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Offline TomSea

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Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
« on: February 13, 2020, 11:37:16 am »
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Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to compensate the families of sailors killed in an al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole warship 20 years ago, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, part of government efforts to remove the country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

The report said the settlement had been signed on Feb. 7. It did not mention the amount paid in compensation, but a source with knowledge of the deal, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Sudan had agreed to settle the case for $30 million.

The 17 sailors were killed, and dozens of others injured, in the attack on Oct. 12, 2000, when two men in a small boat detonated explosives alongside the Navy guided missile destroyer as it was refueling in the southern Yemeni port of Aden.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-usa-court-idUSKBN2071D1
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Re: Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2020, 11:39:34 am »
Well, that wouldn't have been likely under Obama...
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Re: Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2020, 01:24:21 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 13, 2020, 11:39:34 am
Well, that wouldn't have been likely didn't happen under Obama or Bush...
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