U.S. says suspected USS Cole bombing planner killed in Yemen strike

The U.S. military said on Sunday it has killed a militant in Yemen believed to be one of the planners of a deadly bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole in 2000.

U.S. Central Command said on Twitter that Jamal al-Badawi was killed in a precision strike in Yemen's Marib governate on January 1. (Reporting by Mary Milliken; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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