Pentagon announces charges in USS Cole bombing (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 06/30/2008 - 3:08pm

This image provided by the U.S.<br /><br />Navy shows damage sustained on the port side of the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Cole after a bomb exploded on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000 during a refueling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen.<br /><br />The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with 'organizing and directing' the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole - and will seek the death penalty.<br /><br />(AP Photo/U.S. Navy)AP - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole — and will seek the death penalty.



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