On October 12, 2000, the guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Cole was attacked while refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 American sailors were killed, 39 were injured. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack; the Republic of Sudan was (and is) thought to have aided al-Qaeda.  On November 7, 2018, 38 years later, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a suit brought by some of the injured sailors, their families, and the families of some of the… Continue Reading