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Description
A car bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, is an improvised explosive device placed inside a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle, people near the blast site, or to damage buildings or other property. Car bombs act as their own delivery mechanisms and can carry a relatively large amount of explosives without attracting suspicion; in larger vehicles and trucks, weights of at least 7000 pounds have been used. Car bombs are activated in a variety of ways; including opening the vehicle's doors, starting the engine, depressing the accelerator or brake pedals or simply lighting a fuse or setting a timing device. The gasoline in the vehicle's fuel tanks makes the explosion of the bomb more powerful.
(via Freebase)
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![Six bomb attacks in Baghdad kill at least 17 people [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-4998000/4998419/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=03273031a042820563fef05aef0b4f4d "Iraqi policemen stand guard near the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Shula district May 31, 2012: REUTERS/Ahmed Malik")
![Another wave of deadly blasts hits Iraq [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-3349000/3349465/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4578530f5a6fb85575aa2cd225ca98aa)
