The commander who stared down Al Qaeda's now has a new mission
- Posted on November 12, 2025
- By Daily Mail
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The commander who stared down Al Qaeda's now has a new mission

Commander Kirk Lippold was on the USS Cole on October 12, 2000, when it was attacked by suicide bombers in a plot concocted by Al Qaeda. Twenty-five years on, he has a new battlefield.