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Terrorists Missed Three Times
USS Cole Attack Fourth Attempt At Targeting Servicemen Abroad
Yemeni Security Thwarted One Attempt By Finding, Defusing, Bombs
Terrorism Campaign Appears To Be Sustained, Financed
ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 11, 2000 (Reuters) At least three plots
against American targets in Yemen failed in the past year before
last month's suicide bombing of the USS Cole, Yemeni sources
close to the investigation said Saturday.
More than one suspect in Yemeni custody being questioned in
connection with the Oct. 12 Cole bombing has admitted to
involvement in a campaign targeting Americans in Yemen, the
sources said, insisting on anonymity. They did not provide a
specific number but did say the suspects belong to the Islamic
Jihad and other Islamic groups.
The Islamic Jihad is linked to America's No. 1 terror suspect,
Osama bin Laden.
In the first week of November 1999, Yemeni authorities foiled
plans to blow up a convoy of U.S. military personnel heading to
Yemen's National Center for the Removal of Land Mines hours
before the operation was to be carried out, the sources said.
Yemeni security forces discovered the explosives � planted about
one mile away from the hotel where the Americans were staying �
and defused them, sources said.
Suspects being questioned in the Cole explosion gave detailed
information regarding the route the Americans took to and from
the center, where U.S. military personnel give Yemenis technical
training on removing land mines, the sources said. It is
estimated that more that than 30 Americans � all military � were
at the center when the explosives were set to go off.
When that attempt fell apart, the sources said the suspects made
plans to attack the Royal Hotel, near the port in Aden, where
most of the American servicemen were staying. It wasn't
immediately clear when that operation was to be carried out, and
no details were available on why it failed.
An attack similar to the one carried out on the Cole was aborted
in January when the attackers realized their boat had been
overloaded with explosives and was not seaworthy, the sources
said. ABC News, citing intelligence sources, has reported that
the target of that attack was the USS The Sullivans, a destroyer
that refueled in Yemen on Jan. 3.
In Washington, a U.S. intelligence official has confirmed that
some of the same people thought to have been involved in the Cole
attack botched a similar attack 10 months ago against a U.S.
warship that had stopped to refuel in Aden harbor.
Seventeen sailors were killed and 39 others were injured when the
Cole was bombed Oct. 12.
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