{"id":2816,"date":"2004-07-01T17:58:07","date_gmt":"2004-07-01T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2008-12-19T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T19:36:19","slug":"map-recent-suicide-terror-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/map-recent-suicide-terror-yemen\/2816\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/08\/yemen-map.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2817\" title=\"yemen-map\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/08\/yemen-map.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>On October 12, 2000, 17 American soldiers were killed when an explosives-laden skiff rammed the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole off the coast of Yemen, an attack some classified as the first naval suicide bombing. 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