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  • U.S. Navy Destroyer Attacked in Yemen @ Yahoo
  • Navy investigating explosion on USS Cole (DDG 67)
  • DDG 67 Cole official homepage
  • THREATCON SYSTEM Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Antiterrorism Joint Pub 3-07.2 17 March 1998

  • USS Cole Bombing Suspect Faces Arraignment at Guantanamo VOA 04 Nov 2011
  • YEMEN / COLE BOMBING VOA 29 Sep 2004
  • Cole Returns From Deployment Navy Newsstand 27 May 2004
  • Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 14 November 2000 -- Q: Could you talk to us a little bit about what we read today in the Washington Post with regard to the rules of engagement and the orders that were given to the crew of the Cole on deck? Are you able to confirm that those sailors were correct in their characterization of their crew direction?
  • State Dept. Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 13 November 2000 -- Q: On the Cole investigation, how close is the memorandum of understanding between the two countries for the remainder of the investigation? How close are we to that agreement, and would you still characterize the cooperation of the Yemeni Government as good?
  • Ingalls Shipbuilding Selected to Repair USS Cole , DOD News Release, 09 November 2000 -- The Navy announced today that Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., will repair USS Cole, which was damaged in a Oct. 12 terrorist attack while in the port of Aden, Yemen.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 09 November 2000 -- Q: Can I go back to Yemen for a second? Can you give us a status on the cooperation between the US and the Government of Yemen and whether or not you are any closer to an agreement, written or otherwise, of cooperation?
  • Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 07 November 2000 -- Q: Ken, is the Cole headed south, to come around the tip of Africa, to come - is it on its way home first?
  • State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 November 2000 -- Q: New subject. Yemen. Today, Yemeni officials say that, not only will they not let Americans interview suspects; they won't even relay questions from the Americans to the suspects. Are we still saying we're getting good cooperation from them?
  • Cole panel to focus on force protection issues, By Chuck Vinch, Stars and Stripes, 04 November 2000 -- A top-level commission appointed in the wake of the Oct. 12 terrorist attack on the USS Cole will focus solely on broad force protection issues and will not "sit in judgment" of anyone aboard the ship or in its chain of command, the panel's leaders said Thursday.
  • Cole Commission Focuses On Force Protection Measures , American Forces Press Service, 03 November 2000 -- DoD's Cole Commission will review and evaluate current force protection policies and procedures for troops traveling to and from the Middle East, and possibly recommend changes, the commission co- chairmen said.
  • DoD News Briefing - USS Cole, DOD, 02 November 2000 -- Special briefing on the Cole Commission - Gen. William W. Crouch, USA (Ret.) and Adm. Harold W. Gehman, USN (Ret.)
  • DoD News Briefing - USS Cole, DOD, 02 November 2000 -- Q: Craig, is the Blue Marlin underway yet? And if not, when will it get underway, and which way will it head?
  • U-S Ship Attack, Voice of America, 02 November 2000 -- Two retired senior military officers appointed by the Defense Department to study the bombing of the destroyer U-S-S Cole say they will look for possible lessons that can help prevent future attacks.
  • Attorney General Reno's Weekly Press Conference, Nov. 2, 2000, The Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 02 November 2000 -- Q: Ms. Reno, can you describe for us whether there are additional efforts being made; what's the state of play right now in trying to secure additional cooperation from the government of Yemen?
  • Cole Investigation, Voice of America, 01 November 2000 -- The United States says it wants to see more cooperation from the government of Yemen in the investigation into last month's terrorist attack on the Navy destroyer, the U-S-S Cole, that killed 17 American sailors.
  • DoD News Briefing, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 01 November 2000 -- Q: What is the Defense Department doing to prevent another attack like the one on the USS Cole?
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 01 November 2000 -- Q: Richard, do you think the Yemeni Government is inhibiting the investigation into the Cole?
  • Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 31 October 2000 -- Q: Could you explain - could you tell us about why the Cole isn't going through Suez?
  • Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Join High-Threat Areas , American Forces Press Service, 31 October 2000 -- Kuwait and Saudi Arabia join Bahrain and Qatar as having the highest level of threat against U.S. military in the Middle East region, Pentagon spokesperson Kenneth Bacon said Oct. 31.
  • Clinton / Ship Attack, Voice of America, 30 October 2000 -- President Clinton is appealing to Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, for greater cooperation in the investigation of the bombing of the U-S-S Cole earlier this month.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole Investigation, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 30 October 2000 -- Q: There were reports that Yemen is indicating that it may want to seek reparations for loss of use at the Port of Aden there. Is that true, and is this something that the United States would consider?
  • White House Daily Briefing - USS Cole Investigation, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 30 October 2000 -- Q: Jake, at the State Department today they said that the President spoke with the leader of Yemen, Salih. Can you tell us about that call?
  • USS Cole Returns, Voice of America, 29 October 2000 -- The bomb-scarred navy destroyer is to be returned to the United States for repairs by a Norwegian transport vessel.
  • Salvage ship due to begin process of getting Cole back to States, Stars and Stripes, 27 October 2000 -- The USS Cole could begin its journey from Yemen to the States this weekend when a heavy lift ship arrives to carry the crippled destroyer home.
  • State Department Noon Briefing, October 27, 2000, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 27 October 2000 -- "First of all, we would like to express our appreciation to the Government of Yemen for its cooperation in these early phases of the investigations, and particularly for facilitating the forensic examinations in Yemen..."
  • Blue Marlin, Voice of America, 26 October 2000 -- A Norwegian-owned semi-submersible heavy lift ship called the Blue Marlin is to arrive in the Yemeni harbor of Aden shortly to salvage the U-S destroyer Cole, damaged earlier this month in a terrorist attack.
  • Senator: Intelligence expert quit after warnings not heeded, Stars and Stripes, 26 October 2000 -- A top Pentagon terrorist intelligence expert who had warned of possible threats against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf quit his job the day after the deadly attack on the USS Cole, a Senate Armed Services Committee lawmaker said Wednesday.
  • Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing, Oct. 26, U.S. Department of Defense, 26 October 2000 -- Q: And on to some other questions. Yesterday on the Hill, some interesting things came out at the House Armed Services Committee hearing. Walt Slocombe said that there are - in talking about the NSA [National Security Agency] report that the Washington Times had reported on, he talked about a separate intelligence report that came out about 12 yours before the bombing. He said at the time that it didn't mention Yemen specifically. But since then, an intelligence official has confirmed to me that in fact it did include Yemen and several other countries.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 26 October 2000 -- Q: And one more question. Can you say whether, at the time of the explosion of the Cole in the harbor in Aden, whether the US Embassy in Sanaa was on a heightened state of alert?
  • White House Daily Briefing - USS Cole, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 26 October 2000 -- Q: Jake, a defense intelligence analyst resigned yesterday, and there's several reports now that the NSA sent out a warning about a potential terrorist attack. Based on what the President has been briefed about the USS Cole attack, does he believe that the intelligence community in any way dropped the ball in alerting various military assets in the region that a terrorist attack was coming? Does he have any particular message to send to the victims' families that they should not fear that the intelligence community dropped the ball?
  • Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Tuesday Briefing, U.S. Department of Defense, 24 October 2000 -- "Yesterday Secretary Cohen met with General Crouch and Admiral Gehman, the co-chairs of the commission that will study the bombing of the USS Cole to extract lessons learned."
  • Senate / Ship Attack, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The Pentagon is facing new questions about whether it could have prevented the terrorist bombing of the U-S-S Cole in Yemen and the death of 17 sailors.
  • Facts of USS Cole Bombing Are "Under the Microscope," General Says, USIS Washington File, 25 October 2000 -- "We're determined to get to the bottom of this. We'll put the events that led up to (the attack on the USS) Cole under the microscope," General Tommy Franks, commander-in-chief (CINC) for the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), told the Senate Armed Services Committee October 25.
  • General Tommy Franks Testimony on USS Cole Attack, U.S. Department of Defense, 25 October 2000 -- Testifying before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees during separate hearings October 25, General Tommy Franks, commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), said that investigators are gathering facts designed to shed light on the attack on the USS Cole, with a view toward providing "insights as to how the threat we face today has evolved, and how we can best meet this threat in the future."
  • RECENT ATTACK IN YEMEN ON THE USS COLE October 19, 2000 - Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Ret. Former Commander-in-Chief U.S. Central Command -- Aden never had a specific terrorist threat. All the other ports that we should have considered as options have had specific terrorist threats
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 20 October 2000 -- Q: There has been discrepancy or kind of back and forth about whether you are calling this an apparent terrorist attack or you have, in fact, decided that it is a terrorist attack. Can you clarify the position on this, and also talk about reported warnings that the State Department and/or other agencies received about threats to American interests abroad and when they received these warnings and who they notified?
  • Navy adds pier security following attack on USS Cole, Stars and Stripes, 20 October 2000 -- The Navy's 7th Fleet has tightened security on piers at Far East bases since the Oct. 12 bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole in Yemen that killed 17 sailors.
  • Gen. Crouch, Adm. Gehman to head Cole inquiry, source, 20 October 2000 -- Two former high-ranking U.S. officers will launch an independent inquiry into the security situation aboard the USS Cole when the ship was attacked by terrorists in the Yemeni port of Aden last week, officials said Thursday.
  • Gen. Zinni defends use of Yemeni port for refueling, Stars and Stripes, 20 October 2000 -- Despite precarious situations in Yemen and reports of the country's links to terrorism, the Navy has little choice but to use the Middle Eastern country's ports for ship refueling, a former senior U.S. military commander said Thursday.
  • U-S Ship Warning, Voice of America, 20 October 2000 -- The U-S Defense Department will look into possible intelligence lapses that may have contributed to last week's deadly attack on the U-S navy destroyer Cole in the Yemeni harbor of Aden.
  • U-S Ship Attack, Voice of America, 20 October 2000 -- The U-S Navy has issued a revised timetable of events leading to last week's deadly bombing of the destroyer U-S-S Cole in the Yemeni harbor of Aden.
  • USS Cole Casualty Update, U.S. Department of Defense, 20 October 2000 -- A final list confirming the names and ranks of sailors killed in the Cole explosion
  • Navy Reports 57-Minute Error in Cole Attack Explosion, American Forces Press Service, 20 October 2000 -- The Oct. 12 explosion that ripped the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, occurred nearly an hour earlier than originally thought, according to Navy officials.
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 19 October 2000 -- Q: There were hearings today with Zinni there talking about the clearance for Yemen to be used for refueling, and there was a lot of tough questions about why that was allowed. I know there was some back and forth about who bears the ultimate responsibility for clearing the port, but since the State Department does have a role in all of this, is there some rethinking going on now about how ports will be cleared in the future?
  • US-Cole-Yemen, Voice of America, 19 October 2000 -- The former commander of U-S forces in the Middle East is defending his decision to have American warships refuel in Yemen, where a Navy destroyer was attacked last week by terrorist bombers.
  • Attorney General Reno's Weekly Media Briefing - USS Cole, The Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 19 October 2000 -- Q: Ms. Reno, can you tell us why FBI Director Freeh decided to go to Yemen? What was the purpose of his visit? How long will he be there?
  • Pentagon Regular Briefing, - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 19 October 2000 -- Q: Can you give us the latest update on the Cole situation and the recovery of bodies?
  • State Department Noon Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 18 October 2000 -- Q: Ambassador Bodine was telling reporters last night that there has been some significant developments in the Cole investigation. Do you know what they are? Can you shed light on that?
  • Panel to Look at Force Protection Lessons Learned from Cole , American Forces Press Service, 19 October 2000 -- A DoD panel will examine the terrorist attack against the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, to see what commanders can do to prevent such attacks, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said Oct. 19.
  • Secretary Cohen Orders Review of USS Cole Lessons Learned , American Forces Press Service, 19 October 2000 -- Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen has appointed retired Army Gen. William W. Crouch, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and Navy Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., former commander-in-chief of U.S. Joint Forces Command, to lead a review of lessons learned from the Oct. 12 attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen.
  • Navy Names Destroyer To Honor Rear Adm Chung-Hoon, U.S. Department of Defense, 10 October 2000 -- Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig has announced the decision to name the 43rd ship of the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, "Chung-Hoon" (DDG 93).
  • Norfolk Ceremony Memorializes 17 Sailors Killed in Attack on USS Cole, USIS Washington File, 18 October 2000 -- The United States will find the perpetrators of the October 12 terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen that killed some 17 U.S. sailors and injured many others, President Clinton and top U.S. military officials say.
  • Bomb-making equipment found in apartment near Yemeni port, Stars and Stripes, 18 October 2000 -- Investigators have found bomb-making equipment in an apartment near the port and believe two former occupants may have carried out the suicide bombing that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole, security officials said Tuesday.
  • Divers Recover Remains from Flooded Portion of Cole, American Forces Press Service, 17 October 2000 -- Navy divers have recovered the remains of six sailors killed in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen Oct. 12. This leaves six sailors still missing.
  • USS Cole Investigation Under Way in Yemen, American Forces Press Service, 17 October 2000 -- The U.S. inquiry is under way into the Oct. 12 terrorist bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen told reporters here Oct. 16.
  • U-S Ship Attack, Voice of America, 17 October 2000 -- The U-S Defense Department says the bodies of six more American sailors have been recovered from the crippled destroyer, U-S-S Cole, in Yemen.
  • News Briefing - USS Cole, U.S. Department of Defense, 17 October 2000 -- Q: Craig, the Yemeni government says that they have recovered some bomb-making equipment or materials. Can you shed any light on what the nature of that material is and the suspects who have been...
  • Aden port workers questioned; Yemen calls blast 'criminal act', Stars and Stripes, 17 October 2000 -- Yemeni security forces on Monday interrogated dozens of port workers and others - including the head of the company that services U.S. warships - as divers struggled to retrieve more bodies from the mangled USS Cole wreckage where 17 Americans died last week.
  • Cole victims' families share memories, Stars and Stripes, 17 October 2000 -- Death claimed more than a U.S. Navy deck seaman when it took the life of Seaman Apprentice Craig Bryan Wibberley.
  • With ships' arrival, Cole sailors are finally getting some rest, Stars and Stripes, 17 October 2000 -- The remaining sailors aboard the USS Cole are finally getting some much-needed rest.
  • U-S Ship Attack, Voice of America, 16 October 2000 -- In Washington, Navy officials have disclosed that the destroyer U-S-S Cole came close to sinking after being attacked last week in a Yemeni harbor by terrorist bombers.
  • Yemen Blast, Voice of America, 16 October 2000 -- Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, says the explosion that damaged a U-S warship last week was a planned criminal act.
  • USS Cole blast 'more than just TNT,' says official, Stars and Stripes, 16 October 2000 -- A blast more powerful "than just TNT" buckled the USS Cole's deck and turned the attack boat into "confetti size" pieces that rained down on the crippled destroyer, officials said Sunday in accounts that shed light on the enormous devastation of the bombing.
  • Cole Wounded Come Home, Memorial Service Planned, American Forces Press Service, 16 October 2000 -- Thirty-three sailors wounded in the terrorist attack on the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, returned Oct. 15 to Norfolk, Va.
  • As USS Cole victims return home, probe seeks links to terrorism, Stars and Stripes, 15 October 2000 -- With the wounded safe and the bodies of five of the 17 dead sailors back on American soil, dozens of investigators descended on this port city Saturday to determine whether it was terrorists who attacked the USS Cole as it sat in a Yemeni harbor.
  • Bandaged, exhausted Cole sailors arrive at Landstuhl, Stars and Stripes, 15 October 2000 -- Bandaged and exhausted from an 18-hour journey, 39 sailors injured aboard the USS Cole finally arrived at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center on Saturday.
  • Wounded USS Cole sailors just want to find peace, Stars and Stripes, 15 October 2000 -- The shock is not even close to fading away and the tears are still close to the surface for wounded sailors from the USS Cole.
  • Letter From The President To The Speaker of The House Of Representatives And The President Pro Tempore Of The Senate - USS Cole, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 15 October 2000 -- Letter outlining the steps taken by the President immediately following the Cole explosion.
  • Clinton-Yemen Ship, Voice of America, 14 October 2000 -- President Clinton used his Saturday radio address to pay tribute to those killed in the terrorist attack on the U-S Navy ship in Yemen, and to again vow to find those responsible.
  • Shock, sadness take over on planned day of celebration, Stars and Stripes, 14 October 2000 -- On what should have been a day of pride and celebration - the 225th birthday of the U.S. Navy - sailors reading newspapers and seeing televised photos of the devastating damage aboard the USS Cole were instead shocked and saddened Friday morning by a terrorist attack.
  • Kaiserslautern gears up for injured sailors' arrival, Stars and Stripes, 14 October 2000 -- One after another, dozens of civilians, Army and Air Force members walked into the blood drive auditorium Friday and rolled up their sleeves.
  • Sailors in Far East stunned, angered by USS Cole incident, Stars and Stripes, 14 October 2000 -- If some Middle East terrorists want to pick a fight with the U.S. Navy, there are plenty of sailors and Marines in the Western Pacific who are ready.
  • Cole victims arrive in Germany; investigation of blast intensifies, Stars and Stripes, 14 October 2000 -- With the crippled USS Cole listing slightly in the harbor, American investigators, Marines and soldiers swarmed into this deep-water port Friday, bringing sniffer dogs and sophisticated equipment to search for clues in the blast that killed 17 American sailors.
  • Special briefing on the USS Cole incident, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 October 2000 -- "The pictures of the coffins arriving at Ramstein remind us that this is a moment of sorrow and a moment of gratitude for the sacrifices that not only these sailors have made but that our military men and women make around the world every day, that they perform duty in our interest."
  • Press Briefing By Jake Siewert - USS Cole, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 13 October 2000 -- Q: Jake, is the United States ruling out retaliation if the perpetrators of the U.S.S. Cole act can be found?
  • Ten sailors missing in apparent attack on Cole presumed dead, Stars and Stripes, 13 October 2000 -- The 10 U.S. sailors missing in the bombing of the U.S. Navy warship in Yemen are presumed dead, raising the death toll in the apparent terrorist attack to 17, the Navy said Friday.
  • Cole Investigation VOA 10-13-2000 - American authorities are enroute to Yemen to investigate Thursday's apparent terrorist bombing of the U-S Navy Destroyer "Cole" that killed 17 American sailors.
  • Clinton-Yemen-ship VOA 10-13-2000 - The Pentagon now says 17 navy personnel are presumed to have been killed in blast.
  • U-S / Ship VOA 10-13-2000 - The U-S Defense Department is vowing not to give in to terrorists by curtailing military deployments abroad.
  • Navy continues to investigate explosion on USS Cole (DDG 67) United States Navy Oct. 13, 2000 - Yemen is the Defense Fuel Support Point that has been open just over a year. It has been used 12 times in the past year, usually when an oiler is not part of the battle group. The fueling point is in the center of an industrial harbor and consists of concrete pilings built specifically for commercial refueling.
  • EXPLOSION ABOARD USS COLE FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00// THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK THAT THIS WAS ANYTHING BUT A CALCULATED, BRUTAL ACT OF TERRORISM.
  • Special briefing on the USS Cole incident DoD News Briefing Friday, October 13, 2000 - The threat level had been raised to threat level bravo when the Cole pulled into the harbor, and they had armed people up on deck. This is a very damaged ship. There are flooded compartments in this ship. They have to patch it, and they have to get it -- enough power restored so she could move. Because of the damage to the communications equipment on the ship, we did not immediately know the crew members that were dead, missing or injured. There are two other Navy ships in Aden now. The USS Hawes, an FFG [frigate], is moored near the -- Aden. And the USS Donald Cook, which is a destroyer, is also in the area.
  • Media availability in Norfolk, Va., on the USS Cole incident DoD News Briefing October 13, 2000 - The ship currently has electricity. A lot of the communications were damaged as a result of the explosion. We have tugs available, U.S. Navy tugs available in the region. The best numbers we have are 35 injured.
  • CASUALTIES IN THE INCIDENT ON USS COLE
  • U-S SHIP ATTACK, Voice of America, 13 October 2000 -- The apparent terrorist attack on a U-S destroyer in Yemen has underscored one of the vulnerabilities of modern warships.
  • Cole Explosion Death Toll Rises, American Forces Press Service, 13 October 2000 -- Three more sailors have died in an apparent terrorist attack against the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. This brings the death toll to seven. Ten more sailors are missing.
  • CASUALTIES IN THE INCIDENT ON USS COLE, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 October 2000 -- A list of those killed in the attack on the USS Cole.
  • U-S SHIP/ATTACK OVERNIGHTER, Voice of America, 12 October 2000 -- U-S officials have launched an investigation into a suspected suicide terrorist attack on a Navy destroyer in Yemen.
  • U-S SHIP / ATTACK, Voice of America, 12 October 2000 -- In the Middle East, an apparent terrorist bomb has ripped a massive hole in the side of a U-S Navy destroyer.
  • Press Briefing By Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright - USS Cole Attack, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 12 October 2000 -- Q: Madame Secretary, please, on the ramming of the Navy ship; is there any knowledge, any information of who may have done it?
  • Cohen Says Cause of Blast That Damaged U.S. Ship Not Yet Certain, USIS Washington File, 12 October 2000 -- Defense Secretary William Cohen told reporters at the Pentagon October 12 that the cause of the explosion that killed five U.S. Navy sailors when it ripped open the steel hull of an American warship in the Yemeni port of Aden for refueling is not yet certain.
  • Attorney General Reno's Weekly Media Briefing - USS Cole Attack, The Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 12 October 2000 -- Q: And can you tell us the nature of the resources that the FBI is sending to the region...
  • Statement By The President On Middle East Situation And Incident On Uss Cole In Yemen, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 12 October 2000 -- If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism, it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable. If their intention was to deter us from our mission of promoting peace and security in the Middle East, they will fail, utterly.
  • Pentagon Special Briefing - USS Cole Attack, U.S. Department of Defense, 12 October 2000 -- At 5:15 this morning, Washington time, a large explosion blew a hole in the hull of the USS Cole as she was mooring at Aden, Yemen, to refuel. According to current reports, five sailors are dead, 36 are wounded, and 12 are still missing. These numbers are likely to change as we learn more.
  • Death of American Servicemembers Aboard The United States Ship Cole, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 12 October 2000 -- As a mark of respect for those who died on the United States Ship COLE, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, Monday, October 16, 2000.
  • Four Sailors Die in Terrorist Attack in Yemen, American Forces Press Service, 12 October 2000 -- Four sailors are dead, 35 injured and 12 missing following a terrorist attack Oct. 12 on the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen.
  • YEMEN / BOMBING, Voice of America, 12 October 2000 -- A small boat carrying what appears to be heavy explosives has rammed a U-S Navy ship and exploded off the coast of Yemen, killing four U-S sailors and wounding at least 30 others.



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