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USS Cole and Kentucky Coal Sludge

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Image via Wikipedia In Aden , Yemen , the USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers , who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. Just yesterday, October 12, a 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill occurred in Martin County, Kentucky one of the worst environmental disaster since the Exxon Valdez oil spill .   The USS Cole bombing against the backdrop of Israeli "Black Propaganda" Operations       Many in the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States are inclined to suppose that Israel may be responsible for the terror-bombing of the USS Cole in the Yemen port city of Aden on October 13. Although few Americans would suspect Israel, a trusted U.S. ally, of such a dastardly act, they may well be wrong while better informed and more experienced Arab and Muslim observers may be co