May 8th, 2008 · U.S. officials are pressuring Yemen to get tougher on militants, including those involved in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Yemeni officials say the government isn't strong enough to defeat the extremists militarily, and warn that Washington's hard stance could backfire.
May 7th, 2008 · It's been nearly eight years since al-Qaida's bombing of the USS Cole killed 17 sailors. Now, everyone convicted in the terrorist attack has escaped or been freed from prison. We examine how courts in Yemen have complicated U.S. efforts to prosecute the defendants.
Mar 19th, 2007 · According to a Pentagon transcript, Waleed bin Attash has confessed to plotting the bomb attack on the USS Cole near Yemen in 2000. Attash also admits to planning the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, according to the document.
Jul 11th, 2006 · Analyst Evan Kohlmann talks with Renee Montagne about al-Qaida's public relations arm and multimedia production team, al-Sahab. The group produced a video that connected al-Qaida to the USS Cole bombing in 2000, and has since produced high-quality videos and audio tapes about al-Qaida's activities around the world.
Mar 31st, 2006 · Seventeen families representing USS Cole bombing victims are suing the government of Sudan in federal court. A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., has scheduled the case for trial. This lawsuit is one of many attempting to make it very expensive for countries to sponsor terrorism.
Feb 6th, 2006 · The FBI says it will hunt down the 13 al Qaeda suspects who escaped from a jail in Yemen last Friday. Among the convicts is Jamal al-Badawi, who played a key role in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, and another man responsible for attacking a French oil tanker in 2002.
Feb 6th, 2006 · Prisoners linked to the al Qaeda global terrorist organization have escaped from a prison in Yemen, and at least one of escaped prisoners is linked to the 2000 bombing attack on the USS Cole. Madeleine Brand speaks with Kevin Whitelaw of U.S. News and World Report, who has just returned from Yemen, about the prison breaks.
Feb 6th, 2006 · Jamal al-Badawi, implicated in the bombing of the USS Cole, escapes from a Yemen prison along with 12 other al Qaeda figures. Barbara Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, discusses the escape with Steve Inskeep.