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Encyclopedia: USS Cole bombing

The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 sailors were killed. This attack was often seen as a precursor to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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米艦コール襲撃事件

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Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi

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Tawfiq bin Attash

mastermind behind the USS Cole bombing which took place in Aden, Yemen. Bin Attash was captured by... Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. In January 2000 bin Attash...

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Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin

ties with the planner of the USS Cole bombing...

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List of alleged Al-Qaida members

President Musharraf Al-Ahdal, Mohammed Hamdi Al-Badawi, Jamal USS Cole bombing suspect Al-Bakri, Mukhtar Al...-Shaykh al-Marabh, Nabil al-Marri, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim Embassy and USS Cole bombing... killed Al Shihri, Shaban al-Sirouri, Mourad USS Cole bombing suspect al-Tbaiti, Zuher al-Zahrani, Faris...

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MV Blue Marlin

from Offshore Heavy Transport to move the destroyer USS Cole (DDG-67) back to the United States after it was crippled in Aden, Yemen in the USS Cole bombing. Specifications Length Overall: 217.00 m... (43.6 ft) Summer Draft: 10.10 m (33.1 ft) Deadweight: 56,000 mt ( Cole weighed much less than 8,000...

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Timeline of United States history (1990-present)

is acquitted in impeachment trial by U.S. Senate 2000s 2000 - USS Cole bombing in Yemen 2000 - U.S.... presidential election, 1992 1993 - Bill Clinton becomes President 1993 - World Trade Center bombing... City bombing 1995 - TWA flight 800 explodes off of Long Island killing all 230 aboard 1996 - Khobar...

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John P. O'Neill

bin Laden, and investigated the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia and the 2000 USS Cole... into the USS Cole bombing in October 2000. However, upon arriving in Yemen, he found the living... the investigation, but was blocked by Bodine and others. He continued to investigate the Cole bombing...

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Khalid al-Mihdhar

the USS Cole bombing as well. He has used the aliases Sannan al-Makki, Khalid bin Muhammad... with a suspect in the USS Cole bombing who had been identified by the FBI as one of bin Laden's top... performed and when information on the USS Cole bombing was discovered, it would have been standard...

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Dale Watson

investigations into the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and USS Cole bombing. In 1999 Watson was promoted to be... key role in the investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing. Watson was then named as the Deputy... the successful investigation of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996. In January 1997, he was reassigned...

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Aden

terrorist group, attempted to bomb USS The Sullivans as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots. The boat that had the explosives in it sank, forcing the abortion of the plan. The USS Cole bombing happened...

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