Editing C-4 (explosive) (section)

=== Use in terrorism ===
[[Terrorist group]]s have used C-4 worldwide in acts of [[terrorism]] and insurgency, as well as [[domestic terrorism]] and [[state terrorism]].

On May 13, 1985, the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] dropped [[1985 MOVE bombing|a C-4 bomb]] on the home of the [[MOVE organization]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=May 13, 1985: Philadelphia Police Bomb MOVE |url=https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/move-bombing/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Zinn Education Project |language=en-US}}</ref> killing eleven people — including five children — and wiping out 61 homes in two city blocks.

Composition C-4 is recommended in [[al-Qaeda]]'s traditional curriculum of explosives training.<ref name="homelandpresentation"/> In October 2000, the group used C-4 to [[USS Cole bombing|attack the USS ''Cole'']], killing 17 sailors.<ref name="Guardian Bomb Type">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/21/alqaida.iraq |title=Bomb type and tactics point to al-Qaida |last= Whitaker|first=Brian |date=21 August 2003 |work=The Guardian |access-date=July 11, 2009 | location=London}}</ref> In 1996, [[Hezbollah Al-Hejaz|Saudi Hezbollah]] terrorists used C-4 to [[Khobar Towers bombing|blow up the Khobar Towers]], a U.S. military housing complex in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite press release|url = https://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/06/khobar.html|title = Attorney General, on Khobar Towers Indictment|last = Ashcroft|first = John|date = 21 June 2001}}</ref> Composition C-4 has also been used in [[improvised explosive device]]s by [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|Iraqi insurgents]].<ref name="homelandpresentation"/>