MadMonk
10-12-2007, 03:47 PM
Seven years ago today, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole was attacked by Islamic terrorists (http://www.cole.navy.mil/) associated with Osama bin Laden's al-Quaeda group while on a scheduled refueling stop in Arden, Yemen. Seventeen American sailors were killed and thirty-nine injured in the attack which severely damaged the ship.
Not much mention of it on the major news outlets unfortunately. Too caught up in the Gore Nobel Peace prize mania I suppose. :Smiley099
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cole-001012-N-0000N-002.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cole-001012-N-0000N-001.jpg
Not much mention of it on the major news outlets unfortunately. Too caught up in the Gore Nobel Peace prize mania I suppose. :Smiley099
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cole-001012-N-0000N-002.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cole-001012-N-0000N-001.jpg