In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on the United States less ...

Newly declassified documents show the frustrations of top White House counterterrorism officials over the U.S. failure to respond to al-Qaida’s October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole despite evidence ...

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole — and will seek the death penalty. Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, ...

MADISON (WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac sailor killed in a terrorist attack is being remembered at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Engineman 2nd Class Marc Nieto was aboard the USS Cole when it was bombed in ...

The decision clears the way for the first death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer, more than 25 years after the attack.

WASHINGTON — An American airstrike earlier this week targeted an al-Qaida operative accused of involvement in the attack nearly two decades ago on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, a U.S. military ...

2025 marks 25 years since the deadly attack on the USS Cole, one of the darkest Days in U.S. Navy history. Virginia's Navy Veteran Paul Abney talks with DC News Now's Liberty Simmons. Jake Paul vs.

WASHINGTON — Jamal Al-Badawi, wanted by the United States for his suspected role in the attack on the USS Cole 18 years ago, was killed in a precision strike in Yemen on Jan. 1, US Central Command ...

Andrew C. Hall helped change the law to make it possible to sue a state sponsor of terrorism in U.S. federal court. Victims of the 2000 USS Cole bombing received their first round of awards from a ...

For U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Riley Coontz, the skills and values needed to succeed are similar to those he found back home in Portage County. “One lesson I learned from my hometown is the ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - A survivor of the suicide bombing on the USS Cole in Yemen 10 years ago has died at his Florida home. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Johann Gokool was found dead in his bed ...

(CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts:In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, ...