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Yemen: U.S. Airstrike Kills Plotter of 2000 USS Cole Attack

HeadlineJan 07, 2019

In Yemen, a U.S. airstrike killed one of the suspected masterminds behind the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 sailors and wounded at least 40 others. Al-Qaeda militant Jamal al-Badawi was indicted on terrorism charges in 2003 but twice escaped prison in Yemen. The airstrike and al-Badawi’s death, which reportedly occurred on January 1, was confirmed Sunday in tweets by President Trump and U.S. Central Command.

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