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Ma'rib Governorate

Mastermind Behind USS Cole Bombing Reportedly Killed In Airstrike Mastermind Behind USS Cole Bombing Reportedly Killed In Airstrike
Mastermind Behind USS Cole Bombing Reportedly Killed In Airstrike The terrorist behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole was believed killed in an American airstrike in Yemen on New Year’s Day, the government said Friday. The State Department had offered a $5 million reward for the capture of Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi for helping organize the attack, which killed 17 American sailors on Oct. 12, 2000. Although the government hadn’t officially confirmed his death Friday afternoon, administration officials said Al-Badawi, an al-Qaueda operative who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, was alone in a vehicle in Yemen's Ma'rib Governorate durin…