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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 05, 2019, 04:31:06 pm

Title: US official: Airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing
Post by: rangerrebew on January 05, 2019, 04:31:06 pm

US official: Airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing


By Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, CNN

Updated 3:09 PM ET, Fri January 4, 2019



Washington (CNN)The terrorist behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole is believed to have been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen on Tuesday, according to a US administration official.

Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi was an al Qaeda operative who the US believes helped orchestrate the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors.

The official said all intelligence indicators show al-Badawi was killed in a strike in Yemen as a result of a joint US military and intelligence operation.

https://us.cnn.com/2019/01/04/politics/uss-cole-al-badawi-killed/index.html?no-st=1546705749

Title: Re: US official: Airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing
Post by: rangerrebew on January 05, 2019, 04:32:03 pm

I would like to believe the story is accurate but it is from the Communist News Network so who knows? :pondering:

Title: Re: US official: Airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing
Post by: GtHawk on January 06, 2019, 04:03:36 am

Quote from: rangerrebew on January 05, 2019, 04:32:03 pm

I would like to believe the story is accurate but it is from the Communist News Network so who knows? :pondering:

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/04/terrorist-behind-2000-uss-cole-bombing-killed-in-airstrike/

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2019/01/05/Airstrike-kills-terrorist-behind-USS-Cole-attack/stories/201901060130 (https://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2019/01/05/Airstrike-kills-terrorist-behind-USS-Cole-attack/stories/201901060130)

Maybe it is true, and if so I bet Obama's pissed one of his buddies is gone.