Editing Car bomb (section)

== Groups that use car bombs==
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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.

===Americas===
*Although it has never been officially acknowledged, 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 [[1985 Beirut car bombing|Beirut car bombing on 8 March 1985]]. Although there has been widespread speculation of CIA involvement, this has never been proven conclusively.
*The [[Juárez Cartel]]'s armed wing, [[La Línea (gang)|La Línea]], used a car bomb to attack police officers in [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Mexico]] on 15 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ellingwood|first=Ken|title=Mexico arrests man alleged to have directed fatal Juarez car bomb attack|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-oct-21-la-fg-mexico-carbomb-20101022-story.html|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=21 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120508033707/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/21/world/la-fg-mexico-carbomb-20101022|archive-date=8 May 2012}}</ref>
*The [[Sinaloa Cartel]] and the [[Gulf Cartel]] were blamed for using car bombs in [[Nuevo Laredo]], [[Mexico]] on 24 April 2011 to "heat up" the turf of [[Los Zetas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Car bomb explosion followed by shootout in Nuevo Laredo|url=http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=745672#.T6XAxJ9YvDE|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=[[KGBT-TV]]|date=24 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426224747/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=745672#.T6XAxJ9YvDE|archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reafirma El Chapo presencia en Tamaulipas con coche bomba|url=http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2012/04/reafirma-el-chapo-presencia-en-tamulipas-con-coche-bomba/|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=[[Blog del Narco]]|date=24 April 2012|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427212401/http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2012/04/reafirma-el-chapo-presencia-en-tamulipas-con-coche-bomba/|archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Suman 23 ejecutados en Nuevo Laredo, entre decapitados y colgados|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=306356|access-date=6 May 2012|work=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]|date=4 May 2012|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507040149/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=306356|archive-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>

===Europe===
*[[Dissident republican]]s in Northern Ireland used car bombs in the last two decades,{{clarify timeframe|date=November 2022 |reason=This mentions a 1998 attack, but that was not within the last two decades}} the deadliest attack being the [[Omagh bombing]] of 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10853360|title=200lb of explosives in Derry car bomb|newspaper=BBC News|date=3 August 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822161330/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10853360|archive-date=2010-08-22}}</ref>
*The [[Sicilian Mafia]] from the 1980s trough the 1990s used car bombs in various attacks such as the [[Capaci bombing]] or the [[Via D'Amelio bombing|Via d'Amelio bombing]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-07-21 |title=DI STRAGE IN STRAGE - la Repubblica.it |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1992/07/21/di-strage-in-strage.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it |language=it}}</ref>
*The [[Security Service of Ukraine]] used a car bomb in [[2022 Crimean Bridge explosion]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-26 |title=SBU claims responsibility for 2022 Crimean Bridge attack |url=https://news.yahoo.com/sbu-claims-responsibility-2022-crimean-170000550.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===South Asia===
*Militants and criminals in [[India]] occasionally utilize car bombs in attacks. This includes Muslim, [[Sikh]], [[Kashmir]]i and [[Naxalite]] militants, as well as rival politicians within the government and [[organized crime]]. A notable recent attack was the [[25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings]], in which two car bombs killed 54 people. The attack was claimed by the Pakistani-backed Kashmiri separatist group [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]].
*The [[Pakistani Taliban]] have occasionally used car bombs in their ongoing conflict with the government of Pakistan.