Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Difference between revisions

In September 2005, he declared "all-out war" on Shia Islam in Iraq after the Iraqi government offensive on insurgents in the Sunni town of Tal Afar. He dispatched numerous suicide bombers throughout Iraq to attack American soldiers and areas with large concentrations of Shia militias. He is also responsible for the 2005 Amman bombings of three hotels in Amman, Jordan. Zarqawi died in a targeted killing on June 7, 2006, while attending a meeting in an isolated safehouse approximately north of Baqubah. Two United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon] jets dropped two 500-pound (230 kg) guided bombs on the safehouse.

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