11. In March, the Baghdad government said agents backed by the United States had carried out car bombings in the capital, Tikrit and other Iraqi cities. 12. Iran is also believed to be behind deadly car bombings from Beirut to Buenos Aires. 13. Israeli officials, however, accused him of having sponsored a string of car bombings. 14. Israeli army radio reported that security personnel seized six Palestinian members of two underground cells who were suspected of planning car bombings in Jerusalem. 15. It was the era of car bombings, assassinations and hunger strikes, and journalists were arriving from all over. 16. Last year, a similar discussion took place, but it collapsed when the Armed Islamic Group took responsibility for car bombings that killed scores of civilians in Algiers. 17. Overshadowing the campaign has been the recent resumption of violence by the Basque separatist group ETA, which has killed three people in car bombings since late January. 18. Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and three former prime ministers led the long march that capped a weekend of demonstrations nationwide after two car bombings on Friday in Madrid. 19. Security in garages can be tightened, parking can be prohibited in front of some federal facilities and barriers can be erected against suicide car bombings. 20. Some have died in car bombings, others from bombs that exploded at their offices, but most from shootings. |