Summary

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR WHOEVER ATTACKED THE USS COLE IN THE GULF OF ADEN 17 SAILORS WERE KILLED WHEN A RUBBER DINGHY LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES RAMMED THE COLE, FILE OF BEN LADEN (CANNOT LICENSE), FILE OF EMBASSY BOMBINGS (CANNOT LICENSE)

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 193651
Story Slug DC TODAY: USS COLE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS (10/13/2000)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format NAT version
Date 10/13/2000
Archive Time 34:49
TRT 1:24
Supers JAKE SIEWERT WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON KENNETH BACON PENTAGON SPOKESPERSON RICHARD BOUCHER STATE DEPT SPOKESPERSON FRANK CILUFFO TERRORISM EXPERT
Video Description SIEWERT TO PODIUM IN WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM, STILL PHOTO OF DAMAGED USS COLE, SOT,SOT, STATE DEPT SOT, SOT, FILE OF BEN LADEN (CANNOT LICENSE), FILE OF EMBASSY BOMBINGS (CANNOT LICENSE), SOT
Description THE SEARCH IS ON FOR WHOEVER ATTACKED THE USS COLE IN THE GULF OF ADEN 17 SAILORS WERE KILLED WHEN A RUBBER DINGHY LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES RAMMED THE COLE, FILE OF BEN LADEN (CANNOT LICENSE), FILE OF EMBASSY BOMBINGS (CANNOT LICENSE)
Script LEAD: THE DEATH TOLL ON THE USS COLE RISES TO SEVENTEEN SAILORS LISTED AS MISSING YESTERDAY NOW CONFIRMED DEAD AND AS THE NAVY PREPARES TO BRING THE BODIES OF THE SLAIN SAILORS HOME, INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR WHOEVER CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK THE FBI HAS SENT A TEAM FROM WASHINGTON TO THE SCENE IN YEMEN AND AS IT USUALLY DOES WHEN TERRORISTS STRIKE AMERICAN TARGETS, THE NAME OF OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS SURFACED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT PAT ROGERS HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON SCRIPT: US OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR WHOEVER ATTACKED THE USS COLE (((SOT--Siewert))) They're operating under the assumption that this was a terrorist attack who is responsible (((SOT---Bacon))) There are other FBI teams on the way with equipment IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS CLOSED THIRTY SEVEN EMBASSIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (((SOT---Boucher))) in light of past attacks future attacks TERRORISM EXPERT FRANK CILUFFO DESCRIBES THE CHALLENGES FACING INVESTIGATORS (((SOT---Ciluffo))) Yemen has been an environment where a number of groups have worked in the past both indigenous groups and groups that have stopped along the way THE NAME AT THE TOP OF THE LIST: INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MASTERMIND OSAMA BIN LADEN AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BIN LADEN, OR A GROUP CONNECTED TO HIM, CARRIED OUT DEADLY ATTACKS ON AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN AFRICA TWO YEARS AGO AND COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ATTACK (((SOT---Ciluffo)) Osama Bin Laden fellow travelers ((STANDUP---Rogers)) A group calling itself the Islamic army of Aden has claimed responsibility for the attack but State Department officials say they're still not sure that's a credible claim In Washington Pat Rogers reporting 1600
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Keywords

USS COLE
BOMBING
TERRORISM
YEMEN
US NAVY
FATAL BOMBING
BEN LADEN
FBI
INVESTIGATION
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