Dealing With Yemen, U.S. Should Remember the Cole: Ali H. Soufan

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Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but thetwo terrorists in Yemen most deserving of U.S. retributionremain alive and well.

They are Jamal al-Badawi and Fahd al-Quso, two al-Qaedamembers who in 2000 confessed to U.S. investigators their rolesin the bombing of the USS Cole, which occurred 11 years agotoday. The attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer, at the Yemeni portcity of Aden, left 17 sailors dead and almost 40 injured.