Zarqawi was confirmed to have been killed by a bombing raid by a US Task force on June 08, 2006. The task force had been hunting him for some time and he had eluded them on many occasions, in some close calls. The bombing raid on July 08, 2006, apparently occured at a building in Baghdad where US Intelligence had recieved credible information that Zarqawi was located, along with his spirtual advisor, who was also reportedly killed