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===West Asia=== *[[Hezbollah]] member [[Imad Mughniyah]] was assassinated by a car bomb in Syria in 2008, allegedly by [[Mossad]]. *Various Palestinian militant groups such as [[Hamas]], [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]], [[Fatah]], and [[Islamist anti-Hamas groups in the Gaza Strip|various opposition Islamist groups]] against both military and civilian [[Israel]]i targets. *[[Al-Qaeda]], in attacks around the world since the 1990s, most notably the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]]. *During the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S.-led war in Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] have often employed vehicular explosives against enemy targets. This included not only cars and trucks, but even [[bicycle bomb]]s. *Similar to [[Mossad]], other organizations associated with the [[Israeli government]], including the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF), have been known to use car bombs to kill rivals of the Israeli state. [[Image:Car bomb in Iraq.jpg|thumb|A 2005 car bombing in Iraq, in which a second car bomb was detonated while [[US forces]] were investigating the scene of an earlier such blast, resulting in 18 casualties.]] *The [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Iraqi insurgency]]. An estimated 578 car bombs were detonated in Iraq between June 2003 and June 2006. *The [[Islamic State]], which has employed armored explosive-laden [[Crossover (automobile)|crossover]]s, full-sized [[pickup truck]]s, and [[sport utility vehicle|SUV]]s as suicidal tactical units to breach enemy defensive fronts in Syria and Iraq. The use of armored tractors and [[haul truck]]s was also recorded over the course of the war.
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