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Car BombA car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. This kind of bomb is a favorite instrument of terrorists, guerrillas and assassins because the car bomb acts as its own delivery mechanism and can carry a relatively large amount of explosive without attracting suspicion. Truck bombs are also popular -- trucks can crash through barriers more easily and can hold a great deal more explosives. Timothy McVeigh infamously bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City with a Ryder truck filled with ammonia / fertilizer explosive. Motorcycle and even bicycle bombs have also been used. Suicide car-bombers typically employ one or more suicide bombers to ram the car into a building and simultaneously detonate it. In assassination attempts, it is more common for the bomb to be affixed to the underside of the car and then detonated remotely, by the car's motion, or other means. The bomb explodes as the target approaches or starts the vehicle or, more commonly, after starting into motion and when the target is more likely to be inside. For this reason, guards often check the underside of vehicles with a long mirror mounted on a pole. Defending against a car bomb involves keeping cars at distance from buildings, often using Jersey barriers or similar devices, and hardening buildings to withstand an explosion. Mass car bombings (by date) 2000s | When!!Where!!Deaths!!Type | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-28" title="February 28">February 28, 2005 | Hilla, Iraq | 125 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-14" title="February 14">February 14, 2005 | Beirut, Lebanon | 17 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-19" title="December 19">December 19, 2004 | Karbala and Najaf, Iraq | 67 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-6" title="November 6">November 6, 2004 | Samarra, Iraq | 30 | car bombs (4) | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-7" title="October 7">October 7, 2004 | Hilton Hotel, Taba, Egypt | 31 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-7" title="October 7">October 7, 2004 | Multan, Pakistan | 40 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-30" title="September 30">September 30, 2004 | Baghdad, Iraq | 41 | car bombs (3) | | September 18, 2004 | Kirkuk, Iraq | 23 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-14" title="September 14">September 14, 2004 | Police station, Baghdad, Iraq | 47 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-9" title="September 9">September 9, 2004 | Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia | 9 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-4" title="September 4">September 4, 2004 | Police academy, Kirkuk, Iraq | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-28" title="July 28">July 28, 2004 | Police station, Baquba, Iraq | 70 | mini-bus bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-26" title="June 26">June 26, 2004 | Hilla, Iraq | 23 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-24" title="June 24">June 24, 2004 | Police stations, Mosul, Iraq | 62 | car bombs (5) | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-17" title="June 17">June 17, 2004 | Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad, Iraq | 35 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-21" title="April 21">April 21, 2004 | Police stations, Basra, Iraq | 74 | car bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-11" title="February 11">February 11, 2004 | Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad, Iraq | 47 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-10" title="February 10">February 10, 2004 | Police Station, Iskandariya, Iraq | 53 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-18" title="January 18">January 18, 2004 | Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq | 31 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-31" title="December 31">December 31, 2003 | Restaurant, Baghdad, Iraq | 8 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-27" title="December 27">December 27, 2003 | Coalition targets, Karbala, Iraq | 19 | car bombs (4) | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-25" title="December 25">December 25, 2003 | Islamabad, Pakistan | 14 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-14" title="December 14">December 14, 2003 | Police station, Khaldiyah, Iraq | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-22" title="November 22">November 22, 2003 | Khan Bani Saad and Baquba, Iraq | 18 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-20" title="November 20">November 20, 2003 | British targets, Istanbul, Turkey | 32 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-15" title="November 15">November 15, 2003 | Two synagogues, Istanbul, Turkey | 31 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-12" title="November 12">November 12, 2003 | Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah, Iraq | 33 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-8" title="November 8">November 8, 2003 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 18 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-27" title="October 27">October 27, 2003 | Baghdad, Iraq | 35 | car bombs (4) | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-12" title="October 12">October 12, 2003 | Baghdad Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq | 6 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-9" title="October 9">October 9, 2003 | Police station, Baghdad, Iraq | 9 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-29" title="August 29">August 29, 2003 | Mosque, Najaf, Iraq | 85 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-25" title="August 25">August 25, 2003 | Mumbai, India | 52 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-19" title="August 19">August 19, 2003 | United Nations Headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq | 22 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-7" title="August 7">August 7, 2003 | Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq | 19 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-5" title="August 5">August 5, 2003 | Marriot Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia | 12 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-1" title="August 1">August 1, 2003 | Mozdok, Russia | 50 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-12" title="May 12">May 12, 2003 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 35 | car bombs (4) | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-12" title="May 12">May 12, 2003 | Znamenskoye, Chechnya | 59 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-10" title="February 10">February 10, 2003 | Bogot, Colombia | 36 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-27" title="December 27">December 27, 2002 | Government Buildings, Grozny, Chechnya | 72 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-28" title="November 28">November 28, 2002 | Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya | 13 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-21" title="October 21">October 21, 2002 | Bus near Hadera, Israel | 14 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-12" title="October 12">October 12, 2002 | Bali, Indonesia | 202 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-5" title="September 5">September 5, 2002 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 30 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-14" title="June 14">June 14, 2002 | US Consulate, Karachi, Pakistan | 12 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-5" title="June 5">June 5, 2002 | Bus, Megiddo Junction, Israel | 17 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-8" title="May 8">May 8, 2002 | Bus, Karachi, Pakistan | 14 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-11" title="April 11">April 11, 2002 | Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia | 21 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-7" title="April 7">April 7, 2002 | Villavicencio, Colombia | 12 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-21" title="March 21">March 21, 2002 | U.S. Embassy, Lima, Peru | 9 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-1" title="October 1">October 1, 2001 | Assembly Building, Srinagar, Kashmir | 38 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-19" title="June 19">June 19, 2001 | Gudermes, Chechnya | 12 | car bombs (3) | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-24" title="March 24">March 24, 2001 | Mineralnye Vody, Russia | 19 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-5" title="March 5">March 5, 2001 | BBC offices, London, United Kingdom | 0 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-26" title="January 26">January 26, 2001 | San Sebastian, Spain | 1 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-3" title="July 3">July 3, 2000 | Grozny, Chechnya | 25 | truck bomb | 1990s | When!!Where!!Deaths!!Type | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-4" title="September 4">September 4, 1999 | Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan | 64 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-5" title="September 5">September 5, 1998 | Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan | 17 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15, 1998 | Omagh, Northern Ireland | 29 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-7" title="August 7">August 7, 1998 | U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Tanzania | 224 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-5" title="March 5">March 5, 1998 | Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 36 | mini-bus bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-19" title="November 19">November 19, 1997 | Hyderabad, India | 23 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-15" title="October 15">October 15, 1997 | World Trade Center, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 18 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-25" title="June 25">June 25, 1996 | Khobar Towers, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 19 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-31" title="January 31">January 31, 1996 | Central Bank, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 90 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-21" title="December 21">December 21, 1995 | Market, Peshawar, Pakistan | 45 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-19" title="November 19">November 19, 1995 | Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan | 15 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-13" title="November 13">November 13, 1995 | U.S military headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 7 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-19" title="April 19">April 19, 1995 | Federal building, Oklahoma City, United States | 168 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-27" title="February 27">February 27, 1995 | Zakho, Iraq | 76 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-30" title="January 30">January 30, 1995 | Market, Algiers, Algeria | 42 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-18" title="July 18">July 18, 1994 | Jewish center, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 86 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-6" title="April 6">April 6, 1994 | Bus, Afula, Israel (First suicide bombing in Israel) | 8 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-5" title="July 5">July 5, 1993 | Newtownards, Northern Ireland | 0 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-21" title="June 21">June 21, 1993 | Madrid, Spain | 7 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-27" title="May 27">May 27, 1993 | Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy | 6 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-12" title="March 12">March 12, 1993 | Mumbai, India (see 1993 Mumbai bombings) | 257 | car bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-26" title="February 26">February 26, 1993 | World Trade Center, New York City, USA | 6 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-30" title="January 30">January 30, 1993 | Bogot, Colombia | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-16" title="July 16">July 16, 1992 | Shopping district, Lima, Peru | 24 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-17" title="March 17">March 17, 1992 | Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 29 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-12" title="May 12">May 12, 1990 | Bogot and Cali, Colombia | 39 | car bombs (3) | 1980s | When!!Where!!Deaths!!Type | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-6" title="December 6">December 6, 1989 | Bogot, Colombia | 52 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-22" title="November 22">November 22, 1989 | Beirut, Lebanon | 24 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-16" title="May 16">May 16, 1989 | Beirut, Lebanon | 22 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-14" title="April 14">April 14, 1989 | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | 38 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-8" title="July 8">July 8, 1988 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | 31 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-23" title="April 23">April 23, 1988 | Tripoli, Lebanon | 60 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-14" title="April 14">April 14, 1988 | USO Club, Naples, Italy | 5 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-8" title="October 8">October 8, 1987 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 27 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-14" title="July 14">July 14, 1987 | Karachi, Pakistan | 72 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-5" title="July 5">July 5, 1987 | Army Camp, Jaffna, Sri Lanka | 40 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-19" title="June 19">June 19, 1987 | Barcelona, Spain | 21 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-21" title="April 21">April 21, 1987 | Bus station, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 106 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-19" title="August 19">August 19, 1986 | Public square, Tehran, Iran | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-27" title="March 27">March 27, 1986 | Russell Street Police HQ, Melbourne, Australia | 1 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-17" title="March 17">March 17, 1986 | Military compound, Damascus, Syria | 60 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17, 1985 | Market, Beirut, Lebanon | 55 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-8" title="August 8">August 8, 1985 | Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt, West Germany | 2 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-22" title="May 22">May 22, 1985 | Beirut, Lebanon | 50 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-10" title="March 10">March 10, 1985 | Israeli convoy, Metullah, Lebanon | 12 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-8" title="March 8">March 8, 1985 | Beirut, Lebanon | 80 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-20" title="September 20">September 20, 1984 | U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon | 23 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-21" title="December 21">December 21, 1983 | French Army building, Beirut, Lebanon | 15 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-12" title="December 12">December 12, 1983 | U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait City, Kuwait | 6 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-4" title="November 4">November 4, 1983 | Israeli Army HQ in Tyre, Lebanon | 60 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-23" title="October 23">October 23, 1983 | French Paratroop barracks in Beirut, Lebanon | 58 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-23" title="October 23">October 23, 1983 | U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon | 241 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-20" title="May 20">May 20, 1983 | Air Force Base in Pretoria, South Africa | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/April-18" title="April 18">April 18, 1983 | U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon | 63 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-2" title="February 2">February 2, 1983 | Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, Lebanon | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-28" title="January 28">January 28, 1983 | PLO building, Beirut, Lebanon | 45 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-1" title="October 1">October 1, 1982 | Central square, Tehran, Iran | 60 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-14" title="September 14">September 14, 1982 | Phalangist office, Beirut, Lebanon | 26 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-1" title="August 1">August 1, 1982 | Baghdad, Iraq | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-24" title="May 24">May 24, 1982 | French Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon | 14 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-15" title="December 15">December 15, 1981 | Iraqi Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon | 61 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-29" title="November 29">November 29, 1981 | School, Damascus, Syria | 64 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-1" title="October 1">October 1, 1981 | PLO Office, Beirut, Lebanon | 83 | car bomb | 1920s-1970s | When!!Where!!Deaths!!Type | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-17" title="May 17">May 17, 1974 | Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland | 33 | car bombs (2) | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-11" title="May 11">May 11, 1972 | U.S. Army HQ, Frankfurt, Germany | 1 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-24" title="August 24">August 24, 1970 | UWM campus, Madison, Wisconsin, USA | 1 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-30" title="March 30">March 30, 1965 | U.S. Embassy, Saigon, South Vietnam | 20 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-11" title="March 11">March 11, 1948 | Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, Palestine | 11 | car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-22" title="February 22">February 22, 1948 | Jerusalem, Palestine | 52 | truck bombs | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-4" title="January 4">January 4, 1948 | Hotel, Jaffa, Palestine | 18 | truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-26" title="September 26">September 26, 1920 | Wall Street, New York, United States | 39 | truck (wagon) bomb | Assassinations by car bombings (by date) | hen!!Where!!Target!!Type | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-14" title="February 14">February 14, 2005 | Beirut, Lebanon | Rafiq Hariri, Fmr. Lebanese Prime Minister (with 16 others) | Suicide car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-17" title="May 17">May 17, 2004 | Baghdad, Iraq | Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi Governing Council leader | Suicide car bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-13" title="February 13">February 13, 2004 | Doha, Qatar | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Fmr. Chechen President | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-20" title="November 20">November 20, 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Roger Short, British consul general | Suicide truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-29" title="August 29">August 29, 2003 | Najaf, Iraq | Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim , Iraqi cleric (with 84 others) | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-19" title="August 19">August 19, 2003 | Baghdad, Iraq | Srgio Vieira de Mello, UN special representative (with 21 others) | Suicide truck bomb | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-5" title="March 5">March 5, 2003 | Paris, France | Rene Chalon | ignition-based | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-20" title="May 20">May 20, 2002 | Beirut, Lebanon | Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril | unknown | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-24" title="January 24">January 24, 2002 | Beirut, Lebanon | Elie Hobeika, Phalangist militia leader | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/February-22" title="February 22">February 22, 2000 | Vitoria, Spain | Fernando Buesa, Basque Socialist Party leader | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/October-21" title="October 21">October 21, 1999 | Ankara, Turkey | Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, prominent Turkish intellectual | tilt-based | | a href="/encyclopedia/July-30" title="July 30">July 30, 1990 | London, England | Ian Gow, Conservative MP | dynamite | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-22" title="November 22">November 22, 1989 | Beirut, Lebanon | Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (with 23 others) | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-16" title="May 16">May 16, 1989 | Beirut, Lebanon | Hassan Khaled, Lebanese spiritual leader (with 21 others) | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-28" title="June 28">June 28, 1988 | Athens, Greece | William Nordeen, U.S. military attache | remote | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-14" title="September 14">September 14, 1982 | Beirut, Lebanon | Bachir Gemayel, Phalangist President-elect of Lebanon (and 25 others) | timer | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-30" title="March 30">March 30, 1979 | Palace of Westminster, United Kingdom | Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave | tilt-based | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-21" title="September 21">September 21, 1976 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile | unknown | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-2" title="June 2">June 2, 1976 | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Don Bolles, investigative reporter | remote (dynamite) | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-30" title="September 30">September 30, 1974 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Carlos Prats, Former Chilean army commander | | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-4" title="December 4">December 4, 1928 | Chicago, U.S. | "Dapper" Danny Hogan, mobster | unknown |
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