Terrorist Leader Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden
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The U.S.S. Cole
In October 2000, a boat filled with explosives crashed into an American warship in Aden, Yemen. Seventeen sailors were killed in the attack, which was widely attributed to al-Qaeda.

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