Security forces have arrested a Yemeni man suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors, a security official said Thursday.
| This makes it, what, about a third of the entire population that has been arrested for bombing the Cole? Oh, I forgot, they arrested each guy multiple times. |
The official said the man played a major role in the attack that saw two suicide bombers ram an explosives-laden boat into the destroyer in the harbor of Aden. The man was identified only by his surname, al-Nagar. It was not immediately clear what his exact role was in the Oct. 12, 2000, attack. Al-Nagar was arrested earlier this month in a house in Lawdar. He alleged that al-Nagar was a middleman between the suicide bombers and al-Qaida sympathizers in the town of Bouraiga who helped acquire the boat used in the attack. Police arrested two other wanted al-Qaida militants from Yemen in the same town this month. Last month, Yemeni forces recaptured 10 militants suspected of involvement in the Cole bombing following their escape from prison last year.
| Have they checked to see if they're still in jail? |
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