Posted on 01/06/2019 11:49:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, is wanted in the United States for his role in the Cole attack on Oct. 12, 2000. He was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in 2003 and charged with 50 counts of various terrorism offenses, including murder of U.S. nationals and murder of U.S. military personnel.
“U.S. forces are still assessing the results of the strike following a deliberate process to confirm his death,” the spokesman for U.S. Central Command, Navy Capt. William Urban, said Friday.
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the airstrike killed al-Badawi.
“Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi,” Trump said in the tweet.
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Today is the 19th anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole.
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