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}}The '''USS Cole attack''' happened on the morning of 12 October 2000. Some commentators have suggested that it was a [[false flag]]. [[John O'Neill]] was intereted in the attack, and was denied a visa to go to Yemen by the [[United States Ambassador to Yemen]] [[Barbara Bodine]].<ref name=yt/>
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==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
 
A small fiberglass boat carrying explosives and two suicide bombers approached the port side of the destroyer and detonated a bomb. [[Al Qaeda]] claimed responsibility.
 
A small fiberglass boat carrying explosives and two suicide bombers approached the port side of the destroyer and detonated a bomb. [[Al Qaeda]] claimed responsibility.
  
 
==Follow up==
 
==Follow up==
[[United States Ambassador to Yemen]] [[Barbara Bodine]] obstructed the investigation by senior [[FBI]] counter-terrorist, [[John O'Neill]], by denying him a visa to reenter the counry.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exGDoGAqI4</ref><ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/introduction-3/</ref> O'Neill was later murdered on [[September 11, 2001]].
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[[United States Ambassador to Yemen]] [[Barbara Bodine]] obstructed the investigation by senior [[FBI]] counter-terrorist, [[John O'Neill]], by denying him a visa to reenter the country.<ref name=yt>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exGDoGAqI4</ref><ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/introduction-3/</ref> O'Neill was later murdered on [[September 11, 2001]].
  
 
==Alternative theories==
 
==Alternative theories==

Latest revision as of 06:39, 14 March 2020

Event.png USS Cole attack (false flag?) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
U.S.S. Cole attack.jpg
Date11:18 12 October 2000
Interest ofJohn O'Neill
DescriptionSupposed "terrorist attack", attributed to Al Qaeda. Possibly a false flag.

The USS Cole attack happened on the morning of 12 October 2000. Some commentators have suggested that it was a false flag. John O'Neill was intereted in the attack, and was denied a visa to go to Yemen by the United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine.[1]

Official narrative

A small fiberglass boat carrying explosives and two suicide bombers approached the port side of the destroyer and detonated a bomb. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility.

Follow up

United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine obstructed the investigation by senior FBI counter-terrorist, John O'Neill, by denying him a visa to reenter the country.[1][2] O'Neill was later murdered on September 11, 2001.

Alternative theories

Joe Vialls and several other commentators have suggested that attack was a false flag. Several writers have blamed Israel for the attack,[3] some suggesting that the ship was hit by a missile from a submarine.[4][5][6][7]

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