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  1. US Navy Fires on Ship in Persian Gulf, One Dead

    Mon, 16 Jul 2012

    sailors are trained to take special caution of any vessels that appear to be approaching their warships. In 2000 the destroyer U . S . S . Cole was attacked off the coast of Yemen by al Qaeda terrorists who used a small private craft armed with explosives to ram the

  2. Former FBI Bomb Investigator Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

    Mon, 14 May 2012

    worked on some of the bureau's most high profile terrorism and bombing cases including the Unabomber case, the USS Cole bombing , the Oklahoma City bombing and the1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks, has been arrested and

  3. US Escalates Drone War on al Qaeda in Yemen

    Sun, 13 May 2012

    ago a drone strike killed Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, the Yemeni al Qaeda operative responsible for 2000's USS Cole bombing . The strike Saturday near the border of Marib and Shabwa provinces is the third to have been carried out this month

  4. Sources Say Drone Strike, AQAP Bomb-maker, Tied to Recent Foiled Plot

    Mon, 7 May 2012

    statement. Al-Quso, 37, from Yemen, was best known in the United States for heading terrorist operations in the USS Cole bombing , which killed 17 American sailors in 2000. More recently, Al-Quso had replaced Anwar al Awlaki as head of external

  5. Al Qaeda Leader Linked to USS Cole Attack Killed in Airstrike in Yemen

    Sun, 6 May 2012

    because of his role in the attack on the USS Cole . The attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer indicted for his role in the bombing of the USS Cole in Aden." A U. S. official described Yemen for his role in the attack on the USS Cole , but was released in 2007.

  6. Al Qaeda Affiliate Targets US Ships: Report

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    to the threat. The boat-borne suicide bomb tactic appears strikingly similar to that employed when terrorists bombed the USS Cole in October 2000. In that case, two men on a small boat laden with explosives rammed the Cole while it was refueling in Yemen

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  1. Al Qaeda 'Inspire' Magazine Found in Guantanamo Cell, Prosecutor Says

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    made during a pre-trial hearing for Adb al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind behind the deadly bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Seventeen American sailors were killed in the attack. Nashiri was captured in 2002. Navy prosecutor Cmdr. Andrea

  2. Alleged USS Cole Attack Mastermind Faces Military Commission

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    alleged mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000, was arraigned at the convicted for planning of the attack on the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen, al Nashiri could killed in the waterborne attack on the USS Cole traveled to the US naval base at Guantanamo

  3. Oct. 12: Freethought Day; USS Cole Attack ; Al Gore Wins Nobel Prize

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    Ross Perot Gains Ground in Presidential Race Independent candidate Ross Perot rose in the polls after presidential debate. 2000 USS Cole Attacked in Yemen U.S. Navy battleship bombed by terrorists while refueling in Yemen. 2005 China’s Second Manned Space

  4. Zawahiri Celebrates 'Defeat' of America in New Video

    Tue, 11 Oct 2011

    career of terror began with the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania later that year, and continued with the USS Cole attack of 2000 and then 9/11. Zawahiri is under indictment in the U.S. for the embassy attacks. Since the attacks

  5. World's Most Wanted: Who's Left on the List?

    Thu, 26 May 2011

    and was indicted for his alleged role in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 sailors. Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali-Badawi is the mastermind behind the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole . He escaped from a Yemeni jail in 2006. War Crimes Omar al-Bashir

  6. 9/11 Victims’ Families, Evidence of OBL’s Death, and the Pakistani Government: Today’s Qs for O’s WH - 5/4/11

    Wed, 4 May 2011

    TAPPER: What do you say to the families of the victims of 9/11 and the USS Cole and other terrorist acts by al-Qaida? These family members say they want the photo released so they can have some closure

  7. After Osama Bin Laden, America's New Most Wanted

    Wed, 4 May 2011

    career of terror began with the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania later that year, and continued with the USS Cole attack of 2000 and then 9/11. Zawahiri is under indictment in the U.S. for the embassy attacks. In April 2009, the

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Videos

  1. Benghazi Hearing: Gregory Hicks Describes Consulate Attack

    Wed, 8 May 2013

    go forward to embassies just as we did as indicated in 1998 in East Africa. As we've done in the other places indicated USS Cole another hostage situations. It is designed. To. Be the glue and the connective tissue that gets all the options on the table

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    1998 in East Africa. As we've done in the other places indicated USS Cole another hostage situations. It is designed. To. Be the glue and the connective tissue that -- gets all the options on the
  2. 12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Thu, 8 Sep 2011

    At the trade center in 93 you know they tried to take betray each other down we know that hatred played out The USS Cole bombing of our embassies in Africa. The bought into the barracks in Saudi Arabia so. Now it's being played out big time

  3. American Drones Strike Al Qaeda Targets in Yemen

    Sun, 13 May 2012

    Mohammed Ahmed Al Crusoe who was plotting to bring down a with that new underwear bomb. And was responsible for the USS Cole bombing . In fact there have been nearly as many drone strikes already this year as there were all of last year. We used

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    a -- with that new underwear bomb. And was responsible for the USS Cole bombing . In fact there have been nearly as many drone strikes already this year as there were all of last year. We used
  4. World News (06.05.12)

    Tue, 5 Jun 2012

    American born radical cleric and Followed just last month by a drone strike on Fahd Al Clouseau charged in the bombing of the USS Cole and now lippi. But Martha tell why they. Think Libby is a permanent blown they just recruit somebody else. Well not really

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  5. Al Qaeda No. 2 Killed by U.S. Drone

    Tue, 5 Jun 2012

    born radical cleric and were out Followed just last month by a drone strike on font Clouseau charged in the bombing of the USS Cole and now lippi. But Martha tell me why they think Libby is a permanent blown they just recruit somebody else. Well not really

    USS Cole found at 1:58

    drone strike on font -- Clouseau charged in the bombing of the USS Cole and now -- lippi. But Martha tell me why they think -- Libby is a permanent blown -- -- -- -- they
  6. 10:00am to 11:00am

    Thu, 8 Sep 2011

    Had the capability. Or the willingness to do this kind of thing my also function obviously. We saw what they did with the USS Cole . Lost here there was a very sophisticated US warship. That was almost totally destroyed with the loss of seventy lies. By

  7. Real Deal: Chaos in Yemen and Housing Homerun

    Wed, 8 Jun 2011

    know it's not good and here's another reason why Yemen. USS Cole remember that remember we ought to travel over in the media really bad has happened there interesting to the US since the USS Cole . But think about it because here's why. There's enough

    USS Cole found at 0:25, 1:10

    but I know it's not good and here's another reason why Yemen. USS Cole remember that remember we ought to travel over in the media Yemeni was shooting -- -- -- trying to figure out what
    nothing really bad has happened there interesting to the US since the USS Cole . But think about it because here's why. There's enough of an extremist presence there to once again let that take root all
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