Adenbom

Adenbom::Bombing of the USS Cole (US Navy warship)

Timeline

1996::Commissioned

January 3, 2000::Unsuccessful attempt to bomb a US Navy ship

August 2000::Deporting Norfolk

October 12, 2000::En route from Red Sea to Bahrain, Moored in Yemen at 8:49am to refuel, In Port of Aden, 11:22 port side explosion occurs, killed 17 American sailors and wounded 40

December 13, 2000::Arrives in Pascagoula

December 21, 2000::Was supposed to return to Norfolk

Investigation

team::NCIS, FBI team, AFIP, divers

Crime scenes::USS Cole, Ramstein, Dover, under USS Cole, Needed people everywhere

during the investigation::Conducted interviews, attended autopsies, seized victim clothing, etc.

Evidence was collected::brought to evidence custodian

the bomb::was a high explosive and they had to identify who it was made by and how

Priorities::Save ship, Save sailors, Recover dead

Blue marlin::Towed USS Cole, Sunk, placed under Cole, lift, pick up Cole

Dredge::Scraped up 40 tons of debris to UAE, Bone fragments, motor fragments, boat fragments/wiring, trace evidence, Took years to get it all

Jamal al-Badawi::Freed from Yemen in 2007

Sudan::Compensated families,US ruled Sudan responsible because the two suicide bombers trained there