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...truth is that we may never know just who ordered the bombing of the USS Cole. Yemen announced Wednesday that it is to try at least three, and possibly six, of its citizens for the October bombing, which killed 17 U.S. personnel. But the Yemenis have also declared that their investigation is now complete, despite the fact that they acknowledge the involvement of unknown foreigners in planning the attack. Though Yemen's prime minister, Abdul Karim al-Iryani, told the AP that there was "no question" that the three men were involved in planning the attack, he gave no details...
...Arab anger. In the case of the Saudi investigation of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, that resulted in a quick trial and execution of local suspects without U.S. investigators ever having access to them, leaving the question of that attack's ultimate authorship unresolved. And observers suspect the USS Cole investigation may be destined to go the same...
Standout swimmers for the weekend included seniors Michael Im and Will Oren, junior Kyle Egan and freshman John Cole, all of whom turned in lifetime-best performances, broke school records, or qualified for the NCAA Championships in the process. Overall, the five-time defending Eastern champions finished fifth out of twelve teams, scoring a total of 398 points...
...Cole then took fourth in the 500-yard free, going a best time of 4:25.36 while Oren won the consolation heat of the event with a time of 4:26.78, a five-second drop from his swim in preliminaries that morning...
...Cole took second in the 1650 free with a time of 15:02, beating out Sydney bronze medallist Chris Thompson, who clocked in at 15:21, and just missing Tyler Painter of Arizona, who won the event in 14:52. Cole's time was an NCAA "A" standard, automatically qualifying him for the meet to be held in Indianapolis in March. His performance was also just four seconds shy of replacing the school record set last year by Tim Martin '00, a former Crimson editor...