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Overshadowed by the presidential election, new information surrounding the USS Cole bombing raises critical questions regarding U.S. policy in the region, as well as the failure of U.S. officials to take necessary precautions before the attack and appropriate action afterwards...
...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...
...considerable 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...
...immediate challenges facing the next president include the matter of Osama Bin Laden, and how to retaliate if he's found to have authored the bombing of the USS Cole; signs that Saddam Hussein is almost home free in his battle against international sanctions; and the shift from peace back to low-intensity war between Israel and the Palestinians. Then there are some of the questions bequeathed by the Clinton administration, from whether to build a missile-defense system and how to deal with North Korea's attempts to end its international isolation to whether to sell Taiwan sophisticated weapons...
...Yemenis aren't being accused of stonewalling, as such, but there appears to have been a shoe-challenging case of foot-dragging on the investigation into the bombing of the USS Cole. Speaking off the record, U.S. officials have complained that the Yemenis have limited their access to sites containing possible evidence and barred them from interviews with suspects and witnesses. This despite President Clinton's personal intervention last week imploring Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh to allow a "genuine joint investigation...