2000 USS Cole bombing

Target entity: 2000 USS Cole bombing
Context triple: [al-Qaeda, notableAttack, 2000 USS Cole bombing]

• A. 1998 United States embassy bombings
  The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
• B. Mayaguez incident
  The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
• C. September 11 attacks
  The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
• D. Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
• E. Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
  The Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis was the prolonged international standoff in the 1990s and early 2000s over Libya’s responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, involving UN sanctions, negotiations over suspects’ trials, and eventual compensation agreements.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: 2000 USS Cole bombing
Target entity description: The 2000 USS Cole bombing was a suicide terrorist attack in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and became a major early indicator of al-Qaeda’s escalating campaign against the United States.

• A. 1998 United States embassy bombings
  The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
• B. Mayaguez incident
  The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
• C. September 11 attacks
  The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
• D. Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
• E. Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
  The Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis was the prolonged international standoff in the 1990s and early 2000s over Libya’s responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, involving UN sanctions, negotiations over suspects’ trials, and eventual compensation agreements.
• F. None of above. chosen