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Article: Yemen court charges 6 in USS Cole attack Reputed al-Qaida mastermind al-Nashiri among defendants
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- July 8, 2004
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Yemen court charges 6 in USS Cole attack Reputed al-Qaida
mastermind al-Nashiri among defendants
By AHMED AL HAJ Associated Press
Thursday, July 8, 2004
San'a, Yemen -- A security court charged six alleged al-Qaida
members Wednesday with plotting the attack on the USS Cole, opening
the first trial in the suicide bombing that killed 17 American
sailors. Among the defendants is reputed mastermind Abd al-Rahim al-
Nashiri.
Police and soldiers cordoned off the security court in San'a, and
marksmen watched from rooftops, as five of the defendants were
brought in to hear the judge read their indictment. Al-Nashiri, the
sixth defendant, is in U.S. custody.
The attack occurred in October 2000 when ...