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The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) remains moored to a refueling platform in the industrial harbor in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 15, 2000. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer was the target of a suspected terrorist attack which took place in the port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, during a scheduled refueling. Nine sailors were killed and eight have been listed as missing.

The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) remains moored in Aden, Yemen.

The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) remains moored to a refueling platform in the industrial harbor in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 15, 2000. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer was the target of a suspected terrorist attack which took place in the port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, during a scheduled refueling. Nine sailors were killed and eight have been listed as missing.

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