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Jamel Al-Badawi

Terrorist orchestrated attack on USS Cole in 2000 On 1 January 2019, a U.S. drone strike in Marib, Yemen killed Jamel Al-Badawi. Up until his death, Al-Badawi spent years on the United States’ Most Wanted Terrorist list for orchestrating the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 sailors and injured 39 others.   

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