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SAN'A, Yemen (AP) --A Yemeni security court on Wednesday charged six Yemenis in the planning of the October, 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and said they belonged to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. Seventeen American sailors were killed when two suicide bombers in an explosives-laden boat rammed the USS Cole as it refueled in the southern port city of Aden. The bombing was blamed on bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network. Among the six charged in San'a Wednesday was accused mastermind Abdel Rahim al-Nasheri, said to be in U.S. custody, but it was unclear where. The other five were...

SANAA, March 19 (Reuters) - Yemen has recaptured two suspected militants thought to be the masterminds behind the 2000 bomb attack that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole in the port of Aden, security sources said on Friday. Jamal al-Badawi and Fahd al-Qusaa were the last of 10 men rearrested by Yemeni police since escaping from jail in 2003. They are all suspected of links to Osama bin laden's al Qaeda network and most are accused of involvement in the Cole attack. The sources said Badawi and Qusaa were arrested on Thursday night but declined to give more details....