Hibhib
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Hibhib is a small village in northern Iraq
, located 8 km (5 mi), northwest of the town of Baquba. A previous leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
maintained a safehouse in the village. He was meeting with his spiritual advisor when the house was bombed by aircraft from the U.S.-led multinational coalition force, killing him.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, located 8 km (5 mi), northwest of the town of Baquba. A previous leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh was a Jordanian militant Islamist who ran a paramilitary training camp in Afghanistan...
maintained a safehouse in the village. He was meeting with his spiritual advisor when the house was bombed by aircraft from the U.S.-led multinational coalition force, killing him.