Iraq, as associate of Osama bin Laden."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "U.S. says it has seized computer disk containing letter in which al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for 25 attacks in Iraq and outlined plans to foment civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. Washington doubles reward on his head to $10 million."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Zarqawi condemned to death in Jordan for role in Oct 2002 assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","July 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "United States raises price on al-Zarqawi’s head to $25 million."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Zarqawi fails to prevent wide participation in Iraqi parliamentary elections despite declaring “bitter war” on democracy and staging attacks to disrupt the polls."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 2005 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Zarqawi narrowly escapes capture by U.S. forces in car chase in western Iraq. U.S. military say they seize his laptop and arrest a driver and an aide."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","May 24, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Qaida in Iraq says in Internet statement that al-Zarqawi has been wounded."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 23, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al Qaida in Iraq says media reports that al-Zarqawi was killed by U.S. forces were a “lie.”"; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 18, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "A Jordanian state security court hands al-Zarqawi his third death sentence in absentia."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 28, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Interpol issues an international wanted notice for al-Zarqawi."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 15, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Jordan hands down its fourth death sentence in absentia against al-Zarqawi after finding him and eight others guilty of plotting chemical attacks in the kingdom."; zarqawi_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 25, 2006 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); zarqawi_timeline[i-1].body = "Al-Zarqawi appears in a rare video to denounce the new Iraqi government as an American puppet."; // END editorial data