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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5945)	11/14/2000 7:51:18 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) of 10042

I told you Gore/Clinton team was in part responsible for the attack:(what good is an unloaded gun?) USS Cole Guards Told Not to Fire First Shot By Thomas E. Ricks and Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 14, 2000; Page A01 The sailors on sentry duty aboard the USS Cole when it was bombed last month did not have ammunition in their guns and were not authorized to shoot unless fired upon, according to members of the ship's crew. Even if the sentries had recognized the threat from a small boat approaching the guided missile destroyer in a Yemeni harbor on Oct. 12, their "rules of engagement" would have prevented them from firing without first obtaining permission from the Cole's captain or another officer, the crew members said. Petty Officer John Washak recalled that shortly after the small boat blew a 40-by-40-foot hole in the destroyer's side, killing 17 sailors, he was manning an M-60 machine gun on the Cole's fantail when a second small boat approached. Washak said he pointed the machine gun directly at the boat to warn it off. But, he recalled, a senior chief petty officer ordered him to turn the gun away.(cont)

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