Monday, October 16, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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Officials detail USS Cole attack
Experts continue search for clues missing sailors
The Associated Press
ADEN, Yemen — A blast more powerful than TNT buckled the USS Cole's deck and turned the attack boat into confetti-sized pieces that rained down on the destroyer, officials said yesterday in accounts that shed light on the devastation of the bombing.
The details, provided by senior U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, also raised questions about the level of security in a port selected last year as a key refueling point for U.S. warships traveling between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
There has been no credible claim of responsibility from Thursday's attack, which killed 17 sailors, wounded 39 others and punched a 40-by-40 foot chasm in the hull. Yemeni security forces have detained more than a
"Now exactly who was
behind it, what their motivation was and how they were able to arrange it, that we can't speculate
on." Barbara Bodine U.S. ambassador to Yemen
dozen people for questioning, but no arrests have been announced.
It ranks as the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. military since the bombing of an Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996 that killed 19.
Kyle Ramsey/KANSAN
"Now exactly who was behind it, what their motivation was and how they were able to arrange it, that we can't speculate on," said Barbara Bodine, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen.
On the listing deck of the Cole, crew members gathered for religious services for their dead shipmates — some still wedged behind contorted metal
below. A formal memorial was delayed because the crew worked through the night to control flooding after another bulk head collapsed.
Also yesterday, the plane carrying 33 injured crew members landed at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., while the other six injured remained hospitalized in Germany. The bodies of five of the sailors killed arrived back on United States soil on Saturday.
Meanwhile, experts began scouring the ship for clues and the bodies of sailors still missing.
Businesses unhappy with rubbish
A man urinates in an alley Friday night. Trash and messes have caused problems for downtown businesses. Photo by Ashley Bonebrake/ KANSAN
Ness said as a business owner, she expected to spend a certain amount of time cleaning her windows and sweeping the street. But mornings often find her cleaning up pizza plates, broken bottles and vomit, all drenched in the aroma of urine.
The back-alley entrance
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to her store is frequently covered with urine stains
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trash up," she said. "I don't know if they think it's their responsibility or the city's, but I don't like picking up other people's trash.
— and, sometimes, human excrement. She keeps a garden sprayer filled with bleach water by her back entrance for cleanup.
"All I want is some type of reciprocal arrangement for the bars that are bringing in these kids," she said. "I just don't want to spend an hour cleaning up my sidewalk because they didn't."
Nancy Ness opened her store, Carmesi, 1012 Massachusetts Street, four months ago. The store is an art gallery, furniture shop and interior design center that caters to an upscale crowd.
Ness, who has lived in Lawrence since 1967, said people needed a place to buy food and go out downtown.
"It's a lot more exciting that it used to be, and that's great," she said. "But I don't expect to come in and have a carpet of broken glass in the doorway."
— Edited by Clay McCusion
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