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Scoop World Link: Blast Holes US Warship

Friday, 13 October 2000, 8:50 am
Article: Unknown

At least four American sailors have been killed in an unexplained explosion on a US Navy destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden.

A Navy spokesman said a small inflatable craft packed with high explosives had rammed the destroyer, the USS Cole, blasting a huge gash in its side. More

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