Experts in a speed boat examine the damaged hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden after an Al Qaeda attack that killed 17 sailors in October 2000. Dimitri Messinis / TAP Photo  
Experts in a speed boat examine the damaged hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden after an Al Qaeda attack that killed 17 sailors in October 2000. Dimitri Messinis / TAP Photo  

UAE

From pirates to suicide bombers: previous Gulf naval attacks

Incidents are rare but not unheard of, with 'sabotage' incidents only the latest instances of violence

Daniel Sanderson

May 14, 2019