Traduction de «agression à la voiture piégée » (Français → Anglais) :

Assault by car bomb

car bomb

car bombing

I. whereas Libya has become home to the largest Daesh forces outside of the Middle East and forms a Daesh bridgehead on the Mediterranean south coast, posing a very dangerous threat to neighbouring countries in the Sahel and Sahara, as well as to Europe through terrorist actions; whereas Daesh has launched several indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians in Benghazi, Ajdabiya and Derna, and was responsible for a particularly murderous truck-bomb blast outside a police training camp in Zliten on 7 January 2016; whereas since 4 January 2016 Daesh has aimed to expand its war chest by occupying and controlling the huge eastern oil facil ...[+++]ities at al-Sidra, Ras Lanuf and Marsa al-Brega;

H. whereas Yemen is a stronghold for AQAP and increasingly for Islamic State / Da’esh; whereas on 29 June a car bomb exploded in the capital, Sana’a, targeting a crowd that had gathered to mourn the deaths caused by another car bomb the previous week (also wounding at least 28 people); whereas both attacks have been claimed by Islamic State in Yemen;

M. whereas ISIS is training fighters in Libya and establishing a branch in the eastern part of the country; whereas on 30 December 2014 terrorists detonated a car bomb in Tobruk, targeting a session of the House of Representatives; whereas elements of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb are reported to have established logistical hubs in the southern periphery of Libya; whereas, according to an official government statement, an Islamic State militia executed 14 soldiers of the Libyan army on 3 December 2014;

Perhaps more important, cruise missiles: 70 countries have cruise missiles now, mostly on ships; unmanned aircraft launched from freighters; tramp steamers sailing into major ports, for example the port of New York; the proverbial suitcase bomb or car trunk bomb; and even made-in-the-U.S.A. weapons of mass destruction, as we've seen in the case in Japan, seem more plausible near-term threats.