“Suicide terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the USS Cole—a Navy Destroyer—as it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more. […] The extensive FBI investigation ultimately determined that members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network planned and carried out the bombing.” — FBI
Date of event: October 12, 2000
Related Resources:
- DoD USS Cole Commission Report
- S. Hrg. 107-609: Lessons Learned from the Attack on U.S.S. Cole, on the Report of the Crouch-Gehman Commission, and on the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Manual Investigation into the Attack, Including a Review of Appropriate Standards of Accountability for U.S. Military Services, Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May 3, 2001
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