Assassinations By Car Bombings
| Date | Country | Place | Type | Target | Perpetrator/ Suspected perpetrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/12/12 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Gebran Tueni, lawmaker | Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham |
| 2005/06/28 | Iraq | Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, Iraqi politician | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2005/06/21 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | George Hawi, former Lebanese Communist Party head | |
| 2005/06/02 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Samir Kassir, journalist | |
| 2005/02/14 | Lebanon | Beirut | suicide truck bomb | Rafic Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister (with 20 others) | |
| 2004/05/17 | Iraq | Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi Governing Council leader | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2004/02/13 | Qatar | Doha | car bomb (remote) | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |
| 2003/11/20 | Turkey | Istanbul | suicide truck bomb | Roger Short, British Consul-General (with 27 others) | |
| 2003/08/29 | Iraq | Najaf | car bomb (remote) | Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, Iraqi cleric (with 84 others) | |
| 2003/08/19 | Iraq | Baghdad | suicide truck bomb | Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations special representative (with 22 others) | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2002/05/20 | Lebanon | Beirut | unknown | Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril | |
| 2002/01/24 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Elie Hobeika, Phalangist militia leader | |
| 2000/02/22 | Spain | Vitoria | car bomb (remote) | Fernando Buesa, Basque Socialist Party leader | ETA |
| 1999/10/21 | Turkey | Ankara | car bomb (tilt-based) | Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, prominent Turkish intellectual, lawyer, politician | |
| 1999/03/15 | United Kingdom | Lurgan, Northern Ireland | car bomb (tilt-based) | Rosemary Nelson, Irish human rights lawer | Red Hand Defenders |
| 1996/11/01 | United States | Tucson, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Gary Triano, Businessman | |
| 1992/05/23 | Italy | Capaci, Sicily | car bomb (remote) | Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (with 4 others) | Italian Mafia |
| 1990/07/30 | United Kingdom | Hankham, England | car bomb (remote) | Ian Gow, Conservative MP | Provisional IRA |
| 1989/11/22 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (with 23 others) | |
| 1989/05/16 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Hassan Khaled, Lebanese spiritual leader (with 21 others) | |
| 1988/06/28 | Greece | Athens | car bomb (remote) | William Nordeen, United States diplomat | Revolutionary Organization 17 November |
| 1987/12/22 | United Kingdom | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | car bomb | John McMichael, Ulster Defence Association leader | Provisional IRA |
| 1987/04/27 | United Kingdom | County Armagh, Northern Ireland | car bomb (remote) | Sir Maurice and Lady Gibson | Provisional IRA |
| 1979/03/30 | United Kingdom | Palace of Westminster | car bomb (tilt-based) | Airey Neave, Conservative MP | Irish National Liberation Army |
| 1979/01/22 | Lebanon | Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Ali Hassan Salameh, Black September leader | Mossad |
| 1976/09/21 | United States | Washington, D.C. | unknown | Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile | |
| 1976/06/02 | United States | Phoenix, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Don Bolles, investigative reporter | |
| 1974/09/30 | Argentina | Buenos Aires, Argentina | car bomb (remote) | Carlos Prats, Former Chilean army commander | |
| 1928/12/04 | United States | Saint Paul, Minnesota | unknown | "Dapper" Danny Hogan, "Irish Mob" boss |
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