An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)
Baghdad / Barqah province / captured car bomb / captured SVBIED / Captured VBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Islamic State West Africa Province / ISWAP / Libya / Libyan Dawn / Libyan National Army (LNA) / Mosul / parked VBIED / SVBIED / Tarabulus province / VBIED

An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)

This is the first guest post on my website, written by the knowledgeable Calibre Obscura. As this topic revolves around IS' use of SVBIEDs in Libya, my previous in-depth article on the topic is a good primer. Late in the day on June 6th 2021, a local police facility on…

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September 17, 2021
Factories of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs are Manufactured
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Ammonium nitrate / Baghouz / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Daraa / Deir ez-Zor / Fallujah / frontal exterior IEDs / Hajin / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) / Libya / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)

Factories of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs are Manufactured

INTRODUCTION  Suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (SVBIEDs), are used by a variety of different non-state actors across the world. At times against civilian targets in order to terrorise, and other times as a force-multiplying weapon on the battlefield. Given the importance of this improvised weapon, some…

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March 31, 2020
The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb
al-Qaeda / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Mosul / Ninawa / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED

The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb

Two weeks ago, I published an in-depth report with European Eye on Radicalization, in which I examined the who's and what's of Remote-Controlled Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (RC-VBIED) use. In the report, I compare and contrast the use of such devices by a variety of non-state actors in Syria, including…

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October 1, 2019
SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Anbar province / Barqah province / bulldozer / Car bombs / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Front-end loader / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Mosul / Raqqah / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / Salahuddin / SVBIED / Syria / Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) / VBIED

SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment

In historical and contemporary wars alike, the establishment of qualitative defensive fortifications has been one of the, if not the most important aspect of preparing for the possibility of an armed attack by an opposing force. These defensive fortifications typically take the shape of trenches and earth berms either surrounding…

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February 13, 2019
The SVBIEDs of the Islamic State in Libya – History & Analysis
Barqah province / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Libyan Dawn / Libyan National Army (LNA) / Mosul / Raqqah / Remote controlled / S-75 SAM / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tarabulus province / VBIED

The SVBIEDs of the Islamic State in Libya – History & Analysis

*Note*Before delving into the fascinating SVBIED designs constructed and used by the Islamic State contingent in Libya, I've decided to dedicate the first section of this article to the history behind the group's rise and decline in this north-African country. Historical knowledge surrounding this is imperative in order to be…

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February 5, 2019
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