[ April 18, 2024 ]
And the global jihad hasn’t let up — their Islamic texts and teachings make it perfectly clear: “strike terror into the hearts of disbelievers….”
Flashback: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RELEASE COLE BOMBING MASTERMIND AL-NASHIRI, KILLING 17 AMERICAN SAILORS
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Obama Drops Prosecution of USS Cole
The Navy has provided these names of the killed in the attack on the USS Cole:
Chief Petty Officer Richard Costelow, Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Signalman Seaman Recruit Cheron Luis Gunn, Rex, Georgia.
Seaman James Rodrick McDaniels, Norfolk, Virginia.
Seaman Recruit Lakiba Nicole Palmer, San Diego, California.
Operations Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Lamont Saunders, Ringgold, Virginia.
Ensign Andrew Triplett, Macon, Mississippi.
Seaman Apprentice Craig Bryan Wibberley, Williamsport, Maryland.
Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class, Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Mess Management Specialist Seaman Lakeina Monique Francis, Woodleaf, North Carolina.
Information Systems Technician Seaman Timothy Lee Gauna, Rice, Texas
Engineman 2nd Class Mark Ian Nieto, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Electronics Warfare Technician 3rd Class Ronald Scott Owens, Vero Beach, Florida.
Engineman Fireman Joshua Langdon Parlett, Churchville, Maryland.
Fireman Apprentice Patrick Howard Roy, Cornwall on Hudson, New York.
Electronics Warfare Technician 2nd Class Kevin Shawn Rux, Portland, North Dakota.
Mess Management Specialist 3rd Class Ronchester Mananga Santiago, Kingsville, Texas
Fireman Gary Graham Swenchonis Jr., Rockport, Texas
WATCH: USS Cole — 20 years after deadly Islamic terrorist attack
By Sharyl Attkisson, October 13, 2020:
Twenty years ago, suicide terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the USS Cole—a Navy Destroyer—as it was refueling in a port in Yemen. The blast ripped a 40-by-60 foot hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more. We recently boarded the USS Cole, still in service, and spoke with Commander Ted Pledger.
Commander Ted Pledger: Almost 20 years ago, we were attacked by terrorists in Yemen while refueling and sustained significant damage. Seventeen sailors died and this ship has seen combat. So that’s what we have to be ready for at the end of the day when we go overseas and we do the nation’s business.
Sharyl: Twenty years ago was there any determination that something should have been done differently, and were there changes made as a result?
Pledger: So a lot’s happened in 20 years. I can say in my experience in 20 years I’ve seen a vast amount of changes throughout the fleet and where we are right now, Cole is ready.
So right here is the scene of the blast. A 40 by 60 foot hole was right here and then down below the water line. So we call this right behind us is the Hall of Heroes. So on October 12th at 11:18 AM the ship was refueling in port in Yemen and chow was going on. So you had sailors lined up here at the mess line getting their lunch. And so this is where we have our 17 stars laid into the deck, to commemorate the 17 sailors that lost their lives and every morning our sailors, they shine these stars up in their honor.
Sharyl: So you said they were standing here, this, these lift up and they get meals here?
Pledger: So this is the galley right in here. So this was really ground zero. So you had the majority of the sailors that were killed and wounded were in the galley and standing right here. And then right below where we are is the general workshop, we had sailors in there that were killed as well. Yeah. This area was completely destroyed.
So in this area, the Hall of Heroes, we take our covers off as a sign of respect and honor of those that lost their lives that day.
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So this is a, this plaque here commemorates our sailors, so these are their names and where they’re from, 17 sailors. And if you go visit the Cole Memorial, which is here on base, this is what it looks like. It’s three slabs, concrete slabs. It’s got their names on there.
But when the blast hit, so you had the hole in the port side over there. The entire deck where we were was just lifted into the overhead. So you had a lot of the sailors that were killed were, they were just literally trapped in there. And then you had sailors in the galley, to rescue them, they had to go in and cut away some of the wreckage or use jaws of life to get them out. Like I said, this is a hallowed ground.
So we call it, this is the Cole cafe. So the mess decks, so we’ve got the flag that was flying you can see it was pretty dirty. You can leave that there. And then this flag, this was draped over the casket of some of the cremains that are committed on December 9th, 2002, just over a year. And then this flag right here, this was flying on July 9, 2006 Cole when she deployed back to the fleet off the coast of Yemen.
As I mentioned earlier, I think that the biggest thing is the fact that a US Navy ship took a hit and we’re back out in the fight. And I think that’s a representation of the tenacity and the resolve of our sailors, of our Navy and our nation. That we don’t stop. That we keep fighting.
Sharyl (on camera): The Navy plans a moment of silence to honor the sailors who died.
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52 Comments
3 years ago
It was a “loyal” muslum USN sailor who facilitated this attack by providing ship berthing information to Al Qaida — just like it was a “loyal” muslum US soldier who fragged members of his own platoon in Kuwait(?) or Iraq(?) in the 101st Airborne.
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Agree. And the first Muslim democrat/socialist gay president imported 200,000 yearly legal and illegal muslims and deported christians back to ISIS to be slaughtered after they tried to make it to America
http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/islamonazi-deports-christians/
Muslims do what they can to destroy kafirs and make Islam victorious as per Koran war manual
And corrupt , dumb Left/Liberals support them
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3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
The hunnert ‘n worst has more than a few mohammedans. It’s almost like Affirmative Action.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
I know a guy who was in the 1st Marine Division, a Somali warlord’s son was in his unit. When the Somalian’s hitch was up he went home to take over his father’s clan (because his father had died while he was serving in the Corps). Isn’t it great the US is providing military training to the son of a Somali muslum warlord? The kid’s MOS was artillery.
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Imagine calling in coordinates, “Hey man, what comes after Bravo?”
“Charlie”
“My name ain’t Charlie, it be Abdul”
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
I don’t know what his actual duties were in the battery. Maybe he scrubbed the barrels clean? Maybe he acted as a portable aiming stake?
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
I’ve read any Marine can request artillery support, but would that be the battalion’s artillery or the divisional artillery?
What about airstrikes? Could you request those? Or did you have to have specially trained Marines to do that who had specialized radio equipment?
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
In a combat situation, all is up in the air. Certain protocols be damned.
As far as calling them in, following protocol, a JTAC qualified Marine is requisite.
We’ve had this conversation before. In addition, so much has changed …. it’s been a long, long time, not as in kiss me once and ….
3 years ago
There’s an old saying that ”when you’re in a hole, stop digging yourself in deeper”. And that’s what we need to do. The secularists and irreligious elites of the West, busy stealing money from the people, are ignorant of spiritual motivations-even evil spiritual motivations-and don’t know how to defend the world from Islam. Some seem dead set on making the work of Jihad even easier for Muslims if anything. This sort of thing will continue and get worse until the people have had enough and raise up leaders from among themselves to defend the world from this threat.
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
Coming up soon tomorrow: MORE evidence that Bin Laden was deliberatly harbored for many years in Iran, and then sent to Pakistan for a ‘trophy kill’. Biden, Hillary Panetta, all involved in this, it goes back to Bush Jr. admin. Since Tora Bora, there WAS NO hunt for Bin Laden. They knew he was in N Iran. And they lied to us for YEARS about this. This is all very well-documented.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
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3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Muslims of whatever sect are leary of turning over other Muslims, even of another sect to ”Infidels” because their religion says such people are apostates who go to hell. Not only that, the Iranians saw Bin Laden as an enemy of an infidel enemy, and therefore a friend with no reason to detain or obstruct. Such cooperation also happened during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) and during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990’s helping the Bosnian and Albanian Muslims, Saudi Arabia and Iran and other Oil Sheikdoms…
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
Ancient: Iran participated in 9/11 [source: 9/11 commission]. So they had strong reasons to keep Bin Laden quiet about what he knew. Over 100 senior Al Qaeda were / are harbored in Iran. This is well documented by the whistle-blowers and others.
Iranian politics are a Red-Green mixture of Communism and Islamism. Iran is strongly allied to the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni group found in Gaza [Hamas], Turkey [Erdogan], Qatar [the whole gov’t], and Al Qaeda [many key leaders].
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Ken Timmerman in his book ”Shadow Warriors” and elsewhere, documents painstakingly the connections.
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
Ancient: Yes, but these new people have much stronger evidence to back up their claims. Clearly, they know Timmerman. Here’s an old Timmerman piece that covers some more bases:
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“Did Bin Laden Find Safe Haven in Iran?”
By Kenneth R. Timmerman | 03 April 3, 2009
https://www.newsmax.com/kentimmerman/bin-laden-terrorist-iran/2009/12/14/id/342161/
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yes, once again going to show that Islamists are more than happy to put aside Muslim sectarian differences in order to defeat the ”Infidels.”
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
What religion are “islamists”? Do they have a different set of holey books? Do they have a different mass murdering, pedophile, prophet for profit they follow?
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
”Islamists” is a common term for basically a ”born-again”, faithful to the Koran, pious Muslim. I.E. a Jihadist. Often it’s used to compare them to other totalitarian sects like ”Fascist” or ”Communist”.
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
So are you saying there are muslums that aren’t faithful to the holey quranus? Then why would they call themselves muslums at all? How faithful does a given muslum have to be to the holey quranus, sunnah and ahadith to qualify as an “islamist”? If islamist, why not nazist?
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
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3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
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3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Islamism? What the hell is that? Your agenda seems to be making Iran into the bad guy while painting the muslum Sunni thugocracies as models of peace, freedom and tolerance. I like the way you absolved Pakistain of all responsibility for harboring OBL too.
3 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
I did all that? I don’t think so, not hardly. Pakistan is an Islamic enemy of the Non-Muslim nations (especially against their most hated enemy, India) same as Iran and same as the Sunni nations. You are appearing to be engaging in calumny, in false witness against me. I already explained what ”Islamism” is. Once again ask you to graciously accept the fact of you and I not going to have an intelligent conversation with each other. I would be pleased if you help keep Biden out of the White House by voting for President Trump for re-election, remember the common humanity of the people you talk to on the internet, and I will be doing the same. Again, goodbye and God bless you and yours, your family and friends.
3 years ago
Reply to
AncientOrthodoxEcclesia
Islamism is “a word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons” because no imam, no mullah, no ayatrollah, no islamic state, no islamic NGO, no muslum terrorist org. self identifies as “islamist”. Maybe you should familiarize yourself with the concept of bearing false witness.
3 years ago
“Status: in active service”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_(DDG-67)
3 years ago
3 years ago
Reply to
Anthony Silvio
this is the US navy when you have a muslim in the white house. notice that the persians haven’t pulled these stunts with the donald in the white house, and especially after the donald ordered the largest bomb in history to be dropped on afghanistan while dining with the commie chinese president.
3 years ago
Hunter will be Joe’s Terror Czar ……….. laundering money through terror groups!!
3 years ago
Reply to
Anthony Silvio
Looks as if hunter has the beginnings of man teats. He truly shouldn’t allow himself to be seen without a shirt.
3 years ago
this is what happens when you have a democrat in the white house, and democrat naval commanders too stupid to protect their crew against inflatable rubber rafts filled with muslims. recall that blow j clinton ordered his navy to not have loaded guns on the deck when they sailed into muslim ports. a good commander would have ignored that command, and resigned if someone wanted to tattle on him.
3 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
This attack was probably done by Israel. Bander Abbas is a key Iranian Navy port right in the elbow of the straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. If there is war, the USA will probably drop MOAB bombs on this city, maybe after telling everyone to evacuate. [The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, commonly known as “Mother of All Bombs”)]
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
The UN sanctions on Iran through the JCPOA agreement will expire on October 18. The UN security council could extend them, but is grid-locked, as usual. Iran thinks it can buy and sell any weapons from then on, but they also thought they could ‘bust’ USA oil sanctions. Oil exports are now a trickle, and Trump / Pompeo / Mnuchin have set up huge USA sanctions on anyone who buys / sells Iranian arms.
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“Iran President Rouhani announced at today’s meeting of the Cabinet that the arms embargo on Iran will be lifted on October 18 (next Sunday) and that the country can ‘sell weapons to anyone and buy weapons from anyone.'”
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
The Trump Effect strikes again. Threatening Iraq with economic catastrophe sharpened their minds considerably. Finally, they are protecting USA assets in Iraq. And the Iran- backed terrorists in Iraq have called a ‘conditional’ cease fire. The conditions are that they won’t attack USA interests, if Trump agrees to not blow them up.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yeah but Russia says it’s not really settled until they decide on the ketchup-flavored potato chips. Until then, no deal. Seriously, it’s not a done deal yet, but it’s close. The START treaties limit strategic offensive arms, the big long-range missiles bombs. START is like yogurt, you have to keep checking to see if it’s still fresh.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Breaking: This will certainly shorten break-out time to nukes. There is really only one way to deal with tyrants who seek to grab all the power and money for themselves: Counter-force.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yeah but Russia says it’s not really settled until they decide on the ketchup-flavored potato chips. Until then, no deal. Seriously, it’s not a done deal yet, but it’s close. The START treaties limit strategic offensive arms, the big long-range missiles bombs. START is like yogurt, you have to keep checking to see if it’s still fresh.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yeah and what are they doing to stop the persecution of Iraqi Christians muslum apologist worm?
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Little mackykam is simply a little sissy girly-boy. Pay her no heed.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed: Do you attract those? Can’t you do the chipmunk thing on them?
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
If you stuck to the subject you might draw less ire and cause less confusion.
3 years ago
Reply to
mackykam
He’s also a muslum apologist worm who promulgates the lie of the “islamist”.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
It was determined the suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole was carried out by two people from the Sunni Jihadi group of AQ, using a small boat. Am I understanding you correctly that you think Israel attacked the U.S.S. Cole?
Remember the Cole:
al-Qaida attacked the destroyer in Yemen 20 years ago today
Harm Venhuizen
10/12/20
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Felix: Oh no! My comment relates to a massive hack attack on internet systems in Bander Abbas, Iran today. Sorry for the confusion.!
3 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
This attack was probably done by Israel. Bander Abbas is a key Iranian Navy port right in the elbow of the straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. If there is war, the USA will probably drop MOAB bombs on this city, maybe after telling everyone to evacuate. [The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, commonly known as “Mother of All Bombs”)]
3 years ago
I posit that BinLaden was seriously ill and on the verge of death and was used by islam to support the obama’s position in America. That obama was in the White House is the greatest crime ever committed against the USA and all who took moslem corruption to grease his way are guilty of high treason. Americans cannot fathom the treachery and deceit of the moslems trained from birth to lie.
islam has been infiltrating our government and we are constantly under attack from them.
A vote for a democrat is a vote for islam to put America under sharia slavery.
3 years ago
20 years and still no justice! Still just remembering! When will we get serious about the destruction of Islam, enemy of the world?
