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Irish car bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • . One should note that Irish carbombs are quite filling and are therefore usually consumed first in order to avoid sickness.



    Car Bombs with Wings - by Mike Davis and Tom Engelhardt
  • . – April 15, 2006 Car Bombs with Wings by Mike Davis and Tom Engelhardt I n the first part of his unique history of the car bomb, Mike Davis (author of the only significant book on the Avian flu, , and, a startling analysis of the way significant parts of our planet have been rapidly urbanizing and de-industrializing all at once) took us up through a crucial moment in 1984.
  • . Car Bombs with Wings A History of the Car Bomb (Part 2) by Mike Davis The CIA's Car Bomb University (the 1980s) "The CIA officers that Yousef worked with closely impressed upon him one rule: never use the terms sabotage or assassination when speaking with visiting congressmen." – Steve Coll, Ghost Wars G unboat diplomacy had been defeated by car bombs in Lebanon, but the Reagan administration and, above all, CIA Director William Casey were left thirsting for revenge against Hezbollah.
  • . Special Forces experts would now provide high-tech explosives and teach state-of-the-art sabotage techniques, including the fabrication of ANFO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) car bombs, to Pakistani intelligence service (or ISI) officers under the command of Brigadier Mohammed Yousaf.



    The Poor Man's Air Force - by Mike Davis and Tom Engelhardt
  • . – April 13, 2006 The Poor Man's Air Force by Mike Davis and Tom Engelhardt I n a column on March 23 (""), David Brooks of the New York Times' wrote about "the rise of what Richard Lowry of the National Review calls the 'To Hell With Them' Hawks." In part, Brooks characterized these hawks as being conservatives who "look at car bombs and cartoon riots and wonder whether Islam is really a religion of peace." One of the advantages of history is that you have to check such thoughts at the door.
  • . The Stern Gang (a pro-fascist splinter group led by Avraham Stern that broke away from the right-wing Zionist paramilitary Irgun) would soon use truck and car bombs to kill Palestinians as well: a creative atrocity immediately reciprocated by British deserters fighting on the side of Palestinian nationalists.
  • . Vehicle bombs thereafter were used sporadically – producing notable massacres in Saigon (1952), Algiers (1962), and Palermo (1963) – but the gates of hell were only truly opened in 1972, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) accidentally, so the legend goes, improvised the first ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) car bomb.



    Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy.
  • Front Page Apr 18, 2006 A HISTORY OF THE CAR BOMB (Part 2) Car bombs with wings By Mike Davis (For Part 1, The poor man's air force, ) "The CIA officers that Yousef worked with closely impressed upon him one rule: never use the terms sabotage or assassination when speaking with visiting congressmen." - Steve Coll, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 .
  • . Gunboat diplomacy had been defeated by car bombs in Lebanon, but the Ronald Reagan administration and, above all, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Casey were left thirsting for revenge against Hezbollah.
  • . US special forces experts would now provide high-tech explosives and teach state-of-the-art sabotage techniques, including the fabrication of ANFO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) car bombs, to Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (or ISI) officers under the command of Brigadier Mohammed Yousaf.
  • . Washington, however, was loath to recognize the new military leverage that powerful vehicle bombs offered its enemies or even to acknowledge their surprising lethality.

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    Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy.
  • . The Stern Gang (a pro-fascist splinter group led by Avraham Stern that broke away from the right-wing Zionist paramilitary Irgun ) would soon use truck and car bombs to kill Palestinians as well: a creative atrocity immediately reciprocated by British deserters fighting on the side of Palestinian nationalists.
  • . Vehicle bombs thereafter were used sporadically - producing notable massacres in Saigon (1952), Algiers (1962) and Palermo (1963) - but the gates of hell were only truly opened in 1972, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army accidentally, so the legend goes, improvised the first ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) car bomb.
  • . These new-generation bombs, requiring only ordinary industrial ingredients and synthetic fertilizer, were cheap to fabricate and astonishingly powerful: they elevated urban terrorism from the artisanal to the industrial level, and made possible sustained blitzes against entire city centers as well as the complete destruction of ferro-concrete skyscrapers and residential blocks.


    Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | At Least 15 Dead As 2 Car Bombs Hit Kirkuk
  • Go to: · Search: Guardian Unlimited Web 11:01 pm 11:01 pm 10:46 pm 10:31 pm 10:31 pm 10:31 pm 10:31 pm 10:31 pm 10:16 pm 10:16 pm From the Associated Press At Least 15 Dead As 2 Car Bombs Hit Kirkuk Tuesday June 13, 2006 6:16 AM BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two car bombs targeting police exploded within a span of 30 minutes in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 15, police said.


    TomDispatch - Tomgram: Mike Davis, "Return to Sender" (Car Bombs, Part 2)
  • a project of the compiled and edited by Tomgram: Mike Davis, "Return to Sender" (Car Bombs, Part 2) In the first part of his unique history of the car bomb, Mike Davis (author of the only significant book on the Avian flu, , and, a startling analysis of the way significant parts of our planet have been rapidly urbanizing and de-industrializing all at once) took us up through a crucial moment in 1984.
  • . Tom Car Bombs with Wings A History of the Car Bomb (Part 2) By Mike Davis The CIA's Car Bomb University (the 1980s) "The CIA officers that Yousef worked with closely impressed upon him one rule: never use the terms sabotage or assassination when speaking with visiting congressmen." -- Steve Coll, Ghost Wars Gunboat diplomacy had been defeated by car bombs in Lebanon, but the Reagan administration and, above all, CIA Director William Casey were left thirsting for revenge against Hezbollah.
  • . Special Forces experts would now provide high-tech explosives and teach state-of-the-art sabotage techniques, including the fabrication of ANFO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) car bombs, to Pakistani intelligence service (or ISI) officers under the command of Brigadier Mohammed Yousaf.


    ABC News: At Least 15 Dead As 3 Car Bombs Hit Kirkuk
  • June 18, 2006 | > ABC News At Least 15 Dead As 3 Car Bombs Hit Kirkuk 3 Car Bombs Hit Kirkuk Within Span of an Hour, Killing at Least 15 People and Wounding 20 More The mother of Haider Kadim sits by his hospital bed at Imam Ali hospital, after he was injured when a parked car bomb exploded Monday night in the sprawling Shiite Sadr City district of the capital and killed five people and wounded 41, in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, June 13, 2006.

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    ABC News: Car Bombs Kill 16, 26 Found Dead in Iraq
  • June 18, 2006 | > ABC News Car Bombs Kill 16, 26 Found Dead in Iraq Bombs Kill at Least 16, Injure Dozens in Baghdad; 26 Others Killed or Found Dead, Including Marine A woman reacts following a car bomb attack in Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Sunday, May 7, 2006.
  • . Two car bombs rocked northern Baghdad neighborhoods Sunday morning within a span of half an hour while another struck a Shiite holy city, in attacks that left at least 16 dead and 49 wounded.
  • . REID BAGHDAD, Iraq May 7, 2006 (AP) — Car bombs killed at least 16 people and injured dozens Sunday in Baghdad and a Shiite holy city, casting doubt on U.S.


    FOXNews.com - Car Bombs, Violence Kill 54 in Iraq - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
  • | | | | | | | | | :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: SEARCH > Car Bombs, Violence Kill 54 in Iraq Tuesday, May 30, 2006 PHOTOS STORIES LINKS BAGHDAD, Iraq — Three car bombs targeting civilians detonated in Iraq Tuesday, killing 46 people and wounding over 120, as 54 people were killed in violence around the country.


    FOXNews.com - Iraqi Leaders Impose Vehicle Ban to Avoid Car Bombs After Zarqawi Death - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
  • | | | | | | | | | :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: SEARCH > Iraqi Leaders Impose Vehicle Ban to Avoid Car Bombs After Zarqawi Death Friday, June 09, 2006 PHOTOS STORIES BACKGROUND LINKS BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's prime minister imposed a daytime driving ban in Baghdad and in the province where was killed by American bombs, fearing insurgents will seek to avenge the death of the leader.
  • . Al-Masri, whose name is an obvious alias meaning "father of the Egyptian, " is believed to be an expert at constructing roadside bombs, the leading cause of U.S.
  • . Iraqi authorities imposed the vehicle ban as a security measure "to protect mosques and prayers from any possible terrorist attacks, especially car bombs, in the wake off yesterday's event, " a government official said, referring to Zarqawi's death.