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Ironically, when this incident took place, it was somewhat obscurred by a presidential election. Likely this update will go unnoticed.
Yemen's former interior minister helped the alleged mastermind of the attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole to pass through security checkpoints in the months leading up to the 2000 bombing, according to a document read aloud in court Wednesday by a defense lawyer for five of the suspects.<...>
Yemen tolerated Islamic extremists for many years, but after the Sept. 11 attacks its government cracked down on militants and aligned itself with the U.S.-led war on terrorism. It has received U.S. military aid, such as counter-terrorism training for its soldiers.
Seventeen American sailors were killed in the attack. Many consider the lack of immediate response to be a key American failure in preventing 911.
By the way, why is it always a "mastermind"?