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Yemeni Citizens Face Trial in Cole Bombing

Several Yemeni citizens suspected of helping to organize the suicide bombing of the USS Cole will be put on trial next month, the head of Yemen&#039s government said yesterday. Prime Minister Abdel-Karim Ali Iryani said the defendants, who have not been named, are being detained and will be given a public trial on charges of preparing the Oct. 12 attack on the Navy destroyer, which killed 17 sailors and injured 39 others. He also said he was surprised that Yemenis had participated in the terrorist act. Full Story