Analyzing the USS Cole Bombing
December 27, 2007 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security Research Papers, Maritime Terrorism Tactics, Maritime Terrorism: Al Qaeda
By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was attacked by a small craft loaded with 270 kg of C-4 explosives while making a routine refill stop in the port of Aden, Yemen. Steered by two Saudi suicide terrorists, Hassan al Khamri and Ibrahim [...]