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Failed USS The Sullivans bombing

Disrupted Attack
Part of USS Cole bombing

Event Details
	Primary Organization	Al-Qaeda
	Location	Aden, Yemen¹
	Time	Jan. 3, 2000¹
	Victim Deaths	0
	Victim Injuries	0
	Attacker Deaths	0
	Participants	Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander) ¹
	Participants	Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator) ¹, Fahd al Quso (Facilitator) , Hassan al Khamri, Ibrahim al-Thawar

Narrative and Notes
	Reliable	A bomb-laden dinghy, with some would-be suicide bombers, launched into the Aden harbor. Its target: the USS The Sullivans, a U.S. Navy destroyer that was refueling in the port. The boat, overloaded with explosives, sank shortly after it goes into the water. The plot went undiscovered, and in October 2000, the same attackers successfully struck the USS Cole.¹

Sources
¹United States vs. Jamal al Badawi and Fahd al Quso, indictment, May 15, 2003.

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