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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 ]
USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole , a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II .
Kirk S. Lippold (born April 29, 1959 [1]) is a former U.S. Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole on October 12, 2000, when the ship was attacked and bombed by al-Qaeda terrorists during a refueling stop in the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 U.S. sailors.
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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.
Al-Qaeda planned to attack USS The Sullivans on January 3, 2000, but the effort failed due to too much weight being put on the small boat meant to bomb the ship. Despite the setback with USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. Navy warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing, killing 17 sailors.
The Department of Defense confirmed two U.S. naval ships intercepted and destroyed missiles launched by Iran on the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) and USS Cole (DDG-67 ...
USS Cole – On 12 October, the guided missile destroyer was damaged after being struck by a boat packed with explosives while she was being refueled in Aden harbor. [74] Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, which was believed to have been aided by Sudan. 19 (including the attackers) Naval