2006-06-07 - Best Guess to location Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed


2006-06-07 - Best Guess to location Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed
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By: Pdunn @ 2006-06-08 15:45:16
Description: Judging by the gun camera footage supplied by the Pentagon, particularly the frame when the F-16's camera pulls back to reveal a narly 90 degree bend in the ravine outside the home (http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoChannel.aspx?storyid=f4230bb1f63151a3113673c46e7e6ed4f92b4443

This is my best guess as to the location where Zarqawi lost his life.
Location: Hibhib, Iraq (IQ)
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Nearby Maps (50 km): (52)
  1. The Abu Musab al-Zarqawi House (which no longer exists) (2.4km)
  2. A Large Pile Of Discarded Iraqi Aircraft (9km)
  3. Something Burried In Iraq (10.5km)
  4. Two coalition helicopters approaching Anaconda (19.4km)
  5. American RQ-1 Predator UAVs (20.5km)
  6. Balad Airbase (21.6km)
  7. Mortar Attack or Exposure Error? (21.7km)
  8. Coalition helicopter over Balad airbase (21.8km)
  9. Khan Bani Sad Airport (22.8km)
  10. Helicopter Near Bombed Airstrip (22.9km)
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Parabellum @ 2006-06-08 17:21:50
Parabellum's picture An Iraqi blogger says it was near the village of Hibhib.

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/3-761348.JPG

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/06/zarqawi-killed.html
Pdunn @ 2006-06-08 18:53:13
Pdunn's picture The image above is also from Hibhib. The location the Iraqi blogger indicates appears to lack the trees the Pentagon's gun camera footage shows.
kjfitz @ 2006-06-09 15:26:43
kjfitz's picture I think the new submission today (6/9) is actually the correct location. Towards the end there is a very clear shot of the surrounding roads including the clearing with two trees and large buildings just to the NW at the slight turn in the road.
Anonymous @ 2006-06-09 16:53:15
Anonymous's picture The New York Times also shows that map (6/9) as being the correct location. I take solace in the fact my "best guess" was just a few hundred yards down the same road as actual Zarqawi house. Fortunately, I wasn't the pilot of the F-16s who dropped the bombs.
Pdunn @ 2006-06-10 20:55:38
Pdunn's picture Here is a good overhead shot of the canal and surroundings near Zarqawi's last stand:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events//wl/042506alzarqawi/im:/060610/ids_photos_wl/r2184899124.jpg;_ylt=AtZV29xEvOe_wlZwTrAYO12aK8MA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGcyMWMzBHNlYwNzc25hdg--

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