Hibhib

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'''Hibhib''' ({{langx|ar|ناحية هبهب}}, Hibhib Village) is a village in Iraq, located {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Baquba. It is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arab.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080202314.html |title=Suicide Bomber Kills 13 at Iraqi Police Post |first=Megan |last=Greenwell |date=2 August 2007 |access-date=19 December 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |editor-first=Naseer |editor-last=Nouri }}</ref>

==History==

The former leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was the Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, maintained a safehouse in the village.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |title=Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Assessing the Gwot |volume=110 |publisher=Oceana Publications |date=8 April 2010 |page=126 |isbn=9780195398151 |first=Kristen E. |last=Boon}}</ref> On June 7, 2006, while meeting in the safehouse with his spiritual adviser, he was bombed and killed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html |title=After Long Hunt, U.S. Bombs Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq |first=John F. |last=Burns |author-link=John F. Burns |date=9 June 2006 |access-date=19 December 2019 |newspaper=NY Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |page=A1 |editor-first=Eric |editor-last=Schmitt |editor-link=Eric Schmitt (journalist) |editor2-first=Abeer |editor2-last=Allam}}</ref>

{{Portal|Iraq}} {{coord|33|47|N|44|30|E|display=title|region:IQ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Diyala Province