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The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor. [ 1 ]
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The USS Cole after the bombing. AQY's first major attack came with the attempted bombing of the USS The Sullivans on 3 January 2000. [8] The attack was a failure, as the suicide boat containing the explosives sank before it could reach the ship. [9] Al-Nashiri's plan would later come to fruition with the bombing of the USS Cole on 12
By that time, Bin Laden had already authorized Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to begin planning an attack on a United States Navy vessel in Yemen two years prior. [1] Al-Nashiri's plan eventually culminated in the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000. The United States government listed Harithi as one of the main planners of the attack.
A U.S. airstrike killed an al-Qaida operative accused of involvement in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, a military spokesman said.
The 2000 Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit was a meeting of several high-level al-Qaeda members held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5 January to 8 January 2000. [1] [2] During this conference, the USS Cole bombing and September 11 attacks were planned.
The use of a boat loaded with explosives raised the specter of 2000's USS Cole attack, a suicide assault by al-Qaida on the warship when it was at port in Aden, killing 17 on board. Associated Press journalists saw the Cole in the Red Sea on Wednesday, now taking part in the U.S. campaign while visiting one of her sister ships, the USS Laboon.
The use of a boat loaded with explosives raised the specter of 2000's USS Cole attack, a suicide assault by al-Qaida on the warship when it was at port in Aden, killing 17 on board. Associated ...