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| | SecurityInnovator - Terrorism & Counterterrorism - Truck Bombing Shifts Into High Gear |
 | | In many ways, the September 11, 2001 attacks were the mother of all VBIED attacks – with the vehicle delivering the deadly payload escalating from truck to jumbo jet, and instead of packing a plane with explosives, the perpetrators harnessed the vehicles’ own full fuel tanks as the explosive agent. |
 | | In the 1990s, there were: 1 attack in 1999, 4 in 1998, 2 in 1997, 4 in 1996, 6 in 1995, 2 in 1994, 6 in 1993, 2 in 1992, and 1 in 1990. |
 | | In the 1980s, there were 4 VBIED attacks in 1989, 3 in 1988, 5 in 1987, 3 in 1986, 5 in 1985, 1 in 1984, 9 in 1983, 4 in 1982, and 3 in 1981. |
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