The planner of the USS Cole bombing, Jamal Al-Badawi, was killed in a US strike in Yemen, US President Donald Trump Tweeted on Sunday. Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi. Our work against al Qaeda continues. We will never stop in our fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2019 The bombing of the USS Cole took place in October 12 2000,