“Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole,” Trump tweeted. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2019“We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi,” the president added. CENTCOM has confirmed that Jamal al-Badawi was killed in a precision strike in Marib governate, Jan. 1,” Navy Capt. “Jamal al-Badawi was a legacy al Qaeda operative in Yemen involved in the USS Cole bombing.

Source: Washington Post January 06, 2019 16:23 UTC