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A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
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| the Qassam Brigades | instance of | The tactic was adopted by Palestinian militant groups | 0.80 | text |
| those used on rocket propelled grenades.Trucks were sometimes used to start an assault | instance of | armour plating over the wheels so they would withstand being shot at and occasionally additional metal grating over the front of the vehicle designed to crush or destroy incomin… | 0.80 | text |
| and benefitted from their greater storage space that could contain very heavy explosives | instance of | armour plating over the wheels so they would withstand being shot at and occasionally additional metal grating over the front of the vehicle designed to crush or destroy incomin… | 0.80 | text |
| the Capaci bombing or the Via d'Amelio bombing.The Security Service of Ukraine used a car bomb in 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion.West AsiaHezbollah member Imad Mughniyah was assassinated by a car bomb in Syria in 2008 | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| allegedly by Mossad.Various Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| Islamic Jihad | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| Fatah | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| and various opposition Islamist groups against both military | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| civilian Israeli targets.Al-Qaeda | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| in attacks around the world since the 1990s | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| most notably the 1998 United States embassy bombings.During the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
| the Taliban have often employed vehicular explosives against enemy targets | instance of | Salvatore Riina used between 1983-1993 car bombs in various attacks | 0.80 | text |
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