Editing 2000 millennium attack plots (section)

===USS ''The Sullivans'' bombing attempt===
{{Main|USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)#Attempted Al-Qaeda bombing}}
On January 3, 2000, in [[Yemen]], members of al-Qaeda attempted to use a boat with explosives to damage the warship {{USS|The Sullivans|DDG-68|6}} while it was refueling in [[Aden]]. The attempt failed when the over-loaded, bomb-laden boat sank before detonating.<ref name=fbi-terror-00-01>{{cite web |author1=Federal Bureau of Investigation |title=Terrorism 2000/2001 2004–306-694 |url=https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terror/terrorism-2000-2001#Terrorism_2000/2001 |website=www.fbi.gov |publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]] |access-date=February 4, 2015 |date=2004 |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621075632/https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terror/terrorism-2000-2001/#Terrorism_2000/2001 |url-status=live }} ([https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terror/terror00_01.pdf PDF version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204055547/https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-terror-terror00_01.pdf |date=February 4, 2021 }})</ref><ref name=Piszkiewicz >{{cite book |first=Dennis |last = Piszkiewicz |year=2003 |url=https://archive.org/details/terrorismswarwit00denn |url-access=registration |title=Terrorism's war with America: A history |pages=[https://archive.org/details/terrorismswarwit00denn/page/123 123] |isbn=978-0-275-97952-2 |publisher=Praeger |location=Westport, Conn. |edition=first |access-date=February 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>"''[[Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror]]''" [[Richard A. Clarke]].  {{ISBN|0-7432-6823-7}} {{page needed|date=February 2015}}</ref>

[[Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi]] and [[Fahd al-Quso]] were charged ''in absentia'' in [[United States district court]] in 2003 for their alleged roles in several terrorist acts, including the attempted bombing of ''The Sullivans''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=U.S. Charges Cole Role Players|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-charges-cole-role-players/|work=CBS News|date=April 11, 2003|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819230240/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-charges-cole-role-players/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, [[Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri]], held in [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]], was charged with planning the attack on ''The Sullivans'' along with other attacks, facing death penalty.<ref>{{Cite news|title=USS Cole Bombing Fast Facts|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/uss-cole-bombing-fast-facts|work=CNN|date=April 6, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103200000/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/meast/uss-cole-bombing-fast-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=USS Cole bombing 'mastermind' arraigned in Guantánamo|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8879578/USS-Cole-bombing-mastermind-arraigned-in-Guantanamo.html|work=The Telegraph|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413060757/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8879578/USS-Cole-bombing-mastermind-arraigned-in-Guantanamo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>