Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:37:36 AM
SEVENTEEN people died and 39 were injured in a terrorist attack on the American guided missile destroyer, USS Cole, in Aden harbour, Yemen, on October 12, 2000.
While the ship was refuelling offshore, a small craft with two men on board - presumed to be suicide bombers - approached the ship and exploded. The small boat is believed to have been packed with 400-700 pounds of explosives, and the blast blew a 40-foot hole in the side of the USS Cole.
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The Tragedy of the USS Cole Case
by Douglas Farah