Text of report by state-run Iranian Arabic-language television news channel Al-Alam on 29 February A Pentagon official has said that Washington had sent warship destroyer USS Cole to the Lebanese territorial waters.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The officer who commanded the USS Cole when it was attacked in Yemen in 2000 will not be promoted because he did not meet the standards expected of commanding officers, the U.S. Navy said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security numbers and other personal data for 28,000 sailors and members of their families have been found on a civilian Web site, triggering a criminal investigation.

By Stephanie Heinatz, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Jun. 3--NAVAL STATION NORFOLK -- For the first time since being attacked in Yemen nearly six years ago, the USS Cole is returning to the Middle East as support in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Navy officials announced Friday.