Trump announced the elimination of one of the commanders of al-Qaeda

US President Donald Trump / photo by UNIAN

US President Donald Trump said the United States had eliminated a Voice of America, writes Voice of America, written by Voice of America to potential organizers of the attack attempt of the American destroyer "Cole" in 2000.

and outstanding military executed justice on behalf of the dead and wounded heroes as a result of A loose attack on the Cole ship. We just kill the leader of Jamal al-Badai's attack, "Trump told Twitter, noting that the US fight against Al Qaeda would continue. We will never stop fighting radical Islamist terrorism! "- he added.

A few days ago, US military officials announced that an American air strike in the Yemeni province of Marib, directed against Al-Badai, one of the six members of Al Qaeda convicted of an explosion and the most searched on the list

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A representative of the US Armed Forces Central Command, Navy Captain Navy Bill Urban has said the army was still assessing the impact of the strike, but Trump had already confirmed the destruction of al-Badai.

17 US sailors from the destroyer Cole died of the consequences of a suicide bombing in the port of Aden in October 2000. Dozens of other sailors were ble al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombing

Yemeni authorities arrested al-Badai in 2000, but he escaped from prison in 2003, was captured again in 2004 and escaped again in 2006.

Al-Badai was charged with terrorism for 50 points, including the killing of US citizens and the murder of US servicemen. In addition to being involved in an attempt to undermine the Cole destroyer, he was accused of attempting to attack the US Navy in January 2000.

It has already been reported that the department The US state had announced a doubling of the number of awards for information that could lead to the discovery of two key leaders. Al Qaeda.