USS Cole

Describe the propaganda aspect of the bombing.  For example, the little ship fighting the big ship, David vs Goliath. 

1.  Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri  AKA Mohammed Omar al-Harazi      Saudi Arabia

Fought in Afghanistan in the 90s, helped Embassy bomber Mohamed al-Owhali obtain a false passport, attended Malaysian Summit, planned attack on USS The Sullivans, mastermind of USS Cole bombing

Arrested in November 2002 in the United Arab Emirates, held at Guantanamo Bay



2.  Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi                Yemen

Convicted in USS Cole bombing, captured in Yemen and sentenced to death in 2004, escaped

Killed January 2019 in US drone strike



3.  Fahd al-Quso       Yemen

Tasked to film the bombing of the USS Cole but over slept, arrested within weeks of attack but secretly released by Yemen in 2007

Killed May 2012 in US drone strike



4.  Walid bin Attash (Tawfiq bin Attash) (Khallad)

Sent to Yemen in 1999 to help al-Nashiri obtain explosives, lost right leg while fighting against Ahmed Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance, bodyguard of Bin Laden, raised in Saudi Arabia and knew OBL since he was a child, part of Embassy bombings and failed USS The Sullivans plot, and masterminded USS Cole bombing

5.  Ibrahim al-Nibras

6.  Hassan al-Khamiri

7.  Taha al-Ahdal

8.  Salman al-Adani

9.  Muawiyah al-Medani

10. Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi

11. Salman al-Taezi

12. Walid Ashibit

13. Fawaz al-Rabeiee AKA Furqan al-Tajiki


14. Saeed Awad al-Khamri         Yemen

One of the suicide bombers, from same Hadhramaut town as OBL, used false name to register the boat used in the bombing and to sign a lease on the house overlooking the Aden Harbor,