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USS Cole bombing  

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  • On October 12, 2000, two suicide bombers piloted a rubber boat next to the USS Cole, in port in Aden, Yemen, and blew a 40-by-60-foot hole in the side of the 505-foot American naval destroyer. The blast killed 17 U.S. sailors and wounded 39 others on board. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; USS Cole Bombing]

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