USS Cole - Before
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole (DDG 67) was attacked by homicide jihadists while docked at port in Yemen. It was one in a series of attacks by the terror organization al-Qaeda. This attack, along with all the previous attacks on U.S. interests by al-Qaeda, was treated as a criminal act rather than an act of war. The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, declared the perpetrators of this cowardly act would be held accountable. But no action was taken against the jihadists. Therefore, the jihadists who perpetrated this act had the opportunity to continue to plot and plan further acts of terrorism against the interests of the United States and other Western nations.
The most recent attack on the United States by the terror organization al-Qaeda was September 11, 2001.
USS Cole - After
Seventeen American Sailors lost their lives heroically attempting to save the ship.
Not for self, but Country
DoD Commission Report
Stars & Stripes Remembers
Visit Something … and Half of Something for a memorial to each Sailor and a time-line of events surrounding the bombing of the USS Cole.
Theodore’s World honors the Sailors of the USS Cole ‘Determined Warrior’
Castle Argghhh! has a tribute to the early casualties in the Global War on Terror.
Eagle Speak writes of how the Navy is remembering it the Sailors who were killed that day.
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