2000 World Events · Post-Cold War transition and asymmetric shock
USS Cole bombing in Aden
Suicide attackers struck the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden harbor, killing seventeen sailors.
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What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain
What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2000.
Why it matters
It exposed al-Qaeda maritime capability and foreshadowed the scale of U.S. counterterrorism after 2001.
What is established here
The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.
What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Suicide attackers struck the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden harbor, killing seventeen sailors.
It exposed al-Qaeda maritime capability and foreshadowed the scale of U.S. counterterrorism after 2001.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2000-002
- Date or period
- 2000-10-12
- Type
- Terrorist attack
- Focus
- Terrorism
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Aden, Yemen
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Al-Qaeda; United States Navy
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 12.7855, 45.0187 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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Citation and correction
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “USS Cole bombing in Aden.” World Events record 2000-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2000/2000-002/