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8 Years On, USS Cole Case Cold

Posted May 4, 08 11:46 AM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – Eight years after the daring terrorist attack on the USS Cole, the men responsible for the bombing have all either escaped prison or been released—or are in Guantanamo Bay, outside the reach of US courts. Though Bill Clinton promised justice, George Bush took office three months later, and 9/11 followed—making the case "the forgotten attack," a counterterrorism official told the Washington Post.

"After we worked day and night to bring justice to the victims and prove that these Qaeda operatives were responsible, we're back to square one," said one investigator frustrated by frequent stonewalling from Yemeni officials. One defendant escaped twice from local prisons, and the US continues to demand random inspections to verify his incarceration. At least two others later carried out suicide attacks in Iraq.

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The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Cole was hit by a terrorist bomb during a refueling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen.   (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)
This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows damage sustained on the USS Cole after a suspected terrorist bomb exploded during a refueling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen, Oct. 12, 2000.   (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, HO)
Waleed bin Attash, a Yemeni portrayed as an al-Qaida operative and a member of a terrorist family, confessed to plotting the bombings of the USS Cole and two U.S. embassies in Africa and is held at Guantanamo...   (AP Photo/ABC News)
Sarah Guana, of Rice, Texas, holds a photo of her son, Tim, who was killed during the terrorist attack on the USS Cole when it was docked in Yemen.   (KRT Photos)
A ceremony remembers the victims of the USS Cole terror attack.   (Getty Images)
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