https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/12/AR2005111201201.html Amman Bombings Reflect Zarqawi's Growing Reach By Craig Whitlock], The Washington Post, November 13, 2005 Zarqawi was killed in a targeted killing by a joint U.S. force on June 7, 2006, while attending a meeting in an isolated safehouse in Hibhib, a small village approximately 8 kilometers west-northwest of Baqubah.