In all, 17 U.S. sailors were killed in the bombing of the Cole by Al Qaeda on Oct. 12, 2000. Family members of victims have sued Iran in federal court and won default judgments. Defense lawyers say they have seen no evidence of a link between Iran and the attack.
Prosecutors have offered up no evidence supporting a link that the president claimed between Iran and the attack in Yemen in 2000, defense lawyers say.
Prosecutors have offered up no evidence supporting a link that the president claimed between Iran and the attack in Yemen in 2000, defense lawyers say.
The U.S.S. Cole at a Yemeni harbor in October 2000, more than two weeks after an attack by Al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens of others.
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.
An abandoned prison camp at Guantánamo Bay. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who was sentenced to life in 2008, appeared at the base war court on Thursday in a proceeding concerning the upcoming capital trial of another prisoner.
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