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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, is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other [[vehicle]]s.
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Car bombs are often either meant to assassinate people, or buildings or objects. According to former [[CIA]] agent [[Robert Baer]], they are often impossible to detect and should "hold the title of the deadliest [[weapon]] of the [[1900s]] because they have been easy to make but can cause damage that's comparable to predator [[drones]] or [[landmines]]".<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-car-bombs-and-righteou_b_801318</ref>
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==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
As of August 2014, the [[Wikipedia]] page contained 3 images of car bombs in Iraq, one by the Vietcong, and one in [[USA]], used to train [[TSA]].
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|caption=A trailer for a recommended film about the rise of the car bomb usage in [[deep statecraft]], by former [[CIA]] agent Robert Baer.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Car-Bomb-Robert-Baer/dp/B003Z8ZC8E</ref>
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As of August [[2014]], the [[Wikipedia]] page contained five images of car bombs: 3 in Iraq, 1 by the Vietcong, and 1 in [[USA]] used to train [[TSA]].
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The official stance agreed on [[Wikipedia]] argues the American CIA ''has'' occasionally been accused of being behind car bombings. One such attack was the failed assassination attempt on Grand Ayatollah [[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]] in the Beirut car bombing on 8 March [[1985]] claiming "although there has been widespread speculation of CIA involvement, this has never been proven conclusively."
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==Usage==
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In the fall of 2005, there were 140 car bombings happening per month.<ref>Davis, Mike (2019). "The First Car Bomb". Transforming Terror. pp. 32–33. doi:10.1525/9780520949454-011. ISBN 978-0-520-94945-4.</ref>
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Mass-casualty car bombing, and especially suicide car bombing, became a often preferred tactic in the [[middle east]] during the [[war on terror]]. The tactic was first introduced to the region by the [[Zionist]] paramilitary organization [[Lehi]], who used it extensively against Palestinian and British civilian and military targets; it was subsequently taken up by Palestinian militants as well.<ref>Davis, Mike (2017). "Oranges for Jaffa". Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-78478-665-6.</ref>
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It was a very popular tactic during the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] campaign during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/01/uk.northernireland</ref>
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Latest revision as of 22:51, 25 June 2024

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Bombs in cars, called the deadliest weapon in the 20th century.

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs are often either meant to assassinate people, or buildings or objects. According to former CIA agent Robert Baer, they are often impossible to detect and should "hold the title of the deadliest weapon of the 1900s because they have been easy to make but can cause damage that's comparable to predator drones or landmines".[1]

Official narrative

A trailer for a recommended film about the rise of the car bomb usage in deep statecraft, by former CIA agent Robert Baer.[2]

As of August 2014, the Wikipedia page contained five images of car bombs: 3 in Iraq, 1 by the Vietcong, and 1 in USA used to train TSA. The official stance agreed on Wikipedia argues the American CIA has occasionally been accused of being behind car bombings. One such attack was the failed assassination attempt on Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in the Beirut car bombing on 8 March 1985 claiming "although there has been widespread speculation of CIA involvement, this has never been proven conclusively."

Usage

In the fall of 2005, there were 140 car bombings happening per month.[3] Mass-casualty car bombing, and especially suicide car bombing, became a often preferred tactic in the middle east during the war on terror. The tactic was first introduced to the region by the Zionist paramilitary organization Lehi, who used it extensively against Palestinian and British civilian and military targets; it was subsequently taken up by Palestinian militants as well.[4]

It was a very popular tactic during the Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.[5]


 

Examples

Page nameDateTypePerpetratorOfficial PerpetratorDescription
1993 World Trade Center bombingCar bombCIA
US/Deep state
Ramzi Yousef
Mahmud Abouhalima
Mohammad Salameh
Nidal A. Ayyad
Abdul Rahman Yasin
Ahmad Ajaj
A bomb attack on the World Trade Center which several authors have suggested was not a surprise to the FBI. A confidential CIA internal survey reportedly concluded that it was "partly culpable".
1994 London Israeli Embassy attackCar bombJawad Botmeh
Samar Alami
Two car bombs in London, one in front of the Israeli embassy; one next to a building occupied by Jewish organisations. It was blamed on Palestinians, but MI5 whistleblowers have claimed an MI5 investigation concluded that Mossad were behind the attacks.
2000 Saudi BombingsCar bomb"Islamic terrorism"bombing
2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing
2002 Bali bombingsCar bomb
Mini-nuke?
Bomb vest
Suicide bombing
Al-Qaeda
Jemaah Islamiyah
Two bombs in Bali that killed 202 people, blamed on Al-Qaeda
2003 El Nogal Club bombingCar bombFARCA murderous bomb in Colombia which as "investigated" by Cabal cover-up artist, Mete Sozen.
2010 Times Square car bombing attemptCar bombFaisal Shahzad
Taliban
Amateurish terrorist attack stated to be by Faisal Shahzad. Judging from from track history, FBI agent provocateur involvement always worth keeping in mind.
2011 Norway attacksAnders BreivikA car bomb in Oslo and subsequent mass shooting at a summer camp in Norway on 22 July 2011, claiming a total of 77 lives.
Harrods bombingProvisional Irish Republican ArmyA car bomb by the IRA outside Harrods that killed 6 people in 1983
Omagh bombingCar bombReal IRA
Orlando Letelier/AssassinationCar bombCIA
Michael Townley
Manuel Contreras
DINA
Peteano bombingOperation Gladio
Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Carlo Cicuttini
Ivano Boccaccio
A suicide bomb attack which lured 3 carabinieri to their deaths with a booby trapped car bomb. The cover up of this murder - and its later uncovering by Italian judge Felice Casson was a major event in the exposure of Operation Gladio.

 

Car bomb victims on Wikispooks

TitleDescription
Darya DuginaRussian journalist and political activist who was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow on 20 August 2022
Daphne Caruana GaliziaThe Maltese journalist and blogger who exposed the Panama Papers. Assassinated in 2017 by a car bomb
Rolando MasferrerOperation 40 member car bombed in Miami a week mafter he published a newspaper editorial arguing that car bombs were a justifiable tactic.
Paul MoranAustralian spook who worked for the Rendon Group under journalistic cover. He made a television interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with an Iraqi defector that helped create the pretext for the 2003 Iraq Invasion. Died under murky circumstances.
Uğur MumcuTurkish journalist who "messed with the beehives" and was assassinated by (not mutually exclusive) the CIA, the [Turkey/Deep state
Vasily ProzorovEx-employee of the SBU who defected to Russia. Assassinated with car bomb in 2024.

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
"9-11/Israel did it"“American security services overnight stopped a car bomb on the George Washington Bridge. The van, packed with explosives, was stopped on an approach ramp to the bridge. Authorities suspect the terrorists intended to blow up the main crossing between New Jersey and New York, Army Radio reported.”12 September 2001
Juval Aviv“It's easy to put a truck bomb, as we did, er, as happened in London.”Juval Aviv

 

An official example

NamePerpetratorOfficial PerpetratorDescription
Oklahoma City bombingThe cabalTimothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
A highly suspicious terrorist bombing that was initially blamed on "Muslims", then on lone nuts Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Many questions remain answered about the official narrative.
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References

  1. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-car-bombs-and-righteou_b_801318
  2. https://www.amazon.com/Car-Bomb-Robert-Baer/dp/B003Z8ZC8E
  3. Davis, Mike (2019). "The First Car Bomb". Transforming Terror. pp. 32–33. doi:10.1525/9780520949454-011. ISBN 978-0-520-94945-4.
  4. Davis, Mike (2017). "Oranges for Jaffa". Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-78478-665-6.
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/01/uk.northernireland