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2 unusual facts about USS Cole bombing


Robert G. Doumar

He also presided over the case against the Government of Sudan arising out of the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen.

San'a Institute for the Arabic Language

At first, the school attracted many U.S. and British students, but Al-Qaeda’s attack on the American destroyer Cole and 9/11 led to there being “very few Americans or Europeans.” Most of the students are from India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia, and many students are not Muslim.


Bladensburg High School

Younger brother Thomas Preston Davis '71 (PG cross country and two mile champion), US Navy trauma surgeon, oversaw care for all of the survivors of the USS Cole bombing upon their return from Yemen.

Maritime Jewel

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who allegedly also planned the USS Cole bombing, is thought to have been the mastermind of the attack.

Terrorism in Yemen

A CIA-controlled Predator drone fired a Hellfire missile at an SUV in the Yemeni desert containing Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, a Yemeni suspected senior al-Qaeda lieutenant believed to have been the mastermind behind the October 2000 USS Cole bombing that killed 17 Americans.


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