The US Navy has sent the destroyer USS Cole to waters off Yemen in a flagrant support to the Saudi aggression against the Yemenis.
The destroyer, which had been conducting operations in the Gulf, is now stationed in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off southwestern Yemen, the official said.
“They were moved down to the region in response to what happened to the Saudi frigate,” the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Yemeni army and popular committees struck a Saudi frigate, stressing their steadfast confrontation to the US-backed war.
The USS Cole is well-known in naval circles as the target of an attack in October 2000 in the Yemeni port city of Aden that killed US military personnel.
Source: AFP
