In September 2005 , he declared " all-out war " on Shi'ites 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 thought to be responsible for the 2005 bombing of three hotels in Amman , Jordan . 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 west-northwest of Baqubah . One United States Air Force F-16C jet dropped two 500-pound ( 230 kg ) guided bombs on the safehouse
2005 bombing
2005 Amman bombings
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi