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To: CAtechTrader who wrote (7578)	10/12/2000 11:41:24 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Update on the Navel Blast.......... Oct. 12 — Four United States sailors are dead, 36 injured and 12 missing after a possible terrorist attack today on a United States Navy destroyer in the Middle East port city of Aden. A large hole was blown in the side of the USS Cole during a refueling stop at a facility in Aden, Yemen, the U.S. Navy has confirmed. Details of the incident are still sketchy, and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, U.S. officials said. A Navy spokesman confirmed an inflatable rubber Zodiac boat was seen alongside the vessel and that a blast had caused extensive damage. Yemeni officials declined to comment. “At 12:15 Bahrain time the USS Cole was conducting refueling in Aden when there was an explosion,” Lieutenant-Commander Daren Pelkie, spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, said by telephone. “An eyewitness saw a boat run into the side of the ship causing the explosion,” he said. The Zodiac is believed to have been assisting in the refueling by helping to gather up the mooring lines of the USS Cole, Pentagon officials said. Pelkie said the explosion caused a 20-foot by 40-foot gash in the port (left) side of the ship along the waterline. Flooding on the ship was reported to be contained and there were no reports of fire. Thirty-six sailors were injured and 12 were still missing in the aftermath of the blast. U.S. Navy officials said the captain of the USS Cole was alive and fine. There were about 320 sailors on board the ship. The USS Cole is the only Navy warship currently tasked to patrol the Red Sea, officials said. The Navy has ordered all other ships now in the Middle East put out to sea. Clinton ‘Horrified’ by Loss of Life U.S. President Bill Clinton has issued orders to do everything possible to find out what happened. The FBI has already dispatched a team to the site of the attack, Attorney General Janet Reno said today. A Marine Corps anti-terrorism team is also en route. Clinton was informed of the explosion at 7:18 a.m. ET. Clinton notified Defense Secretary William Cohen at 7.30 a.m. ET. Clinton said he was horrified by the incident. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged caution, saying the nature of the incident is still unknown. “It is a great tragedy,” she said. “If it is a terrorist attack, we will take appropriate steps, but I urge caution.” The Virginia-based destroyer, which is armed with conventional missiles and torpedoes, was in Aden while on a refueling stop from the Red Sea to Bahrain. The stop was only scheduled to last between 4 and 6 hours. The Navy has issued an information line, 1-800-368-3202, for the families of the sailors.