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Sudan: Govt to Compensate Families of U.S. Sailors Killed in 'Cole' Bombing in 2000
VOA, 13 February 2020
Sudan has agreed to compensate families of 17 U.S. sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Read more »
Sudan has agreed compensate families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole by Al Qaeda. The transitional government has said that it has signed an agreement with the families as part of its efforts to be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The USS Cole is towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into open sea by the Military Sealift Command ocean-going tug USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168) on October 29, 2000.
The goverment has expressed its strongest regret on being listed on the annual U.S. "State Sponsors of Terrorism". Read more »
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