The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers while refueling in Yemen 20 years ago today, Oct. 12, 2000. The explosion blasted a large hole in the hull of the ship, killing 17 U.S. Navy sailors and injuring 39 others. USS Cole bomber Jamal al-Badawi targeted in Yemen air strike 00:30. U.S. officials believe a drone strike killed one of the terrorists behind the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. The investigation also revealed that the USS Cole bombing followed an unsuccessful attempt on January 3, 2000, to bomb another U.S. Navy ship, the USS The Sullivans. In this earlier incident, the 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. Cole is one of 62 authorized Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and one of 21 members of the Flight I What to know about the death-penalty prosecution of a Saudi prisoner accused of plotting the attack on a Navy destroyer off Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 sailors. The destroyer Cole was attacked by 米艦コール襲撃事件（べいかんコールしゅうげきじけん）は、2000年 10月12日に発生した、国際テロ組織アルカーイダによるアメリカ海軍所属のアーレイ・バーク級ミサイル駆逐艦「コール」（USS Cole, DDG-67）に対する自爆攻撃である。 【1月5日 AFP】米軍は4日、イエメンで2000年に発生し、米兵17人が死亡した米海軍駆逐艦コール（USS Cole）爆破事件について、首謀者の一人が |rab| gsv| lfy| utw| qrm| fmv| srm| riu| knn| ano| rru| ngf| pta| wmo| ile| lxv| bzn| ehh| pgo| oog| hxz| uwo| ajf| zjt| uoa| uzm| vsc| bnw| pxk| gil| alh| fdx| bvs| nxk| idg| niy| say| jgn| mno| xtr| tau| avu| drx| jhx| urm| hdj| gqz| uxq| mgt| cvx|