The USS Cole: Al Qaeda’s Strike Before 9/11

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🗓️ 11 October 2025

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Less than a year before the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda operatives bombed a U.S. Navy ship, killing 17 sailors and wounding many more. Commander Kirk Lippold joins the show to discuss his harrowing experience at the helm of the USS Cole, the heroism of her crew, and the continued fallout from the attack. Watch the three-part docuseries, USS Cole, now available on DailyWire+. Go to https://dailywireplus.com to join and get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout. - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Today’s Sponsor: Vanta - Visit https://vanta.com/MORNINGWIRE to sign up for a free demo today! - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Joining us to discuss the USS Cole tragedy and his efforts to tell that story via
0:34.7	documentary is USS Coal Commander Kirk Lippold.
0:38.5	Commander, thank you so much for joining us today.
0:40.7	Absolutely, Georgia.
0:41.6	Wouldn't miss it for the world.
0:42.9	So tell us about this new docu-series that you've come out with.
0:46.1	What's it about and what are you hoping to achieve with it?
0:49.0	Well, I think what you're really looking at is first and foremost,
0:52.3	thank you to the Daily Wire for supporting it
0:55.0	and also big media for actually producing it. The real goal of the documentary was to really
1:01.2	highlight for the American people what happened to USS Cole 25 years ago when it was attacked
1:07.2	by al-Qaeda terrorists and what put us in that port in Aden Yemen to begin with?
1:12.1	I mean, clearly it was 11 months before 9-11, and when the attack occurred, one of the things I'm
1:17.9	most proud of and want to highlight for the American people is the heroism of my crew as they
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