Eleven months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, al-Qaida suicide bombers blasted a hole in a U.S. Navy ship docked at the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 sailors and wounding dozens more. In a new book, the captain of that ship says America's response was terribly weak and the violence could have been a harbinger of the deadlier attacks to come. On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, with Commander Kirk Lippold at the helm, was refueling during ...
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