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The ANFO [[car bomb]] was adopted by the [[Provisional IRA]] in 1972 and, by 1973, [[the Troubles]] were consuming {{convert|47,000|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=off}} of ammonium nitrate for the majority of bombs.<ref>{{cite news |author=Henry Stanhope |title=The will to blow the lid off Ulster still remains strong |newspaper=The Times |location=London <!--url: Archive starts in 2000--> |date=8 November 1974}}</ref> The [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) also made use of ANFO bombs, often mixing in [[gelignite]] as a booster, in the [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings]] of May 1974 which killed 34 people & injured almost 300, ANFO car bombs were used in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balaclavastreet.wordpress.com/tag/bombs/|title=Bombs}}</ref> It has also seen use by groups such as the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] and [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]]. In 1992, [[Shining Path]] perpetrated the [[Tarata bombing]] in [[Lima, Peru]], using two ANFO truck bombs.

The ANFO [[car bomb]] was adopted by the [[Provisional IRA]] in 1972 and, by 1973, [[the Troubles]] were consuming {{convert|47,000|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=off}} of ammonium nitrate for the majority of bombs.<ref>{{cite news |author=Henry Stanhope |title=The will to blow the lid off Ulster still remains strong |newspaper=The Times |location=London <!--url: Archive starts in 2000--> |date=8 November 1974}}</ref> The [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) also made use of ANFO bombs, often mixing in [[gelignite]] as a booster, in the [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings]] of May 1974 which killed 34 people & injured almost 300, ANFO car bombs were used in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balaclavastreet.wordpress.com/tag/bombs/|title=Bombs}}</ref> It has also seen use by groups such as the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] and [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]]. In 1992, [[Shining Path]] perpetrated the [[Tarata bombing]] in [[Lima, Peru]], using two ANFO truck bombs.



A more sophisticated variant of ANFO (ammonium nitrate with [[nitromethane]] as the fuel, called ANNM) was used in the 1995 [[Oklahoma City bombing]].{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

A more sophisticated variant of ANFO (ammonium nitrate with [[nitromethane]] as the fuel, called ANNM) was used in the 1995 [[Oklahoma City bombing]].



The [[Shijiazhuang bombings]] rocked the city of Shijiazhuang, China, on 16 March 2001. A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when, within a short time, several ANFO bombs exploded near four apartment buildings.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 April 2001 |title=石家庄九名制贩爆炸物的嫌犯被刑事拘留 |trans-title=Shijiazhuang nine suspects of the sale of explosives were detained in criminal detention |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/222078.html&usg=ALkJrhgOJfTK3ZhEpPY9V8vwNL_TK_SjRA |language=zh |location=Beijing |access-date=12 August 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[Shijiazhuang bombings]] rocked the city of Shijiazhuang, China, on 16 March 2001. A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when, within a short time, several ANFO bombs exploded near four apartment buildings.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 April 2001 |title=石家庄九名制贩爆炸物的嫌犯被刑事拘留 |trans-title=Shijiazhuang nine suspects of the sale of explosives were detained in criminal detention |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/222078.html&usg=ALkJrhgOJfTK3ZhEpPY9V8vwNL_TK_SjRA |language=zh |location=Beijing |access-date=12 August 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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