2000 millennium attack plots
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A series of Islamist terrorist attacks linked to al-Qaeda were planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000, in the context of millennium celebrations, including bombing plots against four tourist site
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was a target of the plots.
Ahmed Ressam was arrested on the ferry MV Coho while attempting to cross into the US at Port Angeles.
USS Cole bombing
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The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.
2000 millennium attack plots
…2003. After the unsuccessful attack on USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda attempted the same type of attack for a second time, again in Aden, Yemen. They successfully bombed USS Cole on October 12, 2000, in an attack that claimed the lives of seventeen U.S. sailors. The Radisson SAS hotel in Amman, Jordan, which was the…
The Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba towing USS Cole after the bombing.
USS Cole after the attack
MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole
A wreath laid by the crew of USS Cole at the Norfolk Naval Station memorial, 12 October 2001.