Wednesday, July 11, 2012

USA - Voice of America: Former Captain of USS Cole Critical of US Reaction

USA - Voice of America
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Former Captain of USS Cole Critical of US Reaction
Jul 11th 2012, 21:19

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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