By attacking the USS Cole, al-Qaeda ultimately aimed to eliminate all sea-based attacks in Yemen. send a violent warning message to the United States. demonstrate the Taliban’s power in Afghanistan. destroy all American forces in the Middle East.

send a violent warning message to the United States.

Explanation:

Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole to serve as a violent warning message to the United States. The United Stated sent it’s Troops to Iraq to decimate the leadership of the Al Qaeda group and later its leader and killed him.

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