Yemen makes progress in investigation of U.S destroyer explosion
Yemen-USA, Politics, 10/19/2000

The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said some progress was achieved in the investigations concerning the explosion of the U.S destroyer in Eden harbor in last week due to which 17 U.S of the crew members were killed.

Saleh said that the two men who implemented the operation were also killed, assuring that the Yemeni police knows now where the boat which hit the U.S destroyer was made, adding that the house in which the two men were hiding was found in Eden and it is known that they are Islamists seen praying before the attack.

He also said that the explosives used in the accident only exist in the U.S.A and in Israel as well as in two Arab states. yet he refused to name the states.

The US said that it is receiving good cooperation from Yemen in its investigation.

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