Trial starts in USS Cole bombing

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.

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